I will agree to being called a Democratic Socialist.....

[OwnedByFerrets]

as long as we get to call them Republican Fascist. Hey, whats fair is fair.:shrug:

[liberalmuse]

1. There's nothing wrong with being a Socialist...

Socialism is basically utilizing the public treasury, or our taxes, to ensure the services we put into place benefit the most people possible, rather than enriching the few, who have been greatly benefitting from our system in place now, which is unfettered and deregulated Capitalism. I don't hear anyone talking about dictatorships (McCain has stupidly made the same 'dictator' joke as Bush has done several times), or fascism, or racism in the MSM, which has a much worse track record.

[Clio the Leo]

4. Tell me about it....

.... I'm upset there's no "Socialists for Obama" buttons avaialable on the Obama website! lol

[rusty quoin]

11. You are correct. According to McCain/Palin, the Puritans were Socialists.

[Connonym]

15. I think Jesus probably was too. eom

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I personally would consider both of those to be accurate.

[Union Thug]

3. Nothing wrong with Democratic Socialists. Obama is certainly not one...

...in my opinion he's just a little left of center... But I consider myself a Democratic Socialist and don't shy away from it.

[spag68]

5. Socialist

We should be so lucky to have it as good as the Scandinavian countries. Cradle to grave health care, free education, a place where they have a longer lifespan the we do and lower child mortality rate. Best of all they have legal pot, that clinches it for me.

[silverojo]

7. Scandinavia isn't all sweetness and light

Right-wing fucktards are hard at work there, trying to turn their governments into theocracies, too. It's just that--so far--they haven't gotten as far with it as they have here in the US.

[kenny blankenship]

13. plus... lutefisk

You have to ask yourself, is socialized medicine worth that?

[Omnibus]

14. Clearly they don't have enough right-wingers.

May we send them some?

Please?

[RagAss]

6. Oh..errrr....I already do.

[bluedawg12]

8. The repigs wouldn't know what either means.

They equate socialism with Stalinism.

[Poseidan]

9. the Pledge of Allegiance author was a socialist

nt

[Rambis]

10. I'm a Democraitc Socialist

So is Ed Asner. :)

"Democratic Socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many structures of our government and economy must be radically transformed through greater economic and social democracy so that ordinary Americans can participate in the many decisions that affect our lives."

http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html


On Edit: posted by cyberswede not Rambis (I really need to check which one of us is logged in! d'oh!)

[PermanentRevolution]

12. Well, with Bush's huge bailout plan and Bachman's concerns about anti-Americans

We could always call them the National Socialist Party.

Hmm. Why does that name sound familiar?