I'm not even sure what he's smoking on the AWB; that didn't even manage to ban all of what most would call 'assault weapons'. But the Socialists bit amuses me.Touring his Birmingham-area district today, U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus started the day in Trussville, where he treated a breakfast of municipal and county leaders to his thoughts on guns, socialists and the federal budget.
As for President Barack Obama, the Vestavia Hills Republican said he has "some hope."
"He's a better listener than George W. Bush," Bachus said. "He tries to get ideas from people."
But he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: "Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists."
Asked to clarify his comments after the breakfast speech at the Trussville Civic Center, Bachus said 17 members of the U.S. House are socialists.
Bachus did not support small city officials who asked if he would oppose all gun bans. Instead, he said, it may be necessary to support some assault weapon bans in order to keep all guns from being outlawed.
There's a Socialist in the Senate, of course, who openly runs such a ticket. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont. But not much evidence in the House.
And I finalize with some amusing irony; a study released by Rasmussen. Link
I'll go straight to the ironic part.
That's pretty historic, lately.Which is a better system - capitalism or socialism?
Capitalism
53%
Socialism
20%
Not sure
27%
(For those who'd like to ponder the implications, it IS important to note the caveat that the report brings up, as 'Free Markets' garnered 70% support quite recently. As they note, it might indicate belief that Capitalism isn't delivering free markets.)
