Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on March 9, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone

What part of the question, “Are you a socialist?” is so tough to understand? Rather than stating a confident “yes” or “no,” Pres. Barack Obama drones on and on in response to the question posed by the New York Times, never really answering the question. As usual, he sounds like he’s still campaigning at rallies with adoring Obama fans weeping in the stands. What is even more odd and out of character about this is that Obama himself called the Times, wanting to set straight the record about him being/not being a socialist.

But, he never clearly answers the question. He babbles and babbles and babbles, blaming former Pres. Bush when he thinks it’s appropriate. “It wasn’t on my watch,” he says often (hoping we forgot that he, when serving as Illinois’s senator, and the liberal Democratic Congress voted on or authored the very problems, bills, bailouts, and myriad issues he’s denying any fault in – priceless!).

You must read his disjointed, droning, but well-phrased response (although with his normal amount of “uh-uh” stammering). It defies logic. Here’s a link to the transcript of the conversation between Obama and the New York Times:

New York Times asks Obama: “Are you a socialist as some people have suggested?”

Michelle Malkin’s as-always-excellent post on this: Obama: I’m not a socialist, I just play one on TV; here’s another noteworthy one from January 2009: Grading the MSM’s Cuban revolution coverage.
Amusing write-up at Stuck On Stupid: The Whining Messiah
Designated Conservative: Obama’s -ISM – The “I Won” Drink of Chumpions has a great cartoon video embed, titled “Barack Obamaism,” from the larepublican’s YouTube channel.

For those handful of readers who still aren’t sure exactly what in the heck IS socialism, here’s a thumbnail definition, comparing/contrasting it to capitalism:

Socialism: My money is your money, equal misery is shared.
Capitalism: My money is your money, unequal blessings are shared.

And to quote respected American economist, author, and social commentator Thomas Sowell, “Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”

Categories: Conservatism, Frugal Ponderings, Government, Knowledge, Social and Political Climate
Tags: Barack Obama, capitalism, liberals, Michelle Malkin, New York Times, Obama, president, socialism, socialist, Thomas Sowell