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.
— Norman Thomas, perennial Socialist Party presidential candidate
(h/t Bob Parks)
December 2, 2008 at 11:54 am
Ezra Taft Benson, Eisenhower’s Secretary of Agriculture met with Khrushchev several decades ago, and Khrushchev made a very similar statement. Here’s a video that has the audio of part of a speech Benson made later about the encounter.
December 2, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Bryce – Thanks for that link! It’s pretty scary, their attitude that they will do away with America a little bit at a time. It shows me that we have to remain so vigilant and on guard. Thanks for stopping by!
December 2, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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