Thursday, October 09, 2008

Barack Obama, Socialist (Cont'd)   [Andy McCarthy]

I raised this topic in a post yesterday morning based on some information that he been unearthed on Larry Johnson's website.  Now, John Hinderaker at Powerline points to this report from a site called "Politically Drunk on Power."  The report provides what appears to be documentary evidence that Obama was a member of the Chicago New Party, a creation of the Democratic Socialists of America — and adds that there has been a determined effort to purge the paper-trail.  Another report has since been added, here, which adds (a) another New Party document claiming Obama as a member, and (b) evidence that Obama appeared in 1996 at a Youth Democratic Socialists townhall meeting.

As John concludes:  "it appears clear that as of 1996, the New Party and its parent organization the Democratic Socialists of America considered Barack Obama to be their guy — one of a handful of avowed socialists running for office at any level in the United States. It strikes me that Obama has some explaining to do."

10/09 07:01 AMShare