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Stinkdyr Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Apr 11 2012, 3:01 PM EST
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Norman Thomas is reported to have said this in a 1944 speech:

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism.
But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program,
until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.
" He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party.
The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968)
was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
rfenst Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Apr 11 2012, 3:12 PM EST
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Stinkdyr wrote:
Norman Thomas is reported to have said this in a 1944 speech:

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism.
But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program,
until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.
" He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party.
The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968)
was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.


Depends what he means by '"liberalism"' and what has changed in our society since 1944.



(You need to be careful reading quips like that or you might get brainwashed!)
ZRX1200 Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Apr 11 2012, 3:41 PM EST
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If he meant the liberal ideology of the democrat party and how it was changing then yes.


But true liberalism no.


But members of the right are just as guilty of this with socialist "light".


Same great taste with half the calories!
jackconrad Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Apr 11 2012, 7:47 PM EST
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Velcom to zee USSA !
DrMaddVibe Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Apr 11 2012, 11:15 PM EST
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This land is your land...this land is my land...Whistle
Buckwheat Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Apr 13 2012, 1:39 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
This land is your land...this land is my land...Whistle


First thing I thought of when I read the heading of the post.

Good old Woody. Even if he did have sympathetic views of communism... or so I've read. fog
DrMaddVibe Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Apr 13 2012, 1:49 PM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
First thing I thought of when I read the heading of the post.

Good old Woody. Even if he did have sympathetic views of communism... or so I've read. fog



Redistribution of wealth.

Never goes out of style!whip
pgje51 Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Apr 14 2012, 7:54 PM EST
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We have arrived.
chiefburg Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Apr 14 2012, 9:50 PM EST
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Like it or not, it's the America we have now and it ain't getting better. Obama and Romney have no plans to make things better.....business as usual for both. Ron Paul, albeit a little wacko, would have made significant changes (if allowed). Not sure where it would take us but it would be different.
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