Barack Obama's Socialist Party Membership Uncovered

http://americasnewstoday.com/stories/BRiT-10092008-oBAMAsoCiALisTPARTY.html

Documents have surfaced suggesting that Obama was a member of the socialist New Party during his 1996 run for the Illinois Senate. The New Party was an offshoot of the Democratic Socialists Party of America, or DSA. The Power Line blog links to several Internet pages supporting the claim.

A Progressive Populist article in November of 1996 said, "New Party member Barack Obama was uncontested for a State Senate seat from Chicago."

An archived page from the New Party's Web site in October 1996 says, "Three N.P. members won Democratic primaries last spring and face off against Republican opponents on election day [including] Barack Obama."

A spokesman for the Obama campaign insists his candidate ran as a Democrat in that race and said, "Don't believe the trash you read on the Internet."

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[WhatCrass]

You really have no idea what communism really is. Obama isn't even a liberal.

He's against gay marriage, doesn't support single payer health care, doesn't want to go back to taxing the wealthy at 90%, he's not raising the minimum wage, and he's going to put more troops into Afghanistan than Bush ever did.

Stalinist China's bureaucrats are becoming very rich of its sweatshop labor, much like American capitalists! Too bad for both Chinese and American laborers.

[Hiei606]

I have but one thing to say. Fuck labels!!!!! I wan't results, and kept promises. I don't care if our next president is a member of the KKK as long as he keeps his fucking opinion to himself and does what we tell him.

[PacificCircle1]

Why give whako stuff air time - unless U wish to propell it along!

[KenCat1337]

@cathrasher1974

Uhm, socialism is just a philosophy that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian system (by the democratic control of both public and private power, for example).

Cuba isn't a socialist country, because there is a social and economic disparity as well as an authoritarian government. Authoritarianism and equality obviously don't mix.

Socialism worked in Catalonia in 1930's Spain where anti-authoritarian workers started a revolution within the civil war.

[cathrasher1974]

@KenCat1337 its not like he carries a card in his wallet. if you like socilism so much then why dont you go live in cuba. I bet you wouldnt last a week. You would be begging to come back to America. Socalism is a failed philosophy,all it does is spread misery and poverty. Please tell me where socilism has worked.

[Jesse859]

Anyone with even the least bit of common sense knows that Obama is a socialist at this point, including some of the Democrats who support him.

[onstageagain]

You don't have to be a natural born citizen to be a senator, so that election is meaningless in terms of birthright. The requirements for President are entirely different. And if this argument is so "far-fetched", why do YOU think Mr. Obama refuses to release any of his past records and can't explain the Connecticut-issued Social Security number?

[thomas242007]

@GOPrScum wow your pathetic

[thomas242007]

@SuperOldschool1969 hes a capitalist? I hope your kidding

[SuperOldschool1969]

Obama is a CAPITALIST not a Socialist, fucking morons!