Mike Rosen's irrational hatred of our Democratically-elected, African-American President

by: Zappatero

Thu May 31, 2012 at 13:11:00 PM MST

Of course, no amount of evidence, no rational discussions, no comparisons of policies across the world will convince Rosen and his listeners otherwise. Nothing will stop the irrational hatred of a man who is implementing many fairly conservative (note: dictionary definition) policies, many of which were supported by Republicans in their own form or as policies before Obama also endorsed them.

Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

• For the first time in 40 years, the government sector of the American economy has shrunk during the first three years of a presidential administration.
• In 2011, the Fortune 500 generated a combined $824.5 billion in earnings -- an all-time record, and a 16 percent jump from the previous year.
• In 2011 the chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. (as measured by a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value) got a collective pay raise of 16% last year, to $5.2 billion. This compares with a 3% pay raise for the average American worker. The total averages out to $10.5 million apiece.
• Federal prosecutors officially adopted new guidelines about charging corporations with crimes - a softer approach that, longtime white-collar lawyers and former federal prosecutors say, helps explain the dearth of criminal cases despite a raft of inquiries into the financial crisis.
• Little evidence of excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes emerged when McClatchy canvassed a random sample of small business owners across the nation.

No socialism there. No socialism anywhere that Rosen can find or prove.

But none of these facts will change anything in this debate. Nothing. Never. No-how....will change the mind of Mike Rosen or anyone who claims Obama is Socialist.

And for our Democratic elected leaders please note: these are the people with whom you are negotiating to implement effective policies and with whom you eternally desire to be bipartisan.