Analysis: Socialist tag doesn't fit Obama

[groovedaddy]

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — "Make no mistake," Republican activist John Hancock told a John McCain rally in this St. Louis suburb, "this campaign is a referendum on socialism."


Republicans have been pounding that theme in recent days, even though Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama hardly fits the classic definition of a socialist.


Critics point to Obama's plan to raise the top two tax rates on the wealthy as clear evidence of his socialist bent.


However, Len Burman, the director of the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, said that while Obama "would make the tax system more progressive overall, it would not be a radical shift."


It wouldn't qualify as socialism.

http://www.kentucky.com/329/story/563762.html

[ogneopasno]

1. I'm amazed we're even having this discussion.

Pathetic.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Why doesn't anybody ask Bernie Sanders- AVOWED "socialist"

what he thinks about Obama? The fact that being "socialist" is NOT IMHO a BAD thing notwithstanding, Obama is definitely a MODERATE in pretty much every sense of the word- certainly NOT "the most liberal Senator in Congress" (It's actually pretty amazing how many of those there are-according to the RW anyway)!!!

[MatthewStLouis]

3. To McCain: Why no tax cuts for hard working middle class? Only for the top 5%?

The question we need to ask McCain is: Why no tax cuts for hard working middle class Americans? Don't we work just as hard as wealthy people? I can't live off my investment income. I have to live off hard earned income.