In 1944, Norman Matton Thomas, six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America, said, "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism.  But under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.  The Democratic Party has adopted our platform." Bold words from a six-time loser.  It's 75 years later, and, despite Democrats from Roosevelt to Obama adopting numerous fragments of the socialist program, under the name of liberalism, as Thomas predicted, America has yet to become a socialist nation (through legislation).  Not that a socialist America isn't possible if, over the course of the next 20 years or so, the Democrats can dominate elections in both houses of Congress, dominate elections for POTUS, and pack the Supreme Court, which is a big if. We citizens have ourselves to...(Read Full Post)