From: Travis Subject: Socialist Norman Thomas predicted this day Date: Monday, February 9, 2009,
[image: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Norman_Mattoon_Thomas.aspx]<http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Norman_Mattoon_Thomas.aspx> *Norman Mattoon Thomas* *(November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. The Socialist Party candidate for President of the US ,Norman Thomas, said this in a 1944 speech: "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But,under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." * *He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. TheDemocrat Party has adopted our platform."* -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
