The U.S. is a capitalist country. How does a socialist like Hillary get so close to being elected President?

Question

Heck, both Obama and Edwards are Socialists too. Why are so many people so willing to turn this country into another Cuba?

Answer 1

Hillary is just a novelty act. "Ooh, a presidental candidate with a vagina!" Obama's race is doing the same thing for him.

*EDIT*
-By the way, Massive Mann, Cuba is socialist. Get YOUR facts straight, lib.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I doubt if you could identify a real socialist if your life depended on it. Sen. Clinton? She's a dyed in the wool capitalist who understands that our government works socialist-like programs into our system to pick up the slack. Ever heard of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security? Uh-huh. Yet there has been no statue of Saint-Simon or Owen erected in Washington D.C. Don't know who they are? Not surprising. Can I suggest that you stop listening to fools who just repeat what they hear like parrots, and take a Political Science course instead? Really.

Answer 4

Neither Clinton (the cluster bomber of Kosovo), nor Obama "no options are off the table with Iran" and Joe Liebermann mentee Baraka, nor John millionaire populist Edwards are socialists. Rest assured, Mr. right wing-nut, they are all solidly behind the destruction of the planet for megaprofit by the U.S. and other corporate capitalists.
--written by a bona fide socialist, heir to the truth of Karl Marx, Friederich Engels, Jack Reed, Eugene Debs, et alia

Answer 5

Almost all the candidates, in both parties, are neoliberal statists, not socialists. (DK and RP are the farthest from that model, but still not very far).

Socialism, as many socialists have understood it, is the struggle for equality and against privilege, particularly against every form of legal privilege which enables one group (those holding property, those holding patents/repatents, those holding special licenses, those holding power, those getting subsidies, etc.) to profit from the labor of another group. Do you think these politicians would abolish one set of legal privileges without creating another set?

Answer 6

Liberals conive and deceit to get votes. They tell you they can promise untolds amount of wealth, then you get your taxes raised. All in the good of society. But, with liberals, they have had their chances before. However, there are still people who are too stupid or ignorant to see padst the yellow poka dotted elephants to realize that, with a Democrat president, the tax cuts we have all enjoyed will be gone, 9/11 will definately happen again, millions will lose their jobs, homes, and their livelihoods.

Biggest thing they use is the power of deceit. They promise illegals quick citizenship in the hopes of easy votes. They defend and support socialized health care to woo decent Americans to a lie of free health care, then jack their taxes up 20% to pay for it.

If you vote Democrat, you hope for socialism. Look at how it was in Cuba, USSR, China, Norht Korea, Venezuela. You want that here?

Answer 7

Maybe all these liberals responding are correct. Socialist is probably not a correct a term. Is it possible that the correct term is marxist. After all the redistribution of wealth falls under the basic doctrine of Marx. And... dozens of the lib's that post here have declared; it's anonymous so they're at least honest about their true belief's, that there's nothing wrong with communism!

Answer 8

Here's a quiz for you.

Which of the following government functions is socialized:
a) Public Education
b) Fire and Police Services
c) Military
d) All of the Above

If supporting these services constitute that someone is a socialist, then sign me up as a socialist.

Any politicians who don't support these programs would be drummed out of office, rightfully so.

Hillary is not my chosen candidate but this type of comment only dumbs down the conversation to the lowest form.

Vote Edwards http://johnedwards.com/issues

Answer 9

I don't believe that you'll find the word "capitalism" anywhere in the US Constitution. Capitalism and socialism are economic systems. Not systems of government, such as: democracy, fascism, dictatorship, monarchy, etc., etc..

The Founders created this country as a Democratic Republic.
The people are free to choose their own course when it comes to economics. Within the restraints of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Answer 10

Public school. There are too many grown up and so-called educated people who's idea of economics 101 is that the government prints the money, if it would only pass it out equally to everyone the world would be a better place.

Answer 11

Insanity?
Indoctrination?

Heck I'm really not sure but I do know young people flow into being democrats while more mature people change their views and turn into republicans.

I guess to be as serious as possible I have to say people who support her either need government or want others, including government to take care of them because they can't take care of themselves. Call it being insecure or lacking in confidence in their own ability... But as a former democrat 25 years ago... I'll never fall for all the empty baggage they dump on people.