Comments on: For the People: Herr Obama and the Socialist States of America

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By: Gary Brown

Gary Brown — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:04:22 +0000

Hi I saw Rudy on Sanchez show. I am as disgusted as we all should be even as a Canadian who watches the US news diligently. Lets remember when Health care is being damned as ’socialism’ so too are ambulances, firefighters, police, public educatiion, and the armed forces. Do they want to take all that on for themselves? I am equally shocked at the proponents who cannot clearly say, to each complaint; will I have my own doctor when after it happens?, will we bankrupt the country?, will I have to take medicine decided by some government official? and so on.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:08:38 +0000

I believe the often quiet intelligence in our country will prevail. It’s impossible to argue with such ignorance. Thank you for your words.

By: Ermilo D

Ermilo D — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:12:15 +0000

Speaking for myself,I trust our president until I see evidence to not trust him. I trusted President Bush until we saw how he and people in his administration lied to America. I don’t think President Obama has done anything yet to not trust him. Time will tell. Assuring healthcare for the millions who don’t have or can’t afford doesn’t seem to be that bad an idea. You shouldn’t be so smug just because you have health insurance. More and more people are losing their’s every day. Maybe we should show some compassion for the one’s who are in need. And let’s quit hating our president so much. Alot of people hated and still hate to see Tiger Woods succeed. I wonder what he and our president have in common.

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:47:55 +0000

To those of you who think the President is a socialist for wanting health care for every American which is what he promised to do as a candidate, please know that you are already paying for it in ways that you are too blind to see. The costs will only become greater if we fail to reform the healthcare industry at this time. The pharmaceutical and health insurance companies are robbing us blind and laughing all the way to the bank. The cigarette industry did the same thing for years until we woke up and said no thanks to lung cancer. We’re still paying for that too.

To those of you who think the President intends to “propagandize” schools by encouraging kids to do well in school, is simply brainwashed. There is no hope for you.

The President never set out to change the world, he knows better than that and so should you. Change comes from within. We are better off today than we were nine months ago. If you fail to see and acknowledge that then shame on you. I remember.

By: Mary elizabeth Williams

Mary elizabeth Williams — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:36:16 +0000

Just to set the historical record straight, I think we need to remind ourselves that the truly socialist governments contemporaneous with Hitler condemned him for his betrayal of socialist prinicples; the true political identification for Nazism is fascism, and believe me, Obama is not a fascist – but Karl Rove very well may be.

By: rafael

rafael — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:28:19 +0000

I checked Mr. Ruiz cite due to his oped in CNN and I feel your oped is not up to par. I agree Obama is no Hitler, but is not the 1st president to be called that and to call everyone who calls him Hitler or socialist a racist is WRONG. It seems that Obama supports always pull the race card out when individuals don’t agree with his world views, let it go. As for your “he no socialist” I would disagree (government ran health care is socialist). Ps if you did not figure it by my name I’m Latino and not a racist

By: Javier Gonzalez

Javier Gonzalez — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:04:34 +0000

I am in complete agreement of the statements. The great equalizer is our knoledge and not ill informed facts that are spoon fed to people who are too lazy to read the facts. Too bad these are the majority. I am happy their is a place like this that opens a persons mind. This site will be endorsed by me.

By: Andyman

Andyman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:43:09 +0000

The article’s goal is to address the need to abandon labels that get in the way of rational argument and is therefore consistent with the message in “Open your minds, America.” Arguments to the contrary are irrelevant anyhow, since that piece was entitled “Open your minds, America” and not “The RedBrownandBlue.com Manifesto”.

The author turns the labels on their heads not to argue their opposite but to show their arbitrariness and irrelevance. Admittedly, if his bias shows up anywhere, it’s here, and it’s fun to see people who don’t get the point take the bait.

Is Pres. Obama a red-blooded capitalist or a socialist? He is neither. He is a man in high office who has proposed goals and then proposed solutions to achieve them, and words like “socialist” and “Hitler” can only get in the way of constructive discussion of said proposals.