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DeMint: Democrats are trying to destroy the free market

By J.P. Freire on 7.16.09 @ 5:44PM

I posted at the Examiner about the AmSpec newsmaker lunch today, but I question the wisdom of standing on the edge of Godwin's law and repeatedly declaring Obama a socialist. What Obama is calling for is no different than what most politicians call for -- yes, socialist policy -- but it's rarely called that.

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Patrick M| 7.16.09 @ 11:21PM

If it walks like a duck, why not call it a duck?
We might as well have more honest words for what America is turning into.

The Waxman Obamacare bill is what I call "The Destroy American Freedom Act". I wish it were hyperbole. It isn't. I wish Sen Demint was engaged in hyperbole ... "If we lose healthcare, we will lose free market economics in America." ... but he's not.

Tim| 7.17.09 @ 8:42AM

(sigh) It's a cookbook.

les grossman| 7.17.09 @ 9:12AM

Yes, by all means, lets not confuse the public with clarity. Everyone knows the American public deplores straight talk and much prefers PC euphemisms.

ds80| 7.17.09 @ 11:07AM

Fellow Americans, you had better wise up. Please read on, to see how you are being fleeced.

And you just let it happen.

Liberal Reader| 7.17.09 @ 11:20AM

Rubbish.

Tim| 7.17.09 @ 12:09PM

At the Copa (Co!) Coba Obama
The hottest spot north of Havanna.
At the Copa (Co!) Coba Obama
Karl Marx and taxes were just what the facts is
at the Copa Obama.

J.P. Freire| 7.17.09 @ 1:35PM

I'm just saying that if we were to use the term socialist whenever confronted with socialism, we'd be saying it all the time, and it would, again, not do much to advance the ball down the field.