Lewis Diuguid, a Kansas City Star columnist, says calling Sen. Obama's policies socialist is a "code word for black." His "evidence" is that the term was used against black reformers in the past (he assumes we all know these people weren't socialists).
I'm sorry -- do most people know that WEB Du Bois was called a socialist? Don't most people think of socialists as crazy white guys? It would never cross my mind that "socialist" was a racial term. I use the term strictly to refer to people with statist economic policies.
I think this is another attempt by the left to make the right afraid to criticize Sen. Obama lest they be accused of racism.
I also think the cries of GOP racism are intended to provoke a reaction in minority voters who might otherwise sit out the election or, worse, vote for Sen. McCain.
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When Lyndon Johnson was selected as the vice-presidential candidate in 1960, Barry Goldwater asked him how he could support Jack Kennedy's socialist policies.
I'm assuming there's a point there?
I am agreeing that the "socialist charge" does not have much to do with skin color. It is quite "retro" though.
Not retro enough. Socialism is alive and well in America today.
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