young Alec explains Socialism (MySpace 10/29/2008)

Subject	young Alec explains Socialism
DateCreated	10/29/2008 10:21:00 AM
PostedDate	10/29/2008 4:44:00 PM
Body	Yesterday, while browsing Google News, I chanced upon the "Political Intelligence" blog at the Boston Globe, and encountered a novel and creative variant of the Socialism smear being used against Obama. The smartest approach is to ignore such nonsense, but having recently been to the dentist, I felt compelled to respond. POST 6. Explaining Socialism- for those of you who don't understand what "spreading the wealth around" means. It's Halloween and you go out with your friends and trick-or-treat for hours- knocking on doors in the dark and the cold, collecting all your candy goodies. When you get home, cold, tired and hungry you begin to sort through your hard earned Halloween treats and then- "THEY" step in and say "Stop! You must give US half of your candy (since you have SO MUCH)- so that WE can give it to the children who were too lazy to buy or make a Halloween costume and exert the effort to go out into the dark and cold- to get THEIR SHARE." THAT, People, is what Socialism is about. McCain-Palin 2008 Posted by Alec October 28, 08 04:02 PM ----- POST 21. Alec's Halloween example for explaining Socialism was sweet. But he forgot to mention that in return for handing over half his candy, he would receive a number of perks, including free dental care. In truth, Obama is no Socialist. So Alec would be able to keep all the hard-earned loot from his Halloween begging franchise, and the bottom economic segment of America will probably continue on its current trajectory towards full dentures. Posted by LL October 28, 08 06:45 PM