In the Democratic Party, socialism is all the rage. Socialist Bernie Sanders probably would have won the party’s presidential nomination in 2016 if the DNC hadn’t had its thumb on the scale in favor of Mrs. Clinton, and the Democrats’ new “star” is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a socialist like Sanders albeit a far younger one. And how many times have we heard that socialism is sweeping the nation’s campuses?
Of course, liberals have been telling us that socialism is coming soon for a while now. Who can forget the famous Newsweek cover story?
And a great many liberals, when they heard Barack Obama promise to “fundamentally transform” the United States, were confident that socialism was what he had in mind.
But most voters apparently aren’t convinced. Rasmussen Reports finds that given a choice between free enterprise and socialism, the overwhelming majority prefer freedom:
[V]oters reject socialism in no uncertain terms.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 74% of Likely U.S. Voters prefer a free market economic system over a socialist system. Only 13% think socialism is a better economic system, and just as many (13%) are undecided.
Of course, it is depressing to think that 13% of voters are dumb enough to want socialism, and being undecided between free markets and socialism is like being undecided between Bar Refaeli and Nancy Pelosi. But I suppose you could find 13% of poll respondents who will say the Sun rises in the West.
If Rasmussen’s respondents are representative of 2018 voters, the Democrats could be in for a nasty shock. They are rapidly making the socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the face of their party. Unfortunately, the face of socialism is Venezuela, as Michael Ramirez points out.
(Via: PL)
Blog Author's Comments: We the people need one thing more than all the other things combined - safety. If we don't have controlled borders, we are not safe. No matter your political affiliation, no matter your status in life, if we as a nation don't have safe and secure borders, every one of us is at a much greater risk. And most recently we have seen what the members of the Democratic Party and the mainstream media think about that. In choosing leaders we need to make sure that person understands and fulfills their promises. President Trump has done just that.
But, the NeverTrumpers are hoping for a Democrat sweep in November, very pathetic. The Democrat party leadership, media enablers and many of it's members, including some in the Republican Party located in DC are very arrogant people. They are totally convinced that whatever they believe, on any topic, is the right way of thinking. They hate us ‘deplorables’ and cannot bring themselves to ask any of us: "Why did you vote for Donald Trump?"
Consequently, they are determined to achieve at all costs, political destruction of President Trump's agenda, as they head down the wrong road. Socialism is not a winning strategy in America, at least not yet. And the same can be said for Liberalism. I know that many of the democrats were happy that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her seat in congress, but what else do they have to cheer about? It is a party that has seen it's better days. They have not learned or absorbed much during the past few years. They chose to place their confidence in Hillary Clinton and what positive thing has she ever done for them?
Back to Socialism, a while back, there was a "man on the street" interviewer on college campuses asking students about income redistribution. They were all for it. Then he asked if they would "redistribute" some of their grade points to students who were failing. There were absolutely no takers, and I wonder why?
