Obama: "FDR Was Called a Socialist and a Communist"

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Interesting: The Bush campaign called Bill Clinton a Social Engineer (Socialist).

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Right-wing author, F. A. Hayek, wrote a book called "The Road to Serfdom." It came down hard on "Social Engineers" that try to mould the government in a manner they see fit, where the ultimate result is an authoritarian state.


Here's an NYT article professing that Bill Clinton was called this by GHWB's campaign:

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/18/us/the-1992-campaign-the-republicans-bush-paints-clinton-as-social-engineer.html

With its disparaging references to Oxford, the 1960's and Mr. Clinton's "economic elite," and its allusions to socialism, the 41-minute speech was redolent with the blue-collar appeals that helped Ronald Reagan lure Democrats to his fold in 1980 and 1984.

Mr. Bush made no attempt today to explain or minimize the economy's present problems. Instead, he argued that the real danger facing the nation is that voters will "grasp change blindly, without considering seriously where these changes will lead us or what they mean in our daily lives."

"At a decisive moment in history comes your choice about who should lead the American economy: the government planner or the entrepreneur, the risk-taker," the President said. "This is the most fundamental disagreement between us: whether the driving engine of growth is government interventionism or entrepreneurial capitalism." Risk-Taker Turned Politician

This really sounds familiar.


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