Times (UK): "Right slams Obama as 'shady Chicago socialist'"

[bidenista]

A taste of things to come:

February 17, 2008
Right slams Obama as 'shady Chicago socialist'
Republicans are out to crush Barack by painting him as a leftwinger with dubious support
Sarah Baxter

Leading Republicans believe they can trounce Barack Obama in the presidential election by tarring him as a shady Chicago socialist. They are increasingly confident that his campaign could collapse by the time their attack machine has finished with him. Grover Norquist, an influential conservative tax reform lobbyist, said: “Barack Obama has been able to create his own image and introduce himself to voters, but the swing voters in a general election are not paying attention yet. He is open to being defined as a leftwing, corrupt Chicago politician.”...

Obama has the voting record of a “hard-left” socialist, according to Norquist, from his time in the Illinois state legislature to the US Senate. He was recently judged by the nonpartisan National Journal to have the most liberal voting record in 2007 of any senator. “It will be easy to portray him as even harder-left than Hillary,” said Norquist. “Hillary could lose the election, but Obama could collapse. People already know Hillary and she is not popular, but the disadvantage for Obama is that Republicans can teach people who don’t know him who he is.”

Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House and Republican guru, recently described Obama as the “most leftwing candidate to run since George McGovern” – a reference to the anti-Vietnam-war Democrat who lost 49 states out of 50 to Richard Nixon in the 1972 election. Norquist believes Obama’s questionable Chicago connections will stir things further...

More: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3382313.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164

[Tatiana]

1. He's a socialist.

He's a Republican.

I wish people would make up their minds.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Yuk! I thought you were gone!

Sound sexy to me! A "Shady Chicago Socialist"....or simply a Liberal! What's new? :shrug:

Let them know that we will call McCain, the Manchurian Candidate!

Sounds even.

Next!

[jlake]

6. Yes, Corruption is so delightful!

[bidenista]

7. i remain

Sorry to disappoint.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

3. HE'S NOT BLACK ENOUGH!!!

:boring:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

4. HE'S BLACK!

:wow:

[anigbrowl]

5. Oh noes...I think I peed my pants

Grover Norquist...the guy who compared the estate tax to the holocaust and is in bed with the Caouncil on American Islamic Relations (in other words, the anti-Muslim conservatives don't trust word one out of his mouth). Co-author of the contract with America with Newt Gingrich. I think we can handle that.

Let's see, a week ago you were arguing that Obama gets a free ride because they're trying to lure him in. Now you're worried because they're attacking him as front runner. I am so not worried about this.

[anamandujano]

8. Nobody reads the UK newspapers or they'd know about Sibel Edmonds

and a whole host of other stuff.

The US press is giving Obama a free ride (setting him up), but the Pukes won't.

[anigbrowl]

15. I think plenty of people read the UK papers...

though I might note that the Times is owned Rupert 'Fox News' Murdoch, and is hardly a bastion of objective commentary these days. I like The Economist myself.

[loveangelc]

9. lol oooooh theyre calling him a socialist. scary.

[FrenchieCat]

10. We better pack up and go hide in the woods!

:scared:

[saltpoint]

11. I'm not too worried about it. Most Republicans couldn't find Chicago

on a map carpooling with Rand McNally.

And Republicans are struggling with definitions of late as well. "Christian" seemed to elude them, for example, as the shock-and-awe bombs fall on Baghdad. So I'm not worried about "Socialist."

As for shady, there's a pretty long grocery list of Republicans who don't pass the smell test on that count.

[Scurrilous]

12. A taste of things to come (hopefully):

[bidenista]

13. why?

You have an "ignore" option, and a "hide thread" option. If my threads are too challenging for you, feel free to use either.

[JVS]

14. Yeeeaaaah see! We're going to put the means of production under proletarian control, tough guy.

This'll be done by the workers' councils and don't try any monkey business or we'll plug ya.

[arewenotdemo]

16. Newt Gingrich...God how I hate that obscene juvenile fuck.

Here's to the day his sick ticker explodes.

:toast:

[New Dawn]

17. What has he nationalized? n/t

[gmudem]

18. Republicans think anyone with a D next to their name

is the reincarnation of Vladimir Lenin. Why are you posting this right-wing garbage?

[avrdream]

19. We knew this was coming.

Fox is just beginning to bring these stories out as they now believe that BO will be the nominee. Hold on to your horses, maties.

[tavalon]

20. If only

He's no socialist. I'm a socialist and to have such an erudite and capable politician among the ranks of socialism. Sigh, he's no socialist.