Let's remember, I do think those programs make this country more of a socialist state than a liberal Jeffersonian republic.
So yes she fits in to the American Socialist stereo type for me very well thank you :) How you been man? > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Very interesting quiz > > +100 > > > >> Actually even put in broader context I would say she certainly has > >> socialist > >> leanings. > > > >I agree... but in the same way that you could say that anybody that > promotes > >free market forces has "Machiavellian leanings". > > > >However this in no way makes her (as the post and other sources of the > >information imply) either communist or Marxist. She may have > socialist > >leanings but she's still well within the mainstream of American > politics; > >she leans no more or no less than a broad spectrum of her > constituents. > > > >She's without a doubt left of center... but a Marxist? > > > >She's definitely a social liberal who's for universal care (which > almost by > >definition means a lessening of personal responsibility). I don't > know > >enough to say if she's truly "anti-wealth" despite her view on these > >specific tax cuts (a view which I agree with). > > > >In general our society has "socialist leanings". What are concepts > like > >minimum wage, guaranteed health care, bankruptcy protection, public > school > >standards, federal control of markets and monopolization if not > socialist? > >In fact I think that every first-world country has "socialist > leanings" of > >some kind or another - mostly in the areas of universal care and > wealth > >protection. > > > >Of course the United States isn't a socialist country despite these > leanings > >and neither is Hillary (or, as far as I can tell, any of the front- > runners) > >socialists. > > > >Maybe I'm just getting sick of (the mostly, but not exclusively, > republican) > >art of sound-biting people into little pieces but this struck a nerve. > The > >whole lapel-pin thing with Obama (can you believe Fox compared it to > >Lewinsky scandal?); the fact that the senate spent so much time on the > >"moveon.org" ad; the Charles case, etc. > > > >I'm generally disgusted by any demonization campaigns but the ones > we've > >been seeing for the past few years have been truly nauseating. > > > >Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243960 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
