As to the kind of socialism generally associated with “Social Democrats” in Europe, the Labour Party in Britain, or the Democratic Socialists of America (whose spin off party endorsed Obama as “their” candidate twice) I don’t see a hell of a lot of difference between what Obama advocates adn what they do. Do you? Bear in mind that Germany has ostensibly private health insurers, too, but once you federalize what has always been a state function before, mandate coverage for all, and even refuse to allow carriers to price insurance according to the risk, you haven’t left a hell of a lot of free enterprise behind.

Not sure where you get the idea that Obama advocates lower taxes than existed under Reagan, unless you are talking about the part of Reagan’s term that preceded Reagan’s tax cuts. Obama’s “cuts” are all based on Clinton-levels, which he disingenuously describes as not a tax cut because … well, just because.

Marx himself famously said of some young followers “If this is Marxism, I am not a Marxist.” But seriously, coolness aside, what the hell difference is there between “from each according to his ability…” and Obama’s plan to “spread the wealth around?”

Maybe Obama secretly wants to nationalize all of the means of industrial production, but I’ve been flatly unable to find evidence to support this notion. He doesn’t want to nationalize the health care industry. He doesn’t even want to nationalize the health insurance industry. In fact, if you want presidents who are nationalizing stuff, you need to look to the White House’s current occupant.

Hell, I haven’t even been able to find evidence that Obama wants to impose some sort of Long-esque punitive wealth tax. Near as I can tell, he’s got the audacity to want to raise taxes to a level that’s still substantially lower than what existed under St. Reagan.

So I stand by my asserting that your hyperbole is a weeeee bit overblown. :)

So, I am guessing the word ‘poor’ or ‘lower-class’ is now ‘middle-class,’ since it sounds like everybody in the middle class is poor, stupid, and recovering from a 8 year raping from the white house.