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Originally posted by Jhrono
Luckily, the USA has never known socialism and most Americans cannot grasp the concept as we Europeans do.
There, Obama is considered a left-wing politician, while in Europe he would be considered moderate right-wing.

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I'm sure I can "grasp" the concept. I moved from Venezuela because of Chavez. Yeah, he's a socialist.

"Spread the wealth" is a pretty socialist concept. And yeah, I heard the whole speech he gave that day, and I know he said other things that are not "socialist," but that phrase is as socialist as it gets.

Oh, and I thought McCain's speech admitting defeat was amazing. I wish he had been that eloquent and confident throughout his campaign.

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Originally posted by Rolando
I thought McCain's speech admitting defeat was amazing

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I agree.  not amazing, but coherent...

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Originally posted by Jhrono
Obama is considered a left-wing politician, while in Europe he would be considered moderate right-wing.

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Very true.

stemwijzer.nl gives you advice which candidate best matches your own ideas based on statements from both candidates. You will be given statements from both candidates on 18 different subject... without knowing which statement is from which candidate you choose the one best fitting you.
Over 90% of the around 89000 people who took the Dutch version of this test ended up preferring Obama. That includes a lot of people who would usually vote on right-winged Dutch parties.

Obama is no way near to what we could possibly consider socialism around here .

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Originally posted by MenthiX
stemwijzer.nl gives you advice which candidate best matches your own ideas based on statements from both candidates. You will be given statements from both candidates on 18 different subject... without knowing which statement is from which candidate you choose the one best fitting you.
Over 90% of the around 89000 people who took the Dutch version of this test ended up preferring Obama. That includes a lot of people who would usually vote on right-winged Dutch parties.

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i got 50%

Haha. How is he socialist? How is the US going through a proletarian revolution? How is all production in the US going to be state controlled/owned? McCain would have been four more years of Bush. Warmongering, inanity, Sarah Palin's retardedness replacing his. Yawn. Not that I care all that much about the income. But coherence will be nice from someone (regardless of race) who is educated and seems switched on.

Congrats to Obama I guess.. Lets see what he does now

congrats to obama, i hope he can fix everything that bush did and take out troops from iraq soon..