Obama Marxist or Communist
By Kyle Smith
You may be forgiven if you missed it during last week’s tsunami of scandals, but President Obama finally let slip that he is a socialist.
Buried in the 17th paragraph of one of those mewling New York Times pieces on the woes of Obama — can we start calling him Woe-bama yet? — appeared these two words: “going Bulworth.”
Obama himself, the Times explained, has been “longingly” telling his inner circle that what he’d really like to do is what Sen. Jay Bulworth, played by Warren Beatty in his 1998 movie “Bulworth,” did: to go public as an unabashed, angry and admitted socialist.
It’s as if Ronald Reagan had been caught saying he wanted to “Go Strangelove.”
In confessing his dreams of “going Bulworth,” Obama confirmed that what he thinks and what he says out loud are two different things. He let slip the mask of a center-left moderate — a “pragmatist” who only cares about “what works.” The press and even right-of-center columnists like Ross Douthat and David Brooks have always insisted that this completely unconvincing masquerade is genuine.
“Bulworth” is set during the campaign season of 1996, when progressives’ frustration with Bill Clinton was reaching a boil (just before the Lewinsky scandal turned them into his defenders again). The title character is a cautious, Clintonian Democratic senator who breaks down in despair at his own moderate campaign, in which he questions race preferences, welfare and bloated government.
Recognizing that he is a sellout makes him despondent to the point of suicide (I trust this is not the part of Bulworth with which Obama identifies). So, he first takes out a life insurance policy, then hires a hit man to assassinate him.
With nothing left to lose, Bulworth speaks his mind and becomes a sensation and unexpected contender for the presidency by giving far-left campaign speeches in rap form. In the movie’s centerpiece moment, Bulworth does a rap about health care and cries, “Socialism!” to a stunned crowd. (The lyrics run, “Yeah, yeah / You can call it single-payer or Canadian way / Only socialized medicine will ever save the day! Come on now, lemme hear that dirty word: Socialism!”)
This is Obama’s id; the little man he wishes he could let out to party.
But at least Bulworth is more upfront about the catch-all term for his program. President Obama and many others (including the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary) seem to confuse socialism with communism — common ownership of the economy.
Top 7 Marxist Communist Policies Being Implemented By Obama Today – HubPages]But most people understand socialism as shorthand for a European-style economy that allows private property but is government-directed for the (alleged) common good.
A country whose economy is more public than private is socialist — such as France, where 57% of GDP is government spending. Few would deny that Obama’s goal is to put a beret on the US economy. Saying so, though, would require Bulworthian frankness.
Yet the flip side of Obama’s fantasy is what’s getting him into trouble: His administration may not be able to say what it fervently believes, but it can muzzle others who want to speak their minds.
The Benghazi e-mails show that his administration sought to shut up the CIA and conceal the damaging truth that it always knew al Qaeda terrorists (not demonstrators) attacked us last Sept. 11 in Libya. The AP scandal shows his Justice Department clamping down on what reporters say. The IRS scandal reveals his tax minions trying to silence the Tea Party.
This is an administration that wishes only one man ever got a chance to speak up, loud and proud, in unapologetically socialist terms — while everybody else gets a strip of duct tape slapped over their mouths.
It was interesting to be involved in a discussion with a person on a social network who claims to be a “mainline Christian” and a “Leftist.” It became clear immediately because all her posts were centered on helping people understand that Obama is NOT a Socialist…or a Marxist…or a Communist. He is – she said – a Capitalist.
According to her, that was the most important part of the conversation. I find that is often true about those on the Left. They like to get mired in minutiae because they think it’s educational.
Meanwhile, they cannot see the forest for the trees.
In truth, if we are going to hold to a very specific definition of socialism, Marxism, or communism, then a case could be made that Obama is none of these things…as a person. However, it is also important to recognize that policies that Obama is attempting to create and push are leaning toward socialism, Marxism, or communism.
My biggest concern is that too many in Congress and in politics in general today, fail to understand that America is a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. I’ve been over that numerous times and while I’d like to explain it again, you might get bored. Suffice it to say that if our elected officials truly understood that America is a Constitutional Republic (and NOT a Democracy), then they would also understand the proper role of the government in general and the Federal government specifically. In short, under our Constitutional Republic, the power of the government is limited. Because there are so many elected officials like Obama who fail to grasp this, they then believe it is their responsibility to force the government to become bigger, extending control over greater areas of people’s lives.
This, to me, is learning towards socialism.
I do understand the exact definition of it and I also understand that when government policies begin to lean toward socialism, it appears as greater governmental control and influence. We could go into economics and semantics, but that bores most people. While Obama is not a dictionary-defined socialist (there, I said it), that matters little if his policies are moving America toward that goal.
“The problem here is that the dictionary definition of ‘socialist’ sets an almost impossibly high bar for any leader. Even Vladimir Lenin himself couldn’t meet that standard.” [1]
So, on one hand, the exact dictionary definition itself is very difficult to meet, on the other hand, there are plenty of politicians who believe that socialism has merits and therefore, what they do attempts to mimic socialism by moving this country more toward that target.
