Obama’s Socialist Roots Run Deep
by Doug Edelman (10/31/08)
As a candidate, Barack Obama presents more questions than answers: questionable associations, rhetorical gymnastics, style over substance, questions over experience, even questions over eligibility and citizenship. But when it comes right down to it in the home stretch, it’s all about meat & potato economic issues. As Clinton made his mantra “It’s the economy, stupid”, so this election is turning on the perception of the candidates’ views and plans regarding the current economic woes.
Recently, Obama was leading comfortably in the polls. But then “Joe the Plumber” dropped out of the sky and breathed new life into the McCain Campaign. So what happened? Joe just asked a question. It was Obama’s answer that woke people up and changed the dynamic of the campaign. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDVM7ODUBn8
Obama revealed a socialist agenda. “Spreading the Wealth” is his tax policy. (Conservatives view tax policy as a means to raise necessary revenue for necessary services. Liberals view tax policy as a means to raise necessary revenue, and to direct behavior. Socialists and Marxists view tax policy as a means to redistribute wealth and restructure society!) A large portion of Americans still find socialism distasteful.
Robbing from Peter to pay Paul may seem like a great idea to Paul. (And frighteningly, we have an increasing population of “baby birds” sitting in their nest waiting with their mouths wide open.) But Peter may not think so highly of the concept. One might dismiss his objections as he has a vested interest, but the objective observer who is neither Peter nor Paul would have to acknowledge that Robin Hood is, in reality, no more than a thief.
So, was the “Joe the Plumber” just an isolated statement that too much is being made of? Hardly. It was a crack in the armor that revealed the true core beliefs of Barack Obama, which had been well cloaked before they came to light with his answer to Joe.
Back in 2001, Obama lamented that the Constitution RESTRICTS Government and stands in the way of the REDISTRIBUTIVE change he’d like to make! The audio is SHOCKING and should be heard by every voter before heading to the polls. So here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck
This is not surprising, given the Socialist, Marxist, and radical bent of so many of the cloud of questionable associates swirling around Barack Obama. While Ayers and Wright got the press, they are just the tip of the iceberg. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1445/pub_detail.asp
Is it coincidental that Obama is surrounded by such a motley crew of associates? Hardly. In his own words from his book “Dreams of My Father”:
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout,I chose my friends carefully.The more politically active black students.The foreign students.The Chicanos.The Marxist Professors and the structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. You can hear the audio here: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-admits-i-chose-my-friends.html
So, since COLLEGE he’s sought out Marxists and Structural Feminists? And he chose his friends carefully? (I refer you back to WHO are his friends!)
And just what IS a “Structural Feminist”? Well, there are many different varieties and branches of feminism. Obama was specifically drawn to the “Structural Feminists”. As explained at http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev108.htm:
Structural feminist theory focuses on social structures, notably patriarchy and capitalism that oppress women. Theorists in this tradition emphasize the dominating influence of these social structures, but by doing so they also tend to construe women as passive. Despite their somewhat deterministic view of women’s circumstances, structural feminists nevertheless call for resistance toward the mechanisms in families, schools, and workplaces that serve to reproduce oppressive relations of power.
So, of all the varieties of Feminism, he sought out the branch that is AntiCapitalist and Anti-Establishment.
Obama is and always has been a radical socialist if not Marxist. It is who he is. It is his foundational core.© 2008 Doug Edelman
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