Comments on: Pravda: The sweet smell of marxism in America

By: The Audacity Of Hope and Change « Samaritans Scalawags Scoundrels Fleecing the Sheep

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:01:38 +0000

[...] And along with the Obama promise of transparency his promise of integrity was also flushed down the toilet after his election. Obama and the Congress have shut the debate doors when it comes to designing and passing legislation. President Obama has personally setup 1984ish website where good little boys and girls can turn in their parents and neighbors for expressing impure non Obama-worshiping thoughts. Obama has gathered around an Obama worshiping squad of media members and organizations to squelch opposition to his policies. The Obama White House has even hired individuals, like a Hugo “No Free Speech” Chavez loving FCC director and Anita Dunn, whose job it is to spy and lead attacks on any media if they question his Chicago style political kingdom. Is doing away with the first amendment and creating a Marxist Government, the real hope-and-change Obama campaigned about? [...]

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:42:10 +0000

I hate to ruin anyone's fun, but Pravda.ru (aka Pravda Online) is not the Pravda. It was created by a handful of ex-employees but has no affiliation with the previous paper. This is noted in the famous Pravda's Wikipedia article. If you read further, you will notice they publish a lot of goofy stories - they're sort of a Russian version of the lesser supermarket tabloids. That's not a comment on the rest of the article, just correcting a common mistake. I see it all over the blogs, even in the media at times. A little fact checking goes a long way.

By: amkun

amkun — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:01:15 +0000

I am so sick of “good intentions.” Only a moron thinks, in the face of decades, centuries of precedent, that all it takes is “good intentions” to change the outcome.

By: maggieo

maggieo — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:13:09 +0000

As an outsider it is easier to see what Americans cannot see. Obama is a Marxist.

Have a good look at his associates:

1. Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn
2. Hugo Chavez
3. Zeleya
4. Ortego
5. Alinsky and Cloward-Piven
6. Wade Rathke
6. Van Jones
7 Cass Sunstein

and the list goes on and on…. he follows Marxist strategies and his attempts to nationalize the car industry plus nationalize the banks are very much in line with Marxism.

By: LA Conservative

LA Conservative — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:57:40 +0000

“Agreed. He’s not a Marxist. He’s a Fascist — classical Italian model.”

It all comes down to definition, I suppose, but he is not a classical fascist in the way I understand fascist. The difference between fascism and socialism is that fascism is a nationalistic socialism, that is to say, a perception of national exceptionalism based on a socialistic government & economy. Socialism is based more on an international understanding of “oneness” ruled and provided for by the state, which is why international governance is highly valued amongst Democrats and other socialists.

Obama by his own admission states that there is nothing exceptional about the USA, therefore, he can’t be nationalistic, and therefore, is not a fascist, but more likely a socialist. As P.J. O’Rourke quipped, “socialism is communism one drink at a time.”

By: Eastview

Eastview — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:09:35 +0000

The Russians are hardly ones whose counsel is worthy of being taken seriously one way or the other. Although the Pravda article makes some good points about oligarchical abuse, it is written using the same tiresome Marxist lecturing style of the Pravda of yore. The Russians appear to be highly amused watching Obama dabble in Socialism. But given the current state of the Russian economy and the souring state of the American economy, one gets the strong feeling that neither we nor they know what the hell we’re doing, and so one is tempted to pronounce a plague on both houses.

By: lexhamfox

lexhamfox — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:43:02 +0000

lol…. turning to a Pravda opinion column. That’s funny.

Obama is not a Marxist or a fascist merely because you support the opposition or don’t like his policies.

By: NaCly dog

NaCly dog — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:01:33 +0000

For some, the only way to learn is to have mistakes seared into their marrow. These individuals are called leftists. Generally conservatives can learn from other’s mistakes.
Stalin and his ilk stamped on the Russian people, and they are still suffering, decades later. Pravda learned the folly of collectivization; the past tense media may not be able to see reality.

By: Rovin

Rovin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:27:56 +0000

First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their “right” to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights…

Ironic that pravda can write TRUTHFULLY what our MSM dares not to print.

By: yoda

yoda — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:36:40 +0000

I also think he’s a Fascist.

By: venividivici

venividivici — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:49:42 +0000

This is just Russians trying to stop us from gaining all the great wonders of centralized government socialism. It’s reverse psychology and they’re playing you wingnuts for fools!

/Leftist spin

By: Crawford

Crawford — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:33:34 +0000

Now, whether or not you believe that Obama is a Marxist – I don’t think he is…

Agreed. He’s not a Marxist. He’s a Fascist — classical Italian model.

By: tomas

tomas — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:00:14 +0000

What do you think Obama is?