Socialist? Obama? Not hardly — says editor of ‘Socialist’ magazine

Is President Obama a Socialist or not? To hear the hue and cry of all the conservatives (many of whom are far from true conservatism) in the media — talk radio whackos and many cable TV whackos — Obama is a sort of undercover Socialist leading our country down the path to Socialism.

Not even close, says Billy Wharton, editor of “Socialist” magazine and one of the leaders of the Socialist Party USA. And, as he says in the article I just read on The Washington Post’s website, “I should know.” That article, titled “Obama’s No Socialist. I Should Know,” is something you really should read. (I’m not sure whether you will be asked to register to gain access to that part of the website, but registration is free if you are asked to register.)

Wharton has a really friendly, clever writing style. To his credit, he resists the urge (mostly) to sling the sort of mud at clueless politicians and talk radio/blog/cable TV people which he and the Socialist Party USA has had slung at it.

It would be a wonderful thing if all the folks who fire off political barbs and half-informed or uninformed public statements about socialism or liberalism — or conservatism, for that matter — would get half a clue first.

I’ll end my rant there before I get too excited. It’s nearly bedtime where I live, and I gotta keep the stomach acid down to get a good nights sleep.

But go to that link. Read the article. Learn a little. Maybe you’ll begin to understand how silly and mean spirited all these ridiculous charges of socialism against Obama really are!