04/25/09 Weekend Grif.Net - Socialism?

[Dr. Bob]

Interesting story: Norman M. Thomas (1884-1968) - some of us are old enough
to remember him running for President - was a leading American socialist,
pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of
America.

Norman Thomas said in a 1944 speech: "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."  

He went on to say:  "I no longer need to run as a Presidential candidate for
the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."

Good insights, not from the "left" media or "right" talk radio, but from one
who actually lived it.

~~
Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus knows me, this I love"