I didn't use any of those terms. I used left, center and right and not in a negative way. And if you're offended by the term left leaning or right leaning then it's pointless to discuss politics. I guess I could say agrees with Moe or Agrees with Robert. AM and RM.
As to the other terms, I'm not aware of anyone, minus the crazy from NM (not Dana, the other one), that refers to Obama as a Socialist, Marxist or Communist. Just wondering why he always associates with them. See we can't label Obama because he's a mystery and the press won't ask him questions. Like who paid his Harvard tuition? On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In all the years I've been observing politics, I've found that most of > the labels of leftist, socialist or communist have been hurled at > people by those who want to demonize them, rather than actually being > the ideals of the person being labeled. There are extreme leftists > out there - I see stuff from them daily on some of the lists I read, > but I rarely see them involved in mainstream politics. > > I found this especially interesting in the labeling of Obama. If you > google Obama and socialist, you'll get a lot of hits, but they mostly > occur after Hannity and several others determined that labeling him a > liberal wasn't scary enough. When the socialist label didn't have any > impact, they escalated it to communist. I knew their campaign was > somewhat effective when my boyfriend, who really doesn't follow > politics at all, asked me if Obama was a socialist. After I stopped > laughing, I asked him to which radio show had he been listening. He > confessed to getting an email from a neo-con friend that contained the > claim. My advise to him was to filter that guy to the trash. (grin) > > It's easy to avoid propaganda if you recognize the tactics. What I > find interesting are people who continue to parrot the crap even after > they have been shown the truth. I once challenged a talk radio host > to do an entire show without using any labels, spin or buzzwords. I'm > still waiting. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277837 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
