Father Jonathan Morris who writes a column for Fox News, continued his misguided ranting form the Republican bandwagon shouting that Barack Obama is a scary socialist and a wannabe Robin Hood (link):

As I listen to the interview, I must say it is hard to believe our leading United States presidential candidate said, just seven years ago, that it is a tragedy