Hard To Understand
At last, the first step towards the 2012 Presidential election will take place in a few days in Iowa. There, Republicans will face off in state-wide caucuses. Listening to radio interviews of prospective caucus attendees, I heard the answer to “how to make America great again”. The first step these Iowans say is to defeat President Obama.
He is a socialist, Iowans say of the President. I guess that is bad.
I am not sure they know what a socialist is, but they are quite sure it is the President. You know, the President championed a healthcare reform that closed the donut hole for elderly prescription cost, made it illegal for any health care insurer to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions, and found ways to include millions of other Americans in health care coverage. I guess this means that being a socialist means you have concern for your fellow American.
Oh, and the Obama Administration continued the Wall Street bail out which conservatives soundly berated. And the President pushed for the Dodd-Frank bill to put sensible limits on the too big to fail banks. Repeal of Dodd-Frank ranks high among the Iowan GOP voters. I guess that means a socialist is someone who tries to fix things when they go terribly wrong throwing the economy into a ditch.
And, lets not forget the government loans to GM and Chrysler. Iowans don’t believe that the government should bail out private businesses. Farm subsidies might be ok but not making cars. I guess a socialist is someone who uses the economic power of the Federal government to save jobs and protect important industries in severe economic times, and then make sure they are fully returned to the private sector.
Lastly, the Iowan social issues voters know President Obama is a socialist because he supports all sorts of government activity which is anti-religion. Proof is everywhere. Don’t ask, don’t tell was repealed. The government has stopped defending DOMA and has insisted that same sex couples should be able to adopt children. I guess a socialist is someone who treats all citizens as equal and does not allow any group, religious or not, to set up special rules to deny certain citizens government provided services.
It is hard to understand this definition of a socialist since it seems so noble. It is also hard to understand because what I learned from books describes quite different behavior. Maybe I just don’t understand, and the Iowans have got it right.
This entry was posted on December 30, 2011 at 11:44 am and is filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Politics, Republican Party. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.
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