[Cowboy Bob]

I was in Russia for the first time in 1992. It was amazing to see what Communism (socialism on steroids).

Many people were walking around like zombies. There were incapable of thinking for themselves. Alcoholism was rampant. Nothing produced was of any value.

Things have gotten much better after 20 years, but it will take another 20 years before the country is caught up with the West.

Anyone who has experienced this would be insane to support Obama and his minions.

[OldPossum]

I was in Russia in 1991 and 1993 and I saw the same thing.

As we would agree, socialists never learn anything. They just keep on repeating the same mistakes.

[Gen.Blather]

“Anyone who has experienced this would be insane to support Obama and his minions.”

Liberals are like the abused woman who always takes back her abusive husband. This time it will be different.

I heard a college professor at a party saying something to the effect that, “It (communism) failed because ‘they’ put the wrong people in charge. We could do it the right way in this country.” (Where, presumably, “we” would put “him” in charge.)

[RayChuang88]

Somehow, the Left today don't remember what Josef Stalin did to the former Soviet Union between 1928 and 1953 and what Mao Zedong did to China between 1949 and 1976.

Between mass shootings, labor camps, forced exile, and artificially created famine conditions (not to mention ill-advised policies during World War II), the death toll from the Soviet Union and China during these time periods (by scholarly estimates) STARTS at 100 million and could be as high as 150 million! Think of the Nazi Holocaust, but completely unfettered.

[Cen-Tejas]

....pubbies should help Castro by buying all dims a plane ticket to Havana...........there they can see what “socialism” has wrought first hand, and talk to some of it’s victims...................

........and offer any of them (the Dems) that want to stay $1,000 to do so. I have read that brain surgeons make 22 dollars per month and usually there is no bread or milk in the store but hey!.........the libs can ride their bikes and lose weight.

I recommend to ALL getting on Google Earth and just flying around down there at about 2,000 feet altitude. You can see all the evidence you need of how wonderful socialism is. Start with the airport. See what a busy bustling place it is. /s

[null and void]

Things have gotten much better after 20 years, but it will take another 20 years before the country is caught up with the West.

20 years?

I rather doubt that.

10 tops before they meet in the middle.

20 years? our positions will be reversed, with both trajectories set to widen the gap.

Unless we stop our own slide.