It would seem from the talking heads on Fox News and elsewhere that Obama is a socialist. Maybe many of those who favor socialism are just saying they have a positive attitude to Obama. What would be interesting is to query Americans as to what they think socialism is. Has that been done?
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--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] 36% of Americans have a positive image of socialism
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:24 AM
> Here's the most interesting bit,
> IMO:
> "One might expect those with negative attitudes toward
> capitalism to be more
> likely than others to have positive attitudes toward
> socialism. That is
> indeed the case, but the difference in positive attitudes
> toward socialism
> between those with positive and those with negative
> attitudes toward
> capitalism is fairly modest: 33% vs. 43%, respectively."
> Socialism and capitalism both get 60% approval ratings from
> liberals. I
> think a very big portion are taking the Republicans at face
> value when they
> call the welfare state socialism, and judging accordingly.
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