Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Glenn Beck - Proof: Obama is a socialist

President Obama complained that people calling him a socialist had nothing to back it up. Here is a list of policies, connections and statements that clearly demonstrate what some would constitute as a 'pattern' of socialist tendencies. It's by no means complete, it's just the beginning. Read it
HERE. Feel free to email any additional links we missed and we'll add them, just send them to: socialist@glennbeck.com.

 
 
Is Obama a socialist?

April 7, 2010 - 15:08 ET

The claim: No proof Barack Obama is a socialist

Video: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/38844/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ZJ43A2R0Q


The response: 

Barack Obama Sr. (Dad) 

*Communist who saw nothing wrong with government 'taxing 100%' so long as the people got benefits... 
  - Obama Sr. on socialism (Link
  - Overview of the paper (Link
*Harvard educated economist 
*Nairobi bureaucrat who advised government to 'redistribute' income through higher taxes 
*Demonized corporations 
*Abandoned Barack Obama Jr. when he was 2 years old to continue at Harvard (teaching son that ideology is more important than family) 

Stanley Ann Dunham (Mom) 

*Communist sympathizer 
*Practiced 'critical theory' (aka Marxism) 
*Influenced by Nietzsche and Freud 
*Left Hawaii for Indonesia, Pakistan 
*Attended a leftist church nicknamed the 'little red church' because of its Communist sympathies 
*Left Barack Obama Jr. 

Mentor 

*Barack's grandparents introduced Barack Obama Jr. to poet and communist Frank Marshall Davis (Link
*Davis becomes a mentor as young Barack struggled with abandonment by parents 

College & Church 

*Admittedly sought out 'Marxist' professors (Link
*Admittedly attended 'socialist conferences' (Link
*Began attending a Marxist church - led by pastor Jeremiah Wright (attended for 20 years) (Link

Career 

*Tragedy of the Warren Court: No redistributive change (Link
*Voted for TARP (Link
*$787 billion stimulus redistribution bill 
*Healthcare bill admittedly about 'redistributing the wealth' 
*Single Payer Healthcare proponent (Link
*President Obama now also President of GM & Chrysler 
*President Obama seizes control of insurance giant AIG 
*President Obama is leading America to single payer healthcare 
*President Obama seized control of Student Loan industry in order to 'cut out middle man' 
*President Obama seizes control in massive land grabs 
*Repeatedly vilifies 'the rich' 
*Obama believes race problems can be solved through redistribution of wealth... he said "race is still an enormous factor in our society. But economics can overcome a lot of racial division." 
*Trying to regulate the Internet via FCC 
*Forces mortgage co's to cover people who aren't paying mortgage (Link
*Extends unemployment benefits to 99 weeks (Link
*Told Joe the plumber 'it's better when you spread things around' (Link

Family, Friends, Advisors & Administration 

*Wife Michelle Obama said “The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.” 
*Jim Wallis, Obama's spiritual advisor & forced redistribution of wealth advocate 
*Van Jones, disgraced Green Jobs Czar & Communist 
*Ron Bloom, Manufacturing Czar & anti-free market 
*John Holdren, pro-redistribution of wealth 
*Andy Stern, SEIU President & redistribution of wealth fan 
*Anita Dunn, fan of Chairman Mao 
*Mark Lloyd, FCC 'Diversity Czar' 
*Carol Browner, socialist 
*Robert Creamer, socialist 

(You can watch Glenn debunk Obama's claim HERE)