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Obama is not a socialist ......... hell he is not even a liberal ....... let alone a progressive.
Things have shifted so far to the right in this country, that the meanings of such terms have also changed.
FDR would be considered a communist today.
I would not hesitate to say Obama is Republican Lite with democratic speaking "points".
But then what in the hell do people today know beside the viewing schedule for American Idol and Dancing With the Stars.