Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’

Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’

Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’

Communist McCarthyism!? The right-wing makes less sense than usual with its Obama insults.

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Ever since President Obama unveiled his budget and bailout plans, right-wing pundits have scrambled to link his actions to the most frightening ideologies of the twentieth century. Accusations of socialism, communism, Marxism and fascism have all been summoned by the right, what -ism will he be accused of next?

Gabriela Resto-Montero

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