Remember when Democrats and defenders of President Obama flipped out when Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives claimed Obama was a socialist? They said it was “hate speech” and motivated by racism. They and media outlets like MSNBC and CNN scoffed at the notion and ridiculed those who said it. Personally, I was glad to finally see so many liberals repulsed by the accusation of being associated with socialism–something they were full, proud defenders of not too long ago.
Well, without expounding on the veracity of the socialist claims against Mr. Obama, we now have information from Gallup that perhaps Obama’s defenders were protesting a little too much. Indeed, they were probably just recoiling because their messiah was under attack and felt the need to defend him, rather than because the accusations were false or disgraceful.
Yesterday Gallup Poll reported that a majority (53%) of Democrats have a “positive” view of socialism and 61% of liberals viewed socialism positively. This isn’t really a surprise to those of us who know the Democrat Party’s past, but it does make us wonder why they were so offended when their party’s leader was accused of holding views a majority of them view positively.
On a separate note, the poll showed 17% of Republicans viewed socialism positively, including 20% of conservatives. Who are these people? We’re willing to bet that those 17 and 20% don’t even know what Republicanism, conservatism, or socialism is. In all likelihood they’re probably just–to be blunt– idiots. How else to explain the contradiction? This just proves there is always a set number of fools in any ideology or party who will believe or say anything.
