Socialism and Supporting the Hangman

Ok, on a trivial note, I had to go through this convoluted, overly difficult process just to retrieve my blog password. It's a blog, this isn't a password to access files which will lead one to the burial plot of Jimmy Hoffa. Google, Blogger, make it more simple for crying out loud. Or, I could take personal responsibility and remember it, eh, I'll take the former.

So, I'm going to try hard to make this short and sweet. The latest rant from the McCain camp is that Obama is a Socialist. My first response to that is, and the problem with that is???? Socialism gets a bad reputation from countries that have practiced Socialism in name only, much like the United States preaches Capitalism, yet is far from a pure capitalist state. What I love, is how the Republican base at these rallies are swallowing this nonsense and licking their lips afterwards. They love it!!! I've heard Palin and McCain deride and chide the "redistribution of wealth" to their supporters with not a single cry of opposition. Let me lay this out very simply. The majority of America would benefit from a tax plan that wants to cut taxes for those making less than two hundred and fifty thousand  dollars. Plain and simple. What's wrong with giving more people a shot at simply living. You fat cats out there will still have your private jets, palatial estates, and high end call girls, don't worry about it!!! The important point here though, is not the obviousness of the wealthy's opposition, but the sheer abandonment of self interest by those who are supporting McCain and Plain. When they're cheering for the McCain campaign's tax plan, they're celebrating the destruction of their own well being. 

I would say I can't believe it, but I can, because the Republican formula has worked before and we have seen perceptible failure from their brand, yet folks continue to support it. There is nothing wrong with helping those below you out when you have extra resources to do so. There is nothing wrong with the altruism, community, and humanity that is represented in socialist doctrine and Obama should not have defend himself if he so chooses to call it socialism.  I find this self evident, but unfortunately in America it is not always such. American's love their ideology, and they blindly adhere to it much like Communists, Fascists, Socialists, etc. The important maxim should be what does the most good for the most people. Call it whatever you want, as long as it improves the well being of everyone. I suggest that American's look inward, and think more deeply about their ideas and what they support. It's appalling, that with nooses around their necks, American's still support the hangman.