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Socialism, Polls, Matt Drudge

Lee on Oct 19 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008

You’ve probably heard that John McCain has denounced Barack Obama’s ’spread the wealth’ formulation for tax policy as socialism. It’s an inflammatory but not unjustified charge, as a good definition for socialism is the equitable distribution of wealth to the community, coercively enforced by law.

But here’s a troubling aspect: suppose the electorate doesn’t mind if it is socialism?

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Looking for an Angle of Attack

Lee on Aug 29 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

Politico notices that the initial attacks against Sarah Palin from the Obama campaign have been, well, fumbling and badly considered. They volunteer some help to the befuddled Obama Nation, by suggesting that Palin’s respect for Hillary Clinton’s complaints of sexism is, um, a little recent. True, but new or old, was she right in women’s view? A nettlesome matter there for Obama.

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