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kpete

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Fri Mar 9, 2012, 12:01 PM Mar 2012

For an Alinsky-loving Kenyan Marxist radical, Obama sure has a weird definition of socialism

FRI MAR 09, 2012 AT 06:54 AM PST
For an Alinsky-loving Kenyan Marxist radical, Obama sure has a weird definition of socialism
byJed LewisonFollow


If socialism means more private sector jobs and fewer government ones, then President Obama is a socialist. But if that's the case, then what does that make President Bush?

Oh, by the way, in the wake of today's jobs report showing 227,000 jobs were added to the economy in February and that growth in December and January was even stronger than originally believed, it's important to remember:

The economy just had its best 12 months of job growth in more than five years.
— @DLeonhardt via TweetDeck

And lest I forget to mention:

Worth noting: durable goods #manufacturing jobs up 444k since January 2010. Longest and deepest period of #mfg jobs growth since 1993-5.

— @ScottPaulAAM via Twitter for iPad
Sorry, wingnuts. Your dream of American failure is being dashed before your very eyes.

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For an Alinsky-loving Kenyan Marxist radical, Obama sure has a weird definition of socialism (Original Post) kpete Mar 2012 OP
Which are covered in "through Feb '12" and "Since July '09"? Lawlbringer Mar 2012 #1
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