re: #453 Killgore Trout

I also think that much of what they are labeling “socialist” (Bank bailouts, TARP, etc) are temporary emergency measures. Not a permanent policy of nationalizing banks.

This is my biggest argument in rejecting the idea that Obama is a socialist. Aside from that argument however, why would Obama want to institute socialism? I believe that (a) Obama is a smart guy; (b) Obama wants more power and to be reelected; and (c) that the US is essentially a center-right country, always has been, always will be. If one accepts my a, b and c, why on earth would Obama want to institute socialism? It wouldn’t be my way of obtaining and holding onto power, not in the US.