Reply #13: I agree--limited socialism _is_ good. But they're using the term to carry many other messages.

[zazen]

Hell, I hope he does bring in the best of European socialism, while keeping some of the best of American entrepreneurialism and competitiveness. I've seen too many govt employee systems that reward mediocrity. I believe that you've got to build some competitiveness in or the deadwood will pull down the rest. Spoken like a true American workaholic!.

Might as well usher it all in, if he's going to be ruthlessly attacked for it.

And faithbased funding is fine, so long as the socialist Catholics, unitarians, and other liberal religious groups get their share.