Democrat Party chairman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz was asked a simple direct question. What’s the difference between the Democrat and Socialist Parties? She changed the subject. Went so far as to tell the interviewer what she thought the question should be. This is such a simple strait forward question of basic political philosophy it should be easy for any Democrat to answer. When the chairman of the Democrat Party can’t answer it we should all have questions.
The answer to the question “What’s the difference between Democrats and Socialists?” was answered 60 years ago by famous author and politician Upton Sinclair. After switching from the Socialist to Democrat party and asked about why he replied, "The American people will take socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it... Running on the Socialist ticket I got 60,000 votes, and running on the slogan to 'End Poverty in California' I got 879,000." He showed in 1951 that if you push socialist ideas and call yourself a Democrat, you can win Democrat votes. Democrats believe in socialism, but just don’t want to be called socialists.
Proof can be heard from current Democrat and President B.H.Obama’s own words:
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times.”
“Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.”
“If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
“I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
“Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”
“I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program.”
“I think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because I actually believe in redistribution…”
“…We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us.”
“Because our individual salvation depends on collective salvation.”
“The great task before our founders was putting into practice the ideal that government could simultaneously serve liberty and advance the common good. and Government, he believed, had an important role to play in advancing our common prosperity.”
“Political discussions, the kind at Occidental had once seemed so intense and purposeful, came to take on the flavor of the socialist conferences I sometimes attended at Cooper Union”
And let’s not forget:
“I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”
The truth Democrat Party chairman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, couldn’t utter was there is no difference between Democrats and Socialists.
"Criminalizing choices that adults make because we think they are unwise ones, when the choices involved have no negative effect on the rights of others, is not appropriate in a free society." – Barney Frank (2009) "The true danger is when Liberty is nibbled away, for expedients." – Edmund Burke (1899)
"The core divide in American politics now is not between liberals and conservatives, or between capitalists and socialists. It is between libertarians and communitarians." - E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post, May 19, 2003
"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen...." -President Dwight Eisenhower
“Where the government fears the people, there is Liberty. Where the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” - Benjamin Franklin
"The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight." Obviously Teddy didn’t have much of a “victim” mentality. - Teddy Roosevelt (1902)
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