So I keep hearing this talk from across the Atlantic - this talk about Barack Obama being a Socialist. I'm more fascinated by this than anything. I mean, really... "Barack Obama is a Socialist". What are they referring to? I don't get it at all. Such a nonsensical statement.
A moderate midwestern politician is labeled 'Socialist' even though he has never espoused any economic philosophy that could be mistaken for socialist thought. It's like saying "Rush Limbaugh is a carrot" or "Oprah Winfrey is reclaimed non-potable water".
And yet many of the hottest talking heads in Washington are repeating this dada-esque statement on a 24-hour cycle like a flock of crackhead parakeets.
I love it. It's totally brilliant.
Yes, completely wack, and I'm really starting to warm up to it. I consider it to be a new strain of surrealist thought, coming from the kind of people - activist Republicans - who I never would have believed to have much artistic imagination at all, much less a penchant for surrealist humor. I'm very impressed.
Well, I'm always up for a new art movement. Count me in! Sure, Obama's a Socialist, whatever. Sounds like fun. I want to get in on this "anyone-who-disagrees-with-a-Republican-is-a-Socialist" trend wave.
To this end, I have purchased a fashion accessory essential: A collection of genuine Hungarian Communist Party achievement pins. I got it at an outdoor market last week, and they are so cool I'm tempted to cut short my wonderful time in Budapest just so I can come home and show them off. Pin them to my lapel like punk badges and strut my stuff at the first Commie Obama nightclub I can find.
You don't believe me? Well here's the proof, comrade. This is a genuine Socialist Brigade pin from the grand old days of Eastern Europe's red glory. Bought it last weekend at a local flea market. Just looking at it brings back memories of those golden years under Kádar...Free healthcare. Free schools that rivaled those in the west at a fraction of the cost. No drug lords or gangs. No religious nitwits allowed to change the laws for the bulk of the nation to suit a minority of medieval primitives. No fascist werewolves making 8-figure salaries for services rendered spreading hate over the airwaves. No Wall Street.
This new Obama-Socialist thing is really looking like a new wave. Best thing since Marcel Duchamp.
