DISQUS

blackwolf · 1 year ago

The folks in America need educating.

Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago

extreme behavior, whether it be market deregulation, pre-emptive war, religious fundamentalism or drug abuse, is always hard to sustain. give them credit for making it last (almost) 8 years.

skeptic · 1 year ago

It's always the kettle calling the pot black with the GOP. It is going to get a lot nastier in the remaining two weeks.

A reminder for those of you who are so inclined to go to www.noonprop8.com and participate. Focus on the Family, and the Mormon church have poured tons of $$ into the Yes on Prop 8 in California which if it passes will set back civil rights for gays for years. It will put into the state constitution legalized discrimination against a group of people based upon who they are. If that isn't un-American then I don't know what is!

Traumatic · 1 year ago

And now, when Obama is elected and takes office, he has to deal with all the fallout. Four years from now, we're going to be hearing from the republicans that it was all Obama's fault, and "look at how big government got under the socialist Obama administration". What's scary is that, as usual, the public will forget the facts and just listen to the "truth" being spewn by the republicans...again. I hate to be a pessimist like this, but it has happened so many times...over and over and over...

woodroad34 · 1 year ago

McCain: Obama is a socialist.
Obama: Sir, I am not George Bush. If you want to run against George Bush, you should have done it four years ago. Oh, wait! You did and you lost.....
McCain: *eyes twitching* *nashing of teeth*

tbhull · 1 year ago

I think BushCo is more into facism. Just wait and watch as the banks will use government powers to collect credit card debt, student loan debt, car loan debt, etc.

Instead of swarthy, feckless and rude private debt collectors delinquent consumers will soon be faced with the IRS or something strikingly similar and powerful collecting delinquent debt with all the tools provided by law.

Ed_Weekly · 1 year ago

Invasion of the McBody Snatchers?
http://www.internetweekly.org/2008/10/cartoon_i...

Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago

The word "socialism" has lost the negative ring it had during the Cold War when it was used to galvanize (read 'scare') the population.

If we truly did not want socialism, we would not build rural roads to farms where a couple people live, because the costs "don't pencil out." Everyone pays for those rural roads even though the farmer's gas tax money doesn't come close to paying for the road. There are countless examples where some people pay more taxes and get fewer services.

Its all part of "building a more perfect union." Wake up! There's no free lunch. Government services cost money.

AdrianBrowne · 1 year ago

from Hullabaloo (condensed version)

"1. No one anymore knows what "socialism" is. Oh, sure, you and I know what socialism is, but the days when the right could point to the Soviet Union or some other giant example are history. So normal people hear "sharing the wealth is bad" and it's like, huh? They don't think Stalin, they think that since we're sharing our wealth with these schmucks, maybe we, too, could use a piece of that. The argument misfires because it has no substantive object anymore. "Share the wealth," "redistribution of wealth," and "socialism" talk only to a rightwing base: it is an historical argument, stirring up fears about something that, except in Cuba and a couple other places, simply doesn't exist. And that neatly seques into:

2. Normals know Obama is no communist, excuse me, socialist, not by a long shot, The charge is totally off the wall, dishonest, really weird with a beard. Worse, it ratchets up hateful, fearful rhetoric to McCarthyite levels when the last thing this country needs is another completely vacuous distraction from the very real problems we simply must confront.."

sukabi1 · 1 year ago

Of course if you want to make all the fundies heads explode you could point out that Jesus was the Original Socialist.

Julia V · 1 year ago

I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for posting.

Milli · 1 year ago

How many people under the age of 40 really have a concept of what socialism really is? Perhaps Lieberman should pull McCain aside and tell him the Cold War is over. At least Palin has an excuse. Her brain is permanently frozen, and being so close to Russia, you can understand her reasoning.

bluestockton · 1 year ago

IMO, McCain is appealing to the Miami Cubans, to whom "socialist" and
"Castro" are one and the same.

skeptic · 1 year ago

Whoooooooo!! Take from the RICH and give to the POOR. Now that is enough to curl the hair of any Repub.. Obama and his "spread the wealth around" comments. If I were rich that would really scare me as I might lose some $$$.

cowboyneok · 1 year ago

John McCain needs to start with himself. I'd rather be a socialist than a hyper-capitalist like McCain. McCain believes in socialism for the rich and hyper-capitalism where the poor are the only ones allowed to fail. By removing the ability of the rich to fail it becomes impossible for the poor to climb up the ladder. McCain and friends want a ceiling that is impossible to break through where they continuously squeeze the poor with bailouts while enticing idiots like "Joe the Plumber" with dreams of making it big. They find one or two, like Joe the Plumber to spout their party line and prop them up as an example of how if you support their corrupt system then you can make it, too! At least Obama is being honest about the problems our nation is facing.

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Joe the Scab.

kirkaracha · 1 year ago

Senator McCain has enjoyed socialized medicine throughout his military and congressional careers.

minik · 1 year ago

How come giving tax breaks to the middle class is "socialism" but giving tax breaks to the rich isn't?

Gimmie a break.Bush and pals have been giving tax breaks to the rich for quite some time. I didn't see McCain whining about "socialism" then.

EmGD · 1 year ago

Socialism to improve the life of citizens is bad. Socialism to improve the bank balances of multi-national billion dollar corporations is a necessary and fundamental way of life. It's one of those standards that's so great it went and doubled on itself.

http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Who exactly does Braniac McGaffe thinks he's scaring with the "he's gonna spread the wealth around" line?
Will most people say, "Wealth??? Dear God, no! We don't want any. Take it away and give it to deserving people like Tim Russert's half-wit son and any relatives of evil Lehman Ceo Dick Fuld".

Indigo · 1 year ago

Not exactly. "Conservative socialist" is Brad Delong's operative wording, thus discreetly implying a relationship to the defunct German party known as the National Socialist Workers Party, that is to say, Nazi.

fdeblauwe · 1 year ago

A great cartoon lambasting this phenomenon on the Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 blog...

openupyourmind · 1 year ago

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toriielynnxo · 1 year ago

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SociologistTina · 1 year ago

Tell me about it!

Thanks Joe!