“Besides mimicking some of Lenin’s policy strategies, Obama also has adopted Karl Marx’s strategies for gradually socializing an economy.” [2]
Does this mean that Obama is a Marxist? Not necessarily.
I believe that Obama is a capitalist…for himself. What he envisions for the average person in America is something completely different, in my view.
“Besides adopting the Leninist strategy of seeking greater control over the commanding heights of the economy, if one reviews Marx’s 10-point platform for how to socialize a country’s economy in stages (“The Communist Manifesto,” chapter two), one finds that Team Obama and his congressional progressive allies have taken actions to further the goals laid out in all 10 of the planks in the Marx platform.” [3]
The author then goes on to list a number of points in which it is very clear that Obama has been and continues to do what he can to move this country toward socialism.
Paul Roderick Gregory responds to the question of whether Obama is a socialist by noting, “By ‘socialist,’ I do not mean a Lenin, Castro, or Mao, but whether Obama falls within the mainstream of contemporary socialism as represented, for example, by Germany’s Social Democrats, French Socialists, or Spain’s socialist-workers party?
“By this criterion, yes, Obama is a socialist.” [4]
Gregory then goes on to explain why Obama is a socialist, in his opinion. Well worth reading, especially by those on the Left who refuse to admit that – due to the high bar of the dictionary-defined “socialism” – Obama could be a socialist.
Peter Ferrara comes to a different conclusion regarding Obama’s ideologies.
“The answer is that to President Obama this is still not fair because he is a Marxist.
To a Marxist, the fact that the top 1% earn more income than the bottom 99% is not fair, no matter how they earn it, fairly or not. So it is not fair unless more is taken from the top 1% until they are left only with what they “need,” as in any true communist system. Paying anything less is not their “fair” share. That is the only logical explanation of President Obama’s rhetoric, and it is 100% consistent with his own published background.” [5]
I wish that those on the Left who are so adamant that Obama is neither a socialist or Marxist, would be just as adamant in recognizing AND admitting that America is a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy. The main differences between these two systems are stark. Yet, the Left won’t go there because it not only does not interest them, but does not win an argument for them. If they admit that America is a Constitutional Republic, then they have to begin admitting other things. They don’t want to do that so they avoid the entire issue of whether or not America is a Constitutional Republic or not.
This issue is far more important than whether or not Obama (or any politician) is a socialist, Marxist, or communist.
However, I find it very interesting and telling that more communist AND socialist groups (along with a few foreign dictators) came out in complete support of Obama and his policies. That tells me a great deal frankly and I don’t need people on the Left to attempt their misdirect by getting me to argue over definitions, when they themselves are not interested in discussing the true nature of this country.
But regarding whether or not Obama is a capitalist or something else altogether, it is clear to me that Obama is either unaware of, or completely ignores the fact that America is a Constitutional Republic. Once an elected official is willing to agree with this fact about America, it changes the game. They can no longer, in good faith, attempt to change a system that is not meant to be changed.
The Left likes to argue anomalies and minutiae.
They believe if they focus strongly enough on the minor things, then the major things will be either ignored or overlooked. This is why they harp on definitions of things because they purposely derail actual dialogue and discussion. They want to distract so that Obama and his progressives can get on with changing this country until nothing resembles the original America.
When the Left aren’t getting us mired in the smallest of details, they are coming out with their racist jokes like Bill Maher’s quip about Herman Cain wanting “white” girls on FOX as the reason Cain agreed to be hired by FOX. This type of asinine comment is excused by those on the Left because, let’s face it, they own most of the media. So, they can make racially insensitive jokes using Herman Cain, or they can have a panel discussion about “whitey” week on another show. Ha, ha. Chuckle, chuckle.
If that gets boring, they can always create another skit in which Jesus is lampooned and Christians are offended.
The Left really has nothing to offer. Whether they’re talking about socialism, the 2nd Amendment, or something else entirely, the reality is that the Left is the one that “shucks and jives,” (as used disparagingly by Obama himself toward those on the Right.) They do what they can to misdirect, obfuscate, and when that doesn’t work, shout down and throw things like Piers Morgan.
But let’s face it, those on the Left have quite a bit on their plates. They have to agree that they voted for a man who – at every turn – pushes for the rights of women to have abortions regardless of the time during the pregnancy. They voted for someone who was never properly vetted. They support and even glorify a person who stands for everything this country is against. [6]
Obama sought out Marxist professors.
The most unfortunate thing is that many of these individuals call themselves “mainline Christians.” It’s absurd.
I asked the person mentioned at the beginning of this article what does it mean to be a Christian. Since specific definitions are obviously so important to her, I wanted to know. She never responded to that question. When I pointed out the problem with voting for a person who supports abortion the way Obama does, she told me that I really did not understand the issue of abortion.
The real problem is that this woman – who I’m sure considers herself to be intelligent – is so mired in detail that she really cannot see the big picture. Not only can she not see where our current administration is taking this country, but she cannot see the problem with voting for a person who agrees that killing roughly 4,000 unborn babies per day is fine. After all, women have the right to do whatever they want to their own bodies. No one’s disputing that. What we dispute is whether or not women have the right to wantonly kill a completely separate human life that is growing within them.
The answer is obvious.
So, whether Obama is a socialist, a Marxist, a communist, or capitalist is really not the issue at all, though the Left likes to ruminate on that one. The real problem is what Obama’s policies (or lack thereof) are doing to this once great country.
You don’t fix a problem by throwing money at it. When it comes to health care you attack the root cause which is the cost to the providers. Good Samaritan Hospital closed its doors on the West Side of Dayton because of Obamacare. Those patients that weren’t paying bills. All that Obamacare did was increase insurance premiums. Doctors today pay $350,000 for their education and that’s not right. What needs to be done is strike a balance in health care through enrollment fees. Where everybody pays and I mean everybody a percentage of their income. That money then should subsidize health care for their expenses and not go into a politician’s pocket. That’s true Universal Health Care Coverage!!!
Keyword on Microsoft Bing — Biden increased the Cost of Insulin. Biden froze Trump’s order so he can now take credit for a $35 cap. Also, If Bill Gates had listened to scientists our weather patterns today. Would not be so extreme. Bing: Bill Gates didn’t Listen to Scientists about Chemtrails. Chemtrail Conspiracy and The chemicals listed in those trails and the impact they have on our environment. Biden is pretending to be God, he wants to fix our climate which is a hoax. Many politicians own mansions on the coast. Bing: Does Al Gore own ocean front property?
Al Gore got all that started with his documentary: An Inconvenient Truth in 2006 and one nation under God can’t fix a climate if all other countries are unwilling. The United States is a small percentage of the big picture. As far as your statement about water safety in the United States Most life-threatening waterborne diseases caused by microbes (such as typhoid fever or cholera) are rare in the United States (chlorine in water is a more alarming safety factor to the pineal gland than poor water quality.)
The German New Deal Was A Flop.
The Energiewende movement is now headed to Hydrogen cell vehicles in Germany because they found that Electric Vehicles had many negatives working against them.
A friend I met on social media who is from Munich stated one major concern.
Was that once your EV had over 60000 miles on them. It’s almost impossible to trade the vehicle off because nobody wants to deal with a used battery. And Puff… your windmill just blew out to sea with that Hurricane!!!
I would also like to state that some who know me, ask about my health care part in my last letter to the editor.
Striking a balance in health care means paying an enrollment fee to help support health professional expenses.
Means striking a balance (a reduced premium cost so that it’s not so astronomically hateful to those that have insurance.)
A Footnote About the Southern Border: Republican Governor Abbott in Texas stated,
The Biden administration has said it anticipates 500,000 people entering the U.S. illegally per month from over 150 countries beginning May 24. I love Abbott’s response to this problem, ship those migrants coming in. To the Capitol Steps via Charter Bus in D.C. and show them what a true insurrection that Biden is causing in this country.
One Last Thing Mr. Miller: In the Arabic World you always see this phrase plastered on banners الموت لأمريكا من الداخل which when you Google translate it.
Means: Death to America from Within and the Democrats live by that credo.
To further educate Mr. Miller This country has never been a democracy.
Bing: Constitutional Republic governed by the Constitution of the United States.
On January 6th: 700 patriots were arrested out of the 10s of 1000s which were there.
A big percentage for holding a camera and taking pictures. Your comment about the Proud Boys, the Oaths Keepers, the 3 percenters doesn’t concern me. As much as Antifa which is an Obama and his Brother Hooded funded organization.
BLM is a Marxist group. Bing: Obama is a Marxist and a member of the Muslim brotherhood.
In 2020, Kamala Harris was bailing rioters burning our cities out of jail the next day after being arrested.
One last Tidbit: Biden can’t be helping poverty rates with gas prices and inflation rates spinning out of control. Bing: Bidens tax Increase for the Middle to Working Class. (he’s lying about that as well.)
And Bing: Maria Piacesi was only eight when she met Joe Biden in 2015, while she was with her uncle — Senator Steve Daines and his wife, in a highly publicized video,
Explain That one? Lastly Bing: Clinton Foundation is a Hedge Fund, The Biden Crime Family and also The Pelosi Crime Family which stems from the Baltimore Mafia.
GOD Bless America…
[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/07/26/president-obamas-marxist-leninist-economics-fact-and-fiction/
[2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/01/22/is-president-obama-truly-a-socialist/
[3] http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2012/12/20/is-president-obama-really-a-socialist-lets-analyze-obamanomics/
[4] Obama: His Marxist / Communist Past Exposed & How It Continues – Freedom Outpost (investortimes.com)
[5] Barack Obama: A Traitor for the Ages – American Thinker
[6] Sacred Communist Ground? Baby Barack Obama Lived At The Gateway To Seattle’s CHAZ With Mother Stanley Ann Dunham On Avenue Now Patrolled By Armed Marxist Revolutionary Guards – The American Report