Could we be poised to elect our first avowed Socialist? Powerline has some interesting information tonight — via this report — that shows that as late as 1996 the Democratic Socialists of America or “New Party” considered Obama a member.

In June sources released information that during his campaign for the State Senate in Illinois, Barack Obama was endorsed by an organization known as the Chicago “New Party”. The ‘New Party’ was a political party established by the Democratic Socialists of America (the DSA) to push forth the socialist principles of the DSA by focusing on winnable elections at a local level and spreading the Socialist movement upwards. …

After allegations surfaced in early summer over the ‘New Party’s’ endorsement of Obama, the Obama campaign along with the remnants of the New Party and Democratic Socialists of America claimed that Obama was never a member of either organization. The DSA and ‘New Party’ then systematically attempted to cover up any ties between Obama and the Socialist Organizations. However, it now appears that Barack Obama was indeed a certified and acknowledged member of the DSA’s New Party.

It will be interesting to see where this one goes.

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   Somehow this does not shock me.

   Comment by Jenn — 10/15/2008 @ 12:15

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