Obama Socialism

How to Properly Criticize a President 101

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Robert J. Elisberg

If you want people to be frightened of Barack Obama because you say he's like Hitler, you have to understand that people don't hate Hitler because he provided governmental health care.

Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

Shouting Matches Between People, Straw Men at Town Halls

Ross Hyzer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Comedy


Ross Hyzer

There are patriots among us who realize that a battle is raging. These foot soldiers of freedom have seized our town halls to loudly, incoherently speak truth to power.

National Anti-Obama Group Backs Down After Lawsuit From Chicago's BGA

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago


An activist group formed to combat the Obama administration's economic and health care agenda has agreed to change its name and forfeit its web addres...

Health Care Debate Loses Coherence

Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Tom Sullivan

One suspects, however, that behind much of the "Don't Tread On Me" rhetoric directed at Obama is a spluttering "... but, but, but, you're black!"

Congress Is Behaving as if the Health Care System Isn't in Tatters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

We are either going to get no health care reform or watered-down health care legislation that acts as a bandage, helping some people but ignoring the larger problem creating the pain.

Palin: Obama Is Leading America Towards Socialism (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


In her appearance on "Hannity" on Monday night, Sarah Palin claimed that the country was headed towards socialism. And she explained her decision not...

The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Today's "teabag" protests would be funny, if they didn't make me think of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and what he might have accomplished if Fox News existed during his time.

Sam Stein

LaHood Hits Back Hard Against Charges Of "Socialism," "Obama Recession"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood hit back hard on Monday to charges from White House critics that President Barack Obama's economic policies -- ...

Michele Bachmann: Obama Making "The Final Leap To Socialism"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics


In an interview with conservative host Bill Bennett Thursday, Minnesota Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann warned that President Obama is taking the co...

An Open Letter to Outraged Conservatives

Aemilia Scott | Posted 04.01.2009 | Comedy


Aemilia Scott

Dear Outraged Conservative American On The Verge Of Financial Ruin, I am so pleased you have found a way to express your hatred for Obama in reclaiming the word Socialism.

Sam Stein

Cornyn Preaches Moderation, Then DeMint Calls Obama "World's Best Salesman Of Socialism"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


Speaking before a red-meat conservative audience in Washington D.C., National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Cornyn did something a bit...

Capitalists, Socialists, and OPM

Bob Rice | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business


Bob Rice

There's nothing wrong with Wall Streets's "eat what you kill" mentality. Except the bankers must remember that, in the wild, if the Tribe doesn't survive, no one eats at all.

Sam Stein

New GOP Mail Goes After Obama On Lobbyists, Taxes, And Socialism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


The anti-Obama mail keeps piling up. A reader forwarded a set of pieces that go after the Illinois Democrat for not, really, being a thorn in the side...

Senator McCain, Regulated Capitalism is Not Socialism

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Leo Hindery, Jr.

Using the pejorative word "socialism" to describe an honorable progressive income tax is shameful in these difficult times -- and it is also just plain wrong.

Sam Stein

McCain Ad: Obama Wants Higher Taxes For Workin' Joes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Expanding on his closing argument, John McCain put out an ad on Tuesday morning that accuses Barack Obama of pushing redistributive tax policies and w...

Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business


Matt Mendelsohn

This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.

Conservative Tax Policy Is Corporate Socialism

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home


Adrienne Birecree

John McCain decries middle class tax cuts as "socialism" because they "spread the wealth around." What are tax cuts for corporate America and the wealthy then? There indeed has been an increase in "socialism" in the U.S. but a smokescreen of conservative ideological rhetoric has hidden it for decades.

Weekly Roundup: OffTheBus Readers Engage in Social(ism) Networking

Chris Nelson | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home


Chris Nelson

As scattered as the week has been now that all of the major campaign milestones have come and gone, turning the tables on John McCarthy, erm, McCain's criticism of Barack Obama this week has been the one thread in our inbox.

Conservative Socialism: Spreading Debt Around

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

Obama's tax policies cannot be described as socialist except by those too ignorant to know the difference or too cynical to reveal the truth.