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Conor Clarke at the Atlantic provides this invaluable perspective on the Wingnuttia hysteria that the U.S. is becoming a socialist state. It's not even worth mentioning. What Socialism Looks Like

Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby says it is. Phyllis Schlafly says it is. Richard Viguerie says it is. The Republican National Committee says it is. We must be getting pretty close.

How close? This is what socialism looks like:

The hot-pink portion of this pie chart is the percentage of listed American business assets that have recently been nationalized by the American government (ie, General Motors).

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Moonie Times has yet another EXCLUSIVE: Steele yields powers to foes in RNC - Washington Times: Capitulating to critics on the Republican National Committee, embattled Republican Party Chairman Michael S. Steele has signed a secret pact...

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This is starting to get interesting. Apparently nominal RNC Chairman Michael Steele was recently out of the country and he was none too happy to learn upon his return stateside that his lieutenants have been plotting a coup d'état against him in the Banana Republican Party. (Thanks, Dave)

The Moonie Times today has another EXCLUSIVE: Steele fights back against RNC 'scheme' - Washington Times:

The embattled Republican National Committee chairman angrily returned fire in his fight with current and former officers over control of the GOP's purse strings.

Under attack from conservatives since taking office on Jan. 30, Michael S. Steele on Wednesday blasted a group of members pushing for new checks and balances on the chairman's spending powers, accusing them of a power grab "scheme.

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I wish I were making this up, but its true. RNC wants more Republicans to brand Dems "Socialists" to save themselves

A conservative faction of the Republican National Committee is urging the GOP to take a harder line against both Democrats and wayward Republicans, drafting a resolution to rename the opposition the “Democrat Socialist Party” and moving to rebuke the three Republican senators who supported the stimulus package.

In an e-mail sent Wednesday to the 168 voting members of the committee, RNC member James Bopp, Jr. accused President Obama of wanting “to restructure American society along socialist ideals.”

“The proposed resolution acknowledges that and calls upon the Democrats to be truthful and honest with the American people by renaming themselves the Democrat Socialist Party,” wrote Bopp, the Republican committeeman from Indiana.