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I want someone to explain to me the ideological differences between Bernie Sanders and Obama that distinguish him as a democrat and not a socialist. I suspect the only difference is in name, where in Vermont calling yourself a socialist only broadens your electoral appeal but isn’t particuarly palatable on a national platform.

I’ve heard the case that Obama is a socialist, but I have yet to hear the case that he isn’t. We own banks and car companies now, don’t we? Doesn’t he want to handle our health care system, energy industry and the Internet?

It would be a crack up the way these people project. Great piece. Highly recommended.

…just know that I would.

After viewing the video, it would also help if those Free Press staffers did not look like such typical leftie weenies with their matching Lisa Loeb unisex “smarty pants” eyeglasses. Hell, even the “dude sipping coffee” they walk up to is a grey-hair with a freakin’ pony tail. Sheesh. Grow up, hippie.

And it’s hilarious that the video posits that “commies” or “socialists” (lefties in general) would eat donuts. Please. If the lefties had their way, the nanny state would outlaw them for the good of “society” under statist medicine. The video just emphasizes how the left sees anyone who disagrees with them as idiots — always a persuasive stance. (Though, I gotta give them the funny on the “Miley Cyrus doesn’t even Tweet anymore” joke, despite the insulting context).

And, to answer the question in the video: Yes. Glenn Beck knows what socialism is. And so do we. You are it.

But, overall, that video is the definition of lame.

Of course donuts are fine, as long as they have no trans-fats, are low-sodium, contain no MSG, contain soy-protein, are vegan-friendly, are government-subsidized, are not made with child labor, are made with energy-efficient equipment, are prepared and sold by employees making a “living wage”, meet proper quality control standards, received adequate stimulus money, are made and sold by a company whose CEO doesn’t make too much money, are made and sold by a company who is a “responsible corporate citizen”, are made and sold by a company who properly limits its carbon emissions, are made and sold by a company that meets all OSHA regulations, are made and sold by a company that has paid proper licensing fees and taxes, are made and sold by a company that has donated enough to the DNC and/or President Obama…

…and on and on and on.

In this article, Nate, you claim you want an honest debate about ideas, and call the left Fascists and Communists:

“As we have covered before in this space, the far left does anything possible to avoid having a straight-up, honest debate over ideas. Much like the old Communists and Fascists on the streets of Weimar-era Berlin, they’d rather use muscle than ideas to get a victory.”

Then you go onto defend the fascism of McCarthy, prosecution of anyone who did not share his political ideology, by going, ‘well, he was right.’

“Supposedly he’s seeing socialists, Marxists, and communists everywhere. Even though Senator McCarthy was right, and Communists had infiltrated our government all the way up to Alger Hiss, we’re supposed to think badly of Red hunting. But let’s look at the people themselves at Free Press, leading special interest promoter of the Fairness Doctrine, ownership diversity rules, and of course Net Neturality. Are they as socialist as Beck thinks?”

Tying a handful of commentators who intentionally say incendiary things to garner viewership and followings, which is true there are enough on both sides for this, to a stake is quite a different game than tying anyone who is associated with a political ideology who would dare disagree with yours to a stake.

Posts like this show the smoke screen of your interest in having an honest debate about ideas, unless you consider an honest debate with people who agree with everything you say before you’ve said it. In which case, carry on.

that he see’s the socialists and marxists etc that are actually there trying to take over/hurt this country while a lot of other people want to hide their heads in the sand and many others want lots of people to hide their heads in the sand (or at least not notice).