Thursday, April 15, 2010

AEI's Norman Orstein Claims Obama Isn't a Socialist

Establishment mouthpiece Norman Ornstein takes to the pages of the Washington Post to tell us Obama is mainstream:
The stimulus was anything but radical -- indeed, many mainstream observers, me included, thought it was too timid in size and scope given the enormity of the problems. The plan could have been more focused on swift and directed stimulus.
and this gem:
It is true that, in an attempt to head off a meltdown stemming from a collapse of the automobile industry, Obama engineered a temporary takeover of two of the Big Three auto companies. But nothing suggests that this is anything but temporary, and Obama has resisted many calls to take over major banks and other financial institutions.
How many companies on the NYSE does the federal government have to own before Norman Ornstein uses the socialist word to describe Obama?