More attempts to paint Obama as a socialist...

[fjc]

Yet accusations of socialism are, well, just so hard to believe. But a damning revelation just came to light that should leave no doubt about Obama's sympathies. The blog "Politically Drunk On Power" (PDOP) discovered documents showing that the senator was a member of the "New Party," which is, the blog explains,

". . . a political party established by the Democratic Socialists of America (the DSA) to push forth the socialist principles of the DSA by focusing on winnable elections at a local level and spreading the Socialist movement upwards."


Now, listen to this. The New Party tried its best to obscure Obama's ties to the organization and had scrubbed the relevant documents from its website; however, PDOP was able to find them at a non-profit Internet Archive Organization. Quoting from the October 1996 New Party update, the blog reveals:

New Party members are busy knocking on doors, hammering down lawn signs, and phoning voters to support NP candidates this fall. Here are some of our key races . . .

Illinois: Three NP-members won Democratic primaries last Spring and face off against Republican opponents on election day: Danny Davis (U.S. House), Barack Obama (State Senate) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary).

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/barack_obamas_campaign_of_the.html

[skooooo]

1. In the current climate....

..that word just doesn't mean anything. The government is buying into the banks, even the right wing is calling Bush's actions socialistic.

I'm not worried. Obama's got this!

[JHB]

2. It's one of those "Only Nixon could go to China" things...

...only in reverse, since they've stripped it of all meaning other than "bad, BAD thing".

Anyone who can't distinguish retirement insurance or a health plan from Stalinism has nothing meaningful to add to national discourse.

[madmom]

3. Just trying to cover their ass because of the AIP story!

[fjc]

4. AIP?

[madmom]

7. sara palins connection to the Alaska Independence Party ...AIP

[sinkingfeeling]

5. This appears to be a HUGH!! topic at that other not-to-be-named site.

[noonwitch]

6. The conservatives think everybody to the left of Gerald Ford is a socialist

And some are not sure about Ford.

They claimed Clinton was a communist-Clinton was probably slightly to the right of GR Ford. I like Clinton, but I really wouldn't even call him a liberal.