Comments on: Socialist Party on the Ballot in Delaware

By: mike w.

mike w. — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:21:22 +0000

And the further towards socialism we move the further away we’ll be from the principles under which this great nation was founded. Socialism and Liberty cannot co-exist together.

We left England to be different than them. I’d prefer we continue that trend.

By: liberalgeek

liberalgeek — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:15:40 +0000

Yes, it is a degree. There are no pure Capitalist or Socialist societies. Only degrees either way.

By: mike w.

mike w. — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:07:46 +0000

OK, the more PC term would be “social democracy” like we see in the UK and much of western europe. It’s still a degree of socialism.

By: liberalgeek

liberalgeek — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:05:42 +0000

Actually, we don’t want socialism. We would like more of a safety net for the least advantaged among us, but socialism isn’t the answer.

Who’s got the strawman argument now?

By: mike w.

mike w. — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:03:32 +0000

Socialism has never worked, yet liberals seem to think it’ll work “if only the right people are in power.” People like Barack “hope n’ change” Obama.

By: RAY K>

RAY K> — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Art Downs;
“Poland and Czecholovakia had booming economies before WWII”
Not true in the case of poland, they were mired in the same world wide depession we were. Why else would they send calvary out to meet Hitler`s tanks?
In the case of Czecholovakia, they were suppling Hitler`s army with guns and tanks, otherwise they would have been broke also.

By: Art Downs

Art Downs — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:07:51 +0000

Did ’socialism’ really bail us out in the 1930’s or did that ‘alphabet soup’ diet merely prolong the agony until 1938?

There is always a political advantage in ‘doing something. even if it’s wrong’. It gives the impression that you care. Results are another matter.

Socialism on a grand scale in inherently evil. Look at the fate of Poland and Czecholovakia. They had booming economies before WW II and could be compared in prosperity with Switzerland and Northern Italy. They had been reduced to near subsistence level until the Evil Empire collapsed.

Ireland went on a low tax path and their economy is booming.

By: RAY K>

RAY K> — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:11:00 +0000

Mike W. I will not dispute that caveat emptor is the way of the world and people should have known what they were getting into, the real problem is with energy, food, and health care costs rising more and more people are finding it hard to make even the minimum payments and are only now realizing how high late charges and overlimit fees can add up. It`s causing a record number of defaults, creating a collapsing house of cards that will affect us all eventually. IndyMac national, one of the largest mortgage lenders in the country just failed moments ago and were taken over by the FDIC. Fifth bank this year, with many more to follow.

By: RickJ19958

RickJ19958 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:39:55 +0000

Jokes may ensue, but do so at your own risk (I’m looking at you RickJ).

Yeah, but…

Aw, fiddlesticks.

By: mike w.

mike w. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:30:39 +0000

Well obama’s concept of “rights” is strikingly similar to FDR’s.

http://anothergunblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-credit-card-bill-of-rights.html

By: RAY K>

RAY K> — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:29:29 +0000

Socialism bailed us out in the 1930`s, It may well have to come to our rescue again. When basic needs such as food, energy, and health care cannot be meet with middle class pay chk`s than socialism will have to suffice. If trends of the past two years continue, and they show signs of getting worse not better, It will become a reality, although no one will call it by it`s name, they called the new deal back then, it will be socialism.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:05:38 +0000

The Democrats are hardly far enough to the left.

By: David

David — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:58:52 +0000

Actually this party is a little to the left of the socialists. It is the Socialist Worker’s Party which has a Marxist base. Mike W. is right, a plain old socialist wouldn’t do. The Democrats stole their platform years ago. The perennial socialist Presidential candidate said as much himself when he declined to run a couple of elections ago.

By: mike w.

mike w. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:56:24 +0000

Nope. I don’t watch fox news. I’m not even a Conservative.

By: Mike Matthews

Mike Matthews — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:43:19 +0000

Ugh. Mike W. obviously has had one too many doses of Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity today.