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No, I didn't do it again.  I said:




So I just said that no one on this forum at least is saying that he is a Muslim terrorist or the AntiChrist.  Of course, as Poeye's picture shows, those allegations have been made. 


So, let's take that one off of the table.  That's what I said.


Now, as for the Communist Manifesto, Carl Marx's statement of philosophy, I'm still wondering whether he is a Communist.  Someone above did say that Marxism and Communism were two different things, so, maybe Marx's work was the Socialist Manifesto, or perhaps the Liberal Manifesto. 


But, as for the philosophy from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs, we all know by now that such a philosophy doesn't work in the real world. 


Is giving bailouts to large corporations Marxism?  It is giving to those according to their needs, while ignoring corporations that actually make a profit.  Maybe that is what makes Obama a Communist/Marxist.


How about the graduated income tax?  You might just be able to argue that the income tax, as currently instituted, is Marxist, but that didn't start with Obama.  Maybe every pres in the past 60 or so years was a Marxist.  By that logic, they all were.  Of course, the famous and often repeated statement about "spreading the wealth around" was referring to the graduated income tax, so we know he supports that idea.  Does that make Obama a Marxist?


Now, was Obama responsible for the current economic crisis?  Does anyone believe that one? 


And don't call it a strawman.  That was one of the allegations made right after the election, and don't say it wasn't.  Don't make me come down there and prove it, or you'll be wiping egg off your collective faces once again.


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