John McCain and his surrogates have been trying to paint rival Barack Obama as a “socialist” because he wants to “redistribute the wealth,” an attack so outdated and outlandish that some are dismissing it as just plane silly. And Obama’s no exception.
So said the Senator in North Carolina today:
Because [McCain] knows that his economic theories don’t work, he’s spending these last few days calling me every name in the book. I don’t know what’s next. By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my, uh, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
McCain’s camp responded by implying Obama’s rubber and they are, in fact, glue.
Smokey Martini
What a most adorable picture of Mr. Obama!
It makes me want to take him home with me tonight…
Geoffrey
Very funny….and I love the editorial comments too. Thanks for making my afternoon queerty!
Darth Paul
That fajita plate looks awesome.
Garey
Don’t get me wrong… there are plenty of intelligent people who are repulicans… But republicans often manipulate people through their ignorance and prey on stupid or uneducated people, thereby spreading their conservatism like a disease.
Clearly these claims are ridiculous, but don’t be fooled into thinking they’re so ridiculous that no one will be swayed or affected by them. My suggestion… make sure you go to the polls and do your part.
CHURCHILL-Y
He’s gonna spread…. it!
And re-arrange…. it!
Our beloved Chairman Barack.
Kinda catchy.
Might as well start humming the tune, GONNA NEED IT IN THE RICE FIELDS.
kevin
I don’t trust anyone who wants to be president, but I gotta admit I am constantly impressed with how near-perfect a campaign has been run by the Obama camp. He seems able to simply swipe away with wit and concise logic whatever McScary throws at him!
kevin
I’m willing to bet he has homo speech writers!
crazylove
The largest wealth destruction and transfer in U.S. history just occured under the GOP and conservative regimes backed and supported by McCain. Indeed, Teddy Roosovelt, by McCain’s definition, and yours Church would be a raving socialist. I love me some irony, but Church, you are deluded. Thankfully looking at the polling data it seems the American public loves them some socialists. The more you talk- the more it builds a mandate. So, all I can say is keep up the good work.
Darth Paul
All repubs can do is pander to fear, whether it’s of communism, atheism, feminists, homosexuality, Islam, “scary” negroes, ad nauseam.
I might respect the party, at least, if they tried something different, but they can’t seem to manage anything else. JUST BE AFRAID!
fredo777
And, funny enough, Sarah Palin doesn’t have much room to call anyone a socialist:
http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/sarah-palin-socialist
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/olbermann-sarah-palin-is_n_138765.html
haha
JJ
Not to nitpick, but shouldn’t it be “plain” not “plane” in the blog entry. Now that we are about to have an educated president, I want to show I’m a good guy.
gkruz
If only McCain were right! Obama isn’t a socialist by any stretch of the imagination, and that’s exactly what is wrong with him and his phony “hope” and “change”.
Bill Perdue
Socialists support bailing out working people using the money taken from the rich by confiscatory taxes. By contrast the Democrats, with Republican support, have already taken money from us as given it too the rich. $700 billion in general; $35 billion to Ford and Chrysler, over a $100 billion to AIG and well over two trillions for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We’ll pay for it by enforced austerity measures.
Socialists call for the immediate, total and permanent withdrawal of US military, security, mercenary and secret services to home bases. Democrats say they’ll enlarge the war in Pakistan and maybe Iran, escalate it in Afghanistan, and continue it in Iraq and Palestine. Bringing Colin Powell on board clinches the deal.
Socialists call for jailing bigots, racists and misogynists who commit hate crimes for life at hard labor. We call for charging cult leaders like Ratzinger and Robertson as accomplices or accessories if their hate speech encourages hate crimes. We’re for taxing the cults just like any other part of the entertainment industry, closing their schools, preventing predatory priests from having any contact with children and making it a crime to teach or preach hatred. Obama of course, disagrees because he says ‘god’s in the mix.†That pandering is why the Democrats gutted ENDA, refused to repeal Clintons DOMA and DADT, and ditched the hate crimes bill.
The differences are pretty clear – Obama is right wing centrist, not a socialist, not a progressive, not left at all. McCain is a rancid right-winger with Bush attached at the hip. Obama is Bill Clinton (DOMA, DADT, NAFTA, genocide in Iraq) in drag with a war criminal and bigot named Colin Powell attached at the hip.
kevin
To Poster above: Oh Gurl……
Mr C
GKRUZ…AND CHITTYSHITTY-Y
PLLLEEEAAASSSE,
Racial anger will get you bitches nowhere. Well in fact if you still feel having a white president is the right thing and you have a problem with a minority becoming one.
I have a question for you KKKQUEENS.
Why haven’t 43 of them did anything right????? And why is the present one FUCKING EVERYTHING UP?
Questions again for you 2 simple ass fags.
Are you better off than you were 4 yrs ago?
gkruz
Mr C.
Learn how to read, cupcake. I said nothing about Obama’s race. I pointed out that Obama is not a socialist, despite the idiotic, blind persistence of many progressives, such as yourself (or whatever you define yourself as politically, most likely nothing more than “I’ll vote for whoever makes the most promises to my gay thing”). If Obama were a socialist, he wouldn’t respond to McCain’s accusation the way he did in the quote above. Reread it and tell me what sort of socialist says that? Of course, you can be certain by merely reviewing Obama’s record in the Senate; if that’s what you call socialism, you don’t know what it is. Several real socialist websites like Counterpunch, the International Socialist Review, and the World Socialist website have already exposed Obama as a fake, go read them and find out why.
But why am I wasting time trying to explain this to an hysterical queen who thinks any criticism (especially if it’s true) of his precious messiah is racism? If Obama does win, he won’t change anything, and anyone who criticizes him or his policies can look forward to self-appointed thought police like you screaming accusations of racism at them.
fredo777
“If Obama does win, he won’t change anything…”
Why don’t you wait + see what the man actually does in office before completely dismissing him without any demonstration of his presidential know-how?
I wouldn’t call you a racist based only your posts here, but you are coming across like a cynical douchebag.
fredo777
* based only on
Emily Sors
“McCain’s camp responded by implying Obama’s rubber and they are, in fact, glue.”
so wait, McCain’s saying that when he slings mud at Obama, it bounces back and just hits McCain back?
Finally, the man speaks the truth!
Jamie
Obama’s comment about sharing his toys is a ridiculous comment, due to the fact that “sharing” your toys is one thing, but when someone else TAKES your toys without your consent to share with those “less fortunate” is another. He is calling him a socialist due to his socialist position on some issues. Obama is not an idiot and he’s great at manipulating others by saying what they want to hear and pointing out the flaws of his opponent. People should look at the issues important to them when deciding who to vote for, not who is a good, entertaining speaker. Otherwise we might as well elect some famous hollywood actor to do the job. The ignorance of Americans is annoying to me and I feel many of you should not be given the option to vote if you are ill informed.
Jamie
In response to No. 4 Garey…
That’s an interesting thought, but us republicans would say the same about democrats. Democrats have a huge information output… the media. All but Fox News will give you the democrat outlook, which is a negative view of McCain, clearly favoring the democratic candidates in any race. It is very sad. I think it’s amazing how many republicans still exist when so many children are warped at a young age through their schools and the media.
fredo777
The haters are out in full force, I see.
Obama is not a socialist. Perhaps it is you who is “ill-informed”.
Then again, you are a republican. So, never mind.