Saturday, January 31, 2009

So Said Norman Thomas

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20 , 1884 – December 19 , 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America .

The Socialist Party candidate for President of the US , Norman Thomas , said this in a 1944 speech:

" The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party . The Democrat Party has adopted our platform."

......AND NOW WE ARE HERE!

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