[Hoot Gibson]

The promotion of the general welfare, it seems to me, is sometimes going to require that the federal government intercede in matters involving powerful corporate interests, especially when those interests are harming, have harmed, or are likely to harm the general welfare. You are drawing black and white lines, Hoot, which isn't surprising. Barack Obama is not a socialist. His actions regarding GM were protective in nature, with no intent to seize GM or other industry and keep them in the government owned column. In a time of crisis, he proposed action with the intent of promoting the general welfare. Obama apparently believes that the federal government should have a role in ensuring that large corporations in their fluctuations and decion making do not destabilize the lives of mutlitudes of Americans. That's NOT socialism. There's a fishy smell alright, but I think it's your abject "no grace" attitude toward Barack Obama.

As to the bolded, I owe Barack Obama nothing. He is a taker as all socialists are. Nobody is born with the moral authority to redistribute wealth and no government can bestow such moral authority upon them. Socialists give common thieves a bad name. Common thieves make no pretense that they have the right to steal from us, they just steal what they can get away with and hide in the shadows. Socialists steal without shame or remorse and spend their waking hours trying to convince themselves and their victims that what they do is for the greater good.