[egannacht]

It's called fabianism

[Oldpuppymax]

I don’t know if he said it or not. The problem is, he COULD HAVE!

[mak5]

The Norman Thomas High School in Manhattan and the Norman Thomas ‘05 Library at Princeton University’s Forbes college are named after him. He was also the grandfather of Newsweek columnist Evan Thomas. None of this should come as any surprise considering the locations and leanings of those institutions and people.

[Carlucci]

There is audio of Ronald Reagan quoting this part and attributed it to Thomas in 1927:

“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of “liberalism,” they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6DmjBneGBc

If Reagan said it, it’s good enough for me.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

The only important difference between Nazi-ism, Fascism,
Communism, Socialism and Liberalism is the spelling, and
that the last group hasn't got the brains to figure it out.

- Bill Vance
***
I would add Islamo-Fascism to the above quote.

[searchingforthetruth]

BRAVEHEART,
Go to GOOGLE.COM and enter NORMAN MATTOON THOMAS in the search-bar.
More that You ever wanted to know.
Especially from Wiki-pedia
Also check for remarks by Thomas and Gus Hall, who agreed that Democrats AND Republicans had (by 1970) adopted the planks of the Socialist / Communist party so they both quit!
This is SCARY

[harpcat]

This is really to this whole string..

First off, do you have any idea how different he liberals of 1948 are to today? You might find yourself agreeing ith them a lot. Secondly, I have dug and dug and found that the statement is not attributable to him, no matter what people say, and the idion who says “He could have” is retarded because I could say it like I could say a lot of things...I didn’t. Rightly attributing statements is the responsibility of every honest journalist, otherwise, do not use it...

Finally... did you know he said this? “If you want a symbolic gesture, don’t burn the flag, wash it.”

I don;t think many know exactly hat brand of socialism he fought for, though it s okay to be opposed it is irresponsible to think that it is in any way comprable to the kind of liberal agenda we see today. Many of those Old school socialists would be appalled!

[harpcat]

This is really to this whole string..

First off, do you have any idea how different he liberals of 1948 are to today? You might find yourself agreeing with them a lot. Secondly, I have dug and dug and found that the statement is not attributable to him, no matter what people say, and the idiot who says “He could have” is retarded because I could say it like I could say a lot of things...I didn’t. Rightly attributing statements is the responsibility of every honest journalist, otherwise, do not use it...

Finally... did you know he said this? “If you want a symbolic gesture, don’t burn the flag, wash it.”

I don;t think many know exactly hat brand of socialism he fought for, though it s okay to be opposed it is irresponsible to think that it is in any way comparable to the kind of liberal agenda we see today. Many of those Old school socialists would be appalled!