I really don’t think most people who voted for Obama knew they were going to get socialism. I think most are too stupid to even know what socialism is. They voted for him because they didn’t want to vote for the old guy who was like Bush. They voted for him because he spoke well (with teleprompter help) and McCain seems doddering and inarticulate. They voted for him because they were hung up on seeing a minority in the White House. But socialism? I really honestly don’t think the majority of Obama voters considered it would happen after Obama’s election. The media types did but not the regular Joes out there who voted for him.
Republicans shouldn’t make the mistake that half the country wants socialism just because they elected Obama. Remember he ran like a moderate and promised tax cuts for everyone but the top 2 percent. He ran on hope and change, not socialism. McCain probably wouldn’t even have gotten the 58 million votes at all if it wasn’t for Joe the Plumber making it clear that Obama wanted redistribution of wealth. Those 58 million votes were against Obama, not necessarily for McCain.
I think McCain could have won if he had separated himself from the bailout in October by voting No. He voted for that bailout so people shrugged and said, “What’s the diff? I’ll vote for the guy who can speak well, not the old dude who might die in office.”
They voted for him because the press told them to...
They are indeed fools. However, that said, socialists are always ill-informed, foolish and entirely selfish.
They will learn the hard way, as they always must.
I agree, and many who voted for Obama are going to feel DUPED, not a good thing for Obama, or the Dem party, perhaps a tremendous opportunity for Republicans/Conservatives.
“...I think most are too stupid to even know what socialism is....”
Perhaps:
1) many of Obamas supporters were naive enough to believe a media which preached that spreading of “the wealth is good for the economy”
2) many other Obama’s supporters screamed loudly about the evil greed of the rich while ignoring their own equally evil envy and coveting
Well said.