Pay attention to U.S. politics for any length of time, and you'll quickly learn that Strict Constructionists and True Americans
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are not interested in an actual discussion of socialized health care/nationalizing the banks/whatever. To them, the Founding Fathers thought of everything, and the Constitution is not open to interpretation -- a dead object, instead of a living, breathing document.
They'd rather beat their chests, wave flags, and rend their garments instead of coming up with some sort of alternative. 74% of Americans believe in health care reform, and the Republican Party has taken its collective head and stuck it in the sand like an ostrich. You can note the shaping of this thread, and that other one on Obama's Speech to Muslims for evidence of this here.
It's this quote that the ideologically Right want to use to hang the 'Socialist' tag on Obama. Too bad that they're uninterested in actually asking a member of the socialist party if Obama conforms to their platform or not.
Human Events: Is Obama a Socialist?
Obama's No Socialist. I Should Know.
The Manifesto of the Communist Party
Das Kapital, Vol. 1
Paul Krugman of The New York Times also has an interesting article on health care. You can read about it
here.
Oh, and I forget who mentioned it, but of course I direct you to The Huffington Post; it's where the counterpoint to the all nay-saying is going to come from. I'll also redirect you to the
Fox Forum as the appropriate place for all your ranting and raving about AMERICA!