George Will noted conservative commentator last Sunday: ""95% of what governments DO is redistribute wealth."
The socialism charge against Obama is bogus. Our free market system is a farce of controls driven by private interest groups. Calling Obama Marxist after our government just stepped in with our money to clean up a problem they were in a position to avoid is ridiculous. Our Government is a partner in the largest secondary mortgage market in the world now. The theories of unregulated capitalism have been tested. They failed. If Obama gets in he will be handed a market with more government interference than anytime in history. So is Bush the real Marxist? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:33 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > The Bradley effect is named for former Los Angeles mayor Tom > Bradley, > > > a black, who lost a close 1982 gubernatorial election in > California > > > after holding a solid lead in the polls. > > > > It's pretty sad, isn't it, that people like shemp are stuck > > *hoping* enough Americans are still too racist to vote > > for a black man, at least enough to swing the election. > > Says volumes, doesn't it? It's all they have left. > > > > Sal > > > > > Actually, Sal, I hope that people don't vote for Barack because of > what I perceive as his socialist/Marxist policies...but that wouldn't > make any sense to you because you have no ideas what his policies are > (as you've demonstrated before) or what Obama's experience and record > is (as you've demonstrated). > > But your observation that I am "hoping" that there are enough racist > Americans to sway the election is, in a way, the manifestation of the > Bradley Effect in itself. > > Why? > > Because people who accuse others of being racists or, as you do > above, insinuate that they are, tend to get people's backs up and it > is those people who will take out that resentment on election day, in > the privacy of the voting booth. THAT is the motivating force behind > the Bradley Effect if you ask me. > > For my opposition to Obama, I've been called a racist three times on > this forum (four if you count your post, Sal). Fortunately for you > Obama supporters, I can't vote in this country because I'm not a > citizen (and have no desire to become one). But I have to suspect > there are registered voters who this is happening to and, like > myself, are not racists but will vote for McCain not because they > like him -- indeed, are fed up with the Republicans and would have > dearly LOVED to vote for Obama -- but won't because they've been > called racists by the likes of you. And they'll take it out on you > on election day. Like buying, voting is above all an emotionally > triggered process...and being called a racist is a big motivating > factor. >
