Barack Obama:
Chicago Public Radio WBEZ-FM
Year: 2001
"The Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and of more basic issues such as political and economic justice in society... and one of the, I think, tragedies of the civil rights movement was, um, because the civil rights movement became so court focused I think there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalition of powers through which you bring about redistributive change. In some ways we still suffer from that... "
This is not just another slip, and while he is arguing it on a racial level - he makes clear his agenda beyond simply racial equality of opportunity. Joe the Plumber and his 'redistribute the wealth' issue. This is something that afflicts Obama. He doesn't speak about it ALL the time, he wants to be elected. But it is a core part of HIS beliefs. In reading statements about his teaching, statements he made to his classes and ideas propounded - not terrible and not so far off the left side that we could not consider them in an academic debate, but Obama himself said he spent time with and associated with people in college who were Marxist. His words, not mine. He associated with Ayers - a man who was an avowed anarchist and self-described Marxist.
The Joe the Plumber statement and now, someone has spent a lot of energy digging up dirt - and yes, it is dirt ... but it goes to the character of the man. The President of the United States CANNOT be a socialist that admires Marxism. We do not have a system that advocates Marxism nor do we support socialistic programs, even if we tread very close to the line.
Obama has made it clear what he wants to do - Americans cannot allow him to carry out his redistribution plan - well, it is actually much more than that, and includes many fronts and programs. In the end, we become less than we are, and more like the rest.
Bad ideas need to be brushed into the trash bin of history - where they stay put.
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