So is Obama a corporatist or a socialist? I am so confused!

[GarbagemanLB]

All these names and labels the far left and far right are throwing at him seem to contradict?

[Deja Q]

1. socio-corporatist?

:D

[CBR]

2. One thing he is not is an ideologue... nt

[NightWatcher]

3. he's a man, flaws and all

[MarjorieG]

4. Doesn't matter if he doesn't do as they wants.

[Kdillard]

5. Exactly. Obama is neither he is a pragmatist end of story.

[Hansel]

16. Yep. That sums him up.

And he's not afraid of nuance, even those most in politics and the media don't know what it is.

[FrenchieCat]

6. He defies labeling,

which is making it that much harder for his opposition....who are currently into "one size fits all" type of mentality.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. President Obama's detractors have him right where he

wants them.

[TwilightZone]

10. That's an interesting point.

We just *love* labels.

[JoePhilly]

8. Socialist, elitist, racist, communist, marxist .... plus ....

Unamerican, unpatriotic, Muslim, bad Christian, Kenyan.

I miss anything??

[kimmerspixelated]

11. WTF?

[JoePhilly]

19. The right simply tosses these terms out with no backing ...

Might as well make fun of them as a result.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

20. "Miss anything??" Future scapegoat for the white supremacists who...

skillfully arranged his competition thus
orchestrating his rise to 'power.'

Wouldn't trade places with him for all the tea in China!

[Odin2005]

9. He's a slaughterer of ideological sacred cows.

Which is why people on both sides are reflexively throwing the worst labels they can think of ("Corporatist" and "Marxist") at him.

[Adelante]

12. Did you see the National Review covers for March and April?

He's a socialist one month and in bed with big money the next month. And you think you're confused!

:rofl:

[davidinalameda]

13. he's the anti-Christ

so what does it matter?

:shrug:

[geek tragedy]

14. He upsets the fringe nutjobs on both left and the right.

If DU's Tinfoil Hat Brigades and the Freepers both hate him, he must be doing something right.

[HopeOverFear]

15. Amen to that n/m

[Two Americas]

17. he is a politician

In the United States that means "corporatist." That is not a slam on Obama, it is the nature of the system.

But it doesn't much matter what he "is" but rather what he does. In that, we have a critical role to play - speak out for the same principles and ideals as always.



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[rateyes]

18. Maybe he's the CEO of

Socialism, Inc.? :evilgrin: