JERROLD SOBEL: QUOTES FROM CHAIRMAN OBAMA

Posted By on August 28th, 2012

 On October 26, 2008, then Senator Barack Obama gave a radio interview on WBEZ Chicago. He was asked by the moderator his views on the accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement. He replied:

“If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples.” He further lamented: “But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society….It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution.” Restraints he’s been trying to break free of since the first day he took office.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116149/posts

In 1864, Karl Marx founded the International Working Men’s Association, known in communist literature as “the First International.” Three years hence, in 1867 he would then publish his most famous work, Das Kapital.

The starting point for Marxist philosophy, and the basis of Das Kapital, is the observation that, in general, the world revolves on a capitalist economy wherein people with money hire people without money to make things and provide services. Marx observed that capitalism is self-defeating and predicted that class distinctions would become wider and wider. He proposed that capitalism should be replaced with a system where work is performed for the common good rather than for money provided by a privileged class; in other words, he proposed communism.

Marx believed that the problem with the socialism of his day was that it did not deal with economic issues. He proposed that his new (communist) economic system, which called for redistribution of wealth was more equitable. Redistribution of wealth, where have we heard that term lately?

http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=598

“The redistribution of wealth,” in his own words, Obama is right on board with Marx on this one. Slipping under the radar by carefully wording his speeches, he has insidiously been pushing this Marxist philosophy from day one. Constantly referencing the “rich,” not doing their fair share, he has incessantly inspired class envy like no other president in the history of our country. In speech after speech Obama has been driving home this Marxist ideology. Such was the case this past March 30th in Burlington Vermont where he once again argued for transferring money from one group of people to another, denouncing what he deemed, “you’re on you’re own economics,” thus continuing his demonization as somehow evil the more successful in American society.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-calls-more-redistribution-wealth-declaring-i-am-my-brother-s-keeper

Unfortunately, in pursuing this dyed in the wool Marxist philosophy, Obama fails to mention that it’s proven to be an abject failure wherever tried. From the Soviet Union and the Eastern block to the decrepit Cuban economy, socialism/communism has not worked. Let’s look at the Peoples Republic of China.

From an economic standpoint, it seems like an oxymoron to depict communist China as communist. Today the economic success of that country; one of the most robust in the world is based upon capitalism not communism.

In the 1960’s under thumb of Chairman Mao, millions died in what became known as “the Great Leap Forward,” the Chinese cultural revolution. During this raucous period, capitalism was the imprecation of the Chinese authorities. Their favorite term for governments engaged in this “sinister” practice was “running dog lackeys.” However by the late 80’s onward, a new paradigm began to overtake the country. The communist party realizing the error of its ways began exhorting their people to ditch this discredited economic system and start making money. Soon the entreprenurial spirit that has spurred upward mobility for millions of Americans began doing the same for the Chinese.

Paradoxically, as President Obama seeks to eschew a system that has allowed for the strongest economy and the highest standard of living the world has ever known, the Chinese are wholeheartedly embracing it. Rather than view the Chinese success as reaffirmation of capitalism, Obama wants to buy into the defunct European, socialist model.

One can only imagine the laughter in many a Chinese household as they discuss the stranglehold they now have on the U.S. by financing an increasingly larger chunk of American debt. Or how Western Europe, on the verge of bankruptcy now comes to them, hat in hand for help with their debt. If ever there was a 180 degree reversal of fortunes, this is it.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/editors-blog/2011/1104/The-China-paradox-communist-capitalism

Today there is a fundamental philosophical schism within our country between free enterprise and individualism on one side and government controlled economy on the other. In his July 18, 2012 “If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own” speech. Obama makes no bones or excuses about which side he’s on.

“There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t”
They didn’t? If they didn’t, where does the money come from which buys food stamps, welfare, and every other assistance the 50% which pay no taxes at all benefit from? What the millions receiving this dole fail to recognize or care less about is every dollar of governmental assistance came from the pocket of a hard working tax payer or from a small businessman.
Wealthy; rich; millionaires; billionaires; listen to any speech, approved message by the President, or press conference. Ever playing to his base, Obama’s mantra remains the same. “The rich are evil, they’re not contributing their share.” Has anyone young or old heard such divisive terms bandied about as often, by any other candidate in either party, in any other presidential election? To those not on the far left fringe, if this is not class warfare, what is it?

 

“if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own….If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.”

 

http://ponderingpenguin.blogspot.com/2012/07/obama-comes-clean-on-wealth-re.html

This may be the most pivotal, revealing quote of this election. Since most business people I know started with an idea, scraped together a couple of bucks, and with tunnel vision, long hours, and a great deal of sweat equity drove that idea to fruition. What could be a more scathing, arrogant affront to individual accomplishment than this remark? Disingenuously aiming his attacks at Wall Street, his real target is the small businessman that employs the vast majority of workers in this country.
Love him or hate him, be for him or against him, from the outset for those bothering to listen, Obama has made it perfectly clear he is a far left ideologue now moving further in that direction. He’s now desperate to energize his base since moderate support, once so loyal to him, if the polls are correct, is rapidly slipping away.
Based upon his personal and political life the animus toward the successful is understandable. It’s easy to be a far left ideologue when you’ve ridden to the top mainly on a wave of loquacious rhetoric, political hacks with like agenda, and puppeteers with deep pockets such as wealthy leftists: George Soros, Warren Buffert, Jeffrey Immelt, not to mention the doting Hollywood crowd which still so adores him.
Never a “birther” or a person particularly concerned where the President was born, I have no reason to believe his belatedly released birth certificate isn’t authentic, proving he indeed was born in Hawaii. But in lieu of his interest in Romney’s past tax returns; returns the IRS seems to have no problem with, aren’t the American people entitled to answers from questions the mainstream media never bothered to vett him on?
  • How did he pay for his education at Occidental College?
  • What were his grades there?
  • When he was a 20 year old Sophomore where did he get the money to travel to Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Africa?
  • What were his grades at Columbia?
  • Who paid for his tuition at Harvard?
  • What were his grades at Harvard?
  • Was he an exchange student? If he was, what country did he claim to come from?
In 2008, Obama ran on a campaign of transparency. What could prove the transparency he vowed in 2008 more than verifiable answers to these and other basic questions?
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