Hoisted By Your Own Petard

The more the media point out that we should not like Sarah Palin, the more conservatives like her! Yesterday they were raking her over the coals for the amount of money spent on her wardrobe. Good grief! Have they investigated how much Obama spends? Biden? McCain? I would think their suits are comparable in price to Sarah's. But how is this relevant to the election?!

I guess it must grate on them that she is so well received by conservative crowds. Yes, we like a straight talking, no nonsense, "say it ain't so Joe" demeanor.

And yes, now the drive-bys are going after Joe the Plumber. For Pete's sake, he is a private citizen. The American KGB are digging up dirt on the one John Doe who had the audacity to ask a question! (And in doing so, point out the obvious about a candidate who himself said he wants to spread the wealth around.)

I don't understand why the folks who clamor for socialism can't bring themselves to use that word!

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society. Modern socialism originated in the late nineteenth-century working class political movement. Karl Marx posited that socialism would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian revolution which represents the transitional stage between capitalism and communism.

Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable
disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved.


It is so clear that this is what Mr. Obama supports. Why can't they just admit it? Because if he did, he would be hoisted by his own petard. That is, if average Americans paid attention, they could see what is in hidden in plain sight . . . and I believe most Americans do not want to live in a socialist country.