Posted on 07/09/2015 10:32:14 AM PDT by george76
Sanders is drawing massive crowds, just like Obama, and there is another common thread between Sanders and Obama — their socialist philosophy of governance. Now, I have to give it to Senator Sanders, he is man enough to admit what he is: he has “come out” as a Democratic Socialist.
Obama .. rhetoric and writings proved he was, but if you dared to utter the words that he was a socialist, you were immediately branded racist. Even after comments such as “I think it’s better for everyone if we spread the wealth around” and “if you have a business, you didn’t build that,” America still refused to admit Barack Obama held a core believe system antithetical to that of our Constitutional Republic. Hence why we needed to “fundamentally transform” America — and now we know what that means.
Or do we?
Sir Winston Churchill described socialism in this way: “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
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1. socialists believe in wealth redistribution. This is the most threatening principle for a free market/free enterprise opportunity economy. It seeks to punish those who have worked hard to earn and achieve
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2. Socialists believe in nationalizing the economic production of a country, they do not believe in the private sector, the free marketplace of ideas.
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5. Socialists embrace the secular society. Why? Because faith has to be rooted in the State. Here in America, if God is removed from the public sphere, then who becomes the grantor — and subsequently the taker — of your unalienable rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
The recent SCOTUS decision on redefining marriage — has resulted in a State punishing citizens for their religious beliefs.
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Most of today’s Democrats will see those five facts as positive.
Even the Democrats are no longer trusting Hillary in large numbers.
Socialists understand that the US is already a de facto socialist country and has been so for several decades.
Socialists realize they no longer have to change the nature of the US economy. All they need to do is implement a few more controls each year and they will be happy.
Socialists realize that large corporations are their friends and will work hand in hand with them to more fully bureaucratize the economy.
Socialists cry out against the evils of capitalism even though they know that capitalism is as extinct as the dinosaurs. It's just a ploy to get more of their favorite rules, regulations, and wealth transfers into place.
They already know this, so maybe the first and only fact is their socialism makes them our enemies.
For socialism to even get a running start, there must have first been a capitalistic beginning, or there is nothing to take away and redistribute.
Most of today’s Democrats will see those five facts as positive.
Exactly. Our side needs to completely re-think our game plan.
And they will call you names if you dare say anything...
Facts are irrelevant to Democrats. It’s all about feeeeeeelings. And communism.
Democrats will understand once we separate ourselves entirely from them, and they, like the Soviets, get tired of starving. In the meantime they have the White House, Congress, Judiciary... They have the DOT the DHS, and the Armed Forces. They own the flag. You can’t train a parasite not to suck your blood, all you can do is rip it off, throw it into the bushes, and check your kids for the eggs. As long as there are producers there will be parasites; as long as there are parasites they will first take the schools, flags, and government in order to take the kids and convince dissidents they are “un-American.” The playbook goes back beyond Rome.
The proof is right here on this forum. During the Clinton years there were countless Freeper protests organized in defense of freedom, with Freeper meetings taking place across the nation (I organized the first one in the state of Florida - we met at the Marriott resort on Sand Lake Road in Orlando).
During those Freeper protests we had banner-toting airplanes flying overhead, sometimes delivering our pro-freedom message over packed football stadiums.
How can we be victorious when our enemy has become stronger and we have become more timid?
Pretty sure an unattractive, New York atheist Jew is going to win anything......he;s the left’s equivalent of Ron Paul....stupid people follow both of them.
Everything you just posted I realized about a year or so ago. One day it just dawned on me that we have completely lost and Liberals control everything.
I remember being on this forum during the 90s and getting so excited at each "BOMBSHELL REPORT" about the Clintons and Liberals. Nothing ever happened to these people, nobody was ever held accountable, nobody ever lost their job, went to jail, or suffered even the mildest of consequences. I didn't realize it at the time, I was just happy that Liberal corruption was being exposed. It was a new and novel thing back then.
I don't think there is a short term solution. The Liberal movement has been working toward its goal for a century. I don't think our side even realizes we've lost yet. It'll take a century to reclaim our political power and our culture. We need to get started.
If anything, Bernie Sanders is to the right of Barack Obama.
Sanders’ vision for America is Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Obama’s vision for America is Venezuela. Maybe Cuba.
Socialism and crony capitalism are the same in function. The difference is the content of the propaganda fed to the masses.
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Obama ran for stafe senate in illinois as a new party candidate. The new party in illinois IS what the socialist party calls itself, at least when he ran it did.
The game plan should emphasize freedom and individuality - the ability to self-determine and define who you want to be. Those concepts play very well - and ironically were used by Pelosi in selling Obamacare (’it will free you from the restrictions staying in a job just for health care places on you’). Those concepts also happen to be, IMHO, the essence of being American.
Socialism and communism should be characterized for just what they are - restrictive of personal freedom, and rigidly conformist.
Hmmm maybe. Our side is completely incompetent on selling its ideas. Our side is clueless on understanding popular culture. Obama can sing rap lyrics and dance and act a fool on TV and the public loves him for it.
When Karl Rove or any other strtegist gets on TV and starts making analogies to Civil War battles and how it relates to the budget deal (happened last year on Foxnews), or they start talking about the Constitution, we lose.
They American public doesn't have the mental capacity to understand that type of stuff. Not any more.
I think that our side should take every press release, public statement, speech, etc. from the Liberals and just change the names and dates to suit our needs.
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