Yes Obama is a socialist.....and so was Bush and most other presidents before him.

There's a huge reason why I am refusing to call Obama a socialist: because I believe that the main people who are doing so are actually deluded enough to think that Obama is the FIRST president to move us away from freedom and into the realm of coerced collectivism and big government. On the contrary, Bush was as big if not a greater "socialist" (using the term to mean "increaser of government").

So next time you hear someone call Obama a socialist, ask them if Bush was a socialist. If they say no, punch them in the head.