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Old 10-31-2008, 10:33 PM   #1
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Default Obama: selfishness is not a virtue

Answering criticisms of socialism from McCain, Obama says this:

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"The point is, though, that -- and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class -- it’s that when we actually make sure that everybody’s got a shot – when young people can all go to college, when everybody’s got decent health care, when everybody’s got a little more money at the end of the month – then guess what? ...

John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic. You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.
Unbelievable. If you don't want to let Obama take your money away and welfare to other people, you're selfish.

This guy really is a piece of work. He's feeling confident enough now to brandish his socialism more openly.
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Old 10-31-2008, 10:45 PM   #2
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We wouldn't want to make an investment in the children of the poor, to try to help them become productive, tax-paying citizens, would we?
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Yeah, who would want to base an economic system based off of trying to take care of your own needs?

Besides Adam Smith, I mean.
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We wouldn't want to make an investment in the children of the poor, to try to help them become productive, tax-paying citizens, would we?
Don't we already do that?
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We wouldn't want to make an investment in the children of the poor, to try to help them become productive, tax-paying citizens, would we?
I love this kind of demagoguery. It's so delightfully one-dimensional.
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I love this kind of demagoguery. It's so delightfully one-dimensional.
You saying your demagoguery has more than one dimension?
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Don't we already do that?
Not without a lot of whining from the right.
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You saying your demagoguery has more than one dimension?
Yes. Well above your IQ.
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