There is nothing wrong with being called a "socialist" except that it reflects badly on the accuser. The usual accuser knows nothing about socialism or liberalism except that it is a pejorative term, the kind that Palin uses in her speeches to the rabid fear-mongers.


FDR was called a "socialist" for implementing the New Deal which eventually brought the US out of the Depression.

Obama is not a pure socialist, however, because he believes in entrepreneurism and support for small business. He is not actively opposed to Wall Street but to it's excesses.

There is no pure socialism in America and hasn't been for a long time.

Norman Thomas ran on the Socialist Party long ago.

The person that posted this doesn't know anything about socialism.