When Barack Obama first came onto the national scene the public asked, who is this man running against Hillary Clinton and the other candidates in the Democratic primaries. What does he stand for? What are his visions and objectives? The answers were elusive. In fact, they still are. Radical-In-Chief by Stanley Kurtz sheds some light on what the answers to these questions might be.
The book carries the sub-title Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism. Indeed, the author does cover the socialist movement in the United States very comprehensively. Here is a sample from our synopsis of Chapter 6.
ACORN’s assault on the banking industry is not as well known. The plan was to confront banks publicly for failure to lend money to applicants who were poor credit risks and force the banks to lower their standards.
Targeting banks was one half of a two part strategy outlined in a paper entitled “The Case for Transitional Reform written by Peter Dreier. The overall strategy was first to establish quasi socialist institutions in the heart of capitalist society; then through these institutions inject “unimaginable strains into the capitalist system, strains that precipitate an economic and/or political crisis” which would lead to an “evolution of rising entitlements” that “cannot be abandoned without undermining the legitimacy of the capitalist class”. Dreier continued, “The process leads to expansion of state activity and budgets, and to fiscal crisis in the public sector” opening the door to socialism as the solution.
I think you will find it to be a very intriguing book. Our review will be launched with the first chapter on July 15th. The succeeding chapters will published weekly and added cumulatively to Book Reviews on the main menu.
RANDOM THOTS 