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SO you should have no problem showing the quote where he actually did compare himself to those two. Read beyond the headline and find it please.
@Mya
Ahh.. Redress is suddenly playing the "literal" game. You see Mya - if he didn't actually say, "I am now comparing myself to Ghandi and Mandela" then it didn't happen. This is what happens when people cannot be honest or are able to discuss openly issues they are obviously hyper-biased about. They play games.... typical.
My impression was more that Obama mentioned Gandhi and Mandela as inspiring examples.
I don't remember exactly, but I think Bush and other Republicans too sometimes mention shining examples or idols, be that George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. When Bush mentioned one of those, for example, I would not assume he is comparing himself to those. He's just pointing out who inspires him.
Obama supported bailouts for huge corporations, is chock full of wall street money, and allows bernanke to manipulate the economy unchecked. Not to mention the fact his administration is loaded with wall street execs.Ghandi and Mandela are both champions of social justice. More than anything else, they were cut from the same cloth as other left wing progressives of the mid 20th century. If they were Americans, they'd be lumped in the same field as FDR, Obama and pretty much everyone who disagrees with the notion that an elite minority should be in control of both government and the economy.
Obama supported bailouts for huge corporations, is chock full of wall street money, and allows bernanke to manipulate the economy unchecked. Not to mention the fact his administration is loaded with wall street execs.
My impression was more that Obama mentioned Gandhi and Mandela as inspiring examples.
I don't remember exactly, but I think Bush and other Republicans too sometimes mention shining examples or idols, be that George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. When Bush mentioned one of those, for example, I would not assume he is comparing himself to those. He's just pointing out who inspires him.
If you can give me a quote that is comparable to what obama said, where he puts himself in the same sentence with Washington or the like, where he tacks his name onto theirs, I will concede your point.
Not entirely, my point is that Obama has not shown the "anti-elite" tendencies you had claimed. Never called him a socialist, but I can't speak for others.So now Obama is pro-rich people? I thought you Libertarians called him a socialist?
So now Obama is pro-rich people? I thought you Libertarians called him a socialist?
If you Google "Obama compares himself to Lincoln," you'll find an example.
It is socialism for the rich, and dumped losses for everyone else.
It is socialism for the rich, and dumped losses for everyone else.
Mensch said:It is socialism for the rich, and dumped losses for everyone else.
Come on guys make up your damn minds. I thought he was a do nothing. I thought he was communist. I thought he was a welfare president. I thought he was a socialist. Now its reverse socialism (corporatism).
Hahaha - yes, socialism for the rich. No oxymorons there.
If by "socialism for the rich" you mean "socialism for the bourgeoisie", then...
What the **** dude. What the ****.
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Libertarian Newspeak is hilarious. I just stubbed my toe. Socialism!
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