Senator Obama has consistently expounded a deeply held belief in the equality of results over the equality of opportunities. He is committed to the idea that the state, should be responsible not just to create an environment where individuals can control their own destiny but that the state should guaranty a certain destiny which is largely uniform. His allegiance is not so much to the middle class as it is to a single class the boundaries of which are defined and controlled by the State. By any but the most narrow of definitions that is the sum and substance of Socialism, even if John McCain can’t bring himself to say it to the MSM.
That is a radical change for America although it is certainly not a new idea. If that idea worked there would be no social discord in Europe. To read the MSM, there is nothing but love at home in the EU. Those who have spent time in Europe know this is not the case.
Obama surrogates are squealing as the polls tighten. Like Pallin, Joe the Plumber resonates because he is recognizable to the real middle class.
Obama contends the discussion about Joe is diversionary which of course it is not. The fact liberals are screeching about Joe is prima facia evidence the story hurts Obama. The liberal media are positioning Joe as a McCain stunt calculated to distract from the real issues; taxes, jobs and the middle class way of life. What is diversionary are the attempts to focus attention on Joe’s licensure or the reaction of the local pipe fitters union. Everyone will be shocked to hear them come down on the side of the liberal.
Joe is the karmic nexis of all these issues. Someone who just wants to the government to watch the borders, keep the peace and stay out of his way while he works hard to make his way in the world. Like every other socialist parasite, Obama sees Joe as a host organism from which he can draw blood; money he can take from Joe and use to buy votes from those who doubt themselves.
Is there anything more unlike change than the idea of redistributing wealth to curry favor?
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