Do Republicans believe Obama is a "socialist"?

[kentuck]

I have heard him called that and much worse. But do they truly believe him to be a "socialist"?

What do they think is different from Obama's "socialism" and Bernie Sander's "socialism"?

Perhaps they should be put on the record just what they think of Barack Obama?

[Wounded Bear]

1. They need to define what they think what it means...

I'm pretty sure that the vast majority have no clue. They just think it's an insult, so they throw it out there.

[Enrique]

2. no

they go out of their way to avoid talking about the DOW's increase under his presidency. This shows that the charge of socialism is a premeditated deception.

[Deny and Shred]

3. They have been saying it for 8 years.

They took the teeth out of the term for many people. Claire McCaskill and other Clinton supporters can keep trying to sharpen those teeth again, but the bite isn't there anymore.

Those who 'won't vote a for socialist' aren't voting for a Democrat anyway.

[B Calm]

4. Yes! But they have accused every Democratic President of that for the past 100 years.

[awake]

5. So as long as our candidate will be called a socialist might as well have a real one running

Instead of an ex Goldwater devote who was on the board of Walmart and voted for Bush's war in Iraq

[kentuck]

6. No. I would not say that.

I would say it might be beneficial to know whether they think Obama is a "socialist" or not? Is Sanders' socialism the same as Obama's? Or is it worse? I think we need to flush out the Republicans on this issue, because they plan on using it on Bernie if he is the nominee and we need to understand just what parameters they might be operating in, in my opinion.

[awake]

8. I do not care what a republican thinks they will never vote for a Demercate

This has been our party's problem for too long, thinking about republican ideas instead of ideas for Americans

[kentuck]

10. Democrats do not wish to be lied about or portrayed as something they are not...

would be my guess.

[ecstatic]

7. It doesn't work like that. All dems know the difference between a made up

socialist tag vs a person who really is a self labeled socialist. Maybe repubs don't, but dems do. And at the end of the day, it's what most democrats believe that matters. And most dems don't consider themselves pure socialists.

[awake]

9. Our greatest Demercratic president was a Demercratic Socialist FDR!!!!