by Jason Stotts
Although she clearly didn’t mean to out herself, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) accidentally told the President of of Shell Oil that “And guess what this liberal will be all about? This liberal will be all about socializing…” (see clip).
The funny thing is that she clearly didn’t mean to out herself and, further, I think she means “nationalizing” anyway. Frankly, I think it’s great that the democrats are becoming more clear about their agenda. If we can get the debate out in the open, socialism versus capitalism, then we can start to have real discussions about it and consider the principles involved. Now, of course, this would not help the socialist side and so they clearly would not want to do this. I, personally, think that the American people have too much pride and integrity to accept the open move to socialism now.
Further, although many people tend to call themselves altruists (christian, etc), when the issue is clearly asked of them: “do you want to have half of every one of your hard earned dollars go to someone else?” most people will give a resounding “NO!” The democrats know this too and so they cannot have the debate publicly and must couch it in terms of “greater good,” “common interest,” “national emergency,” and all of the other empty phrases they employ.
[Edited 10/26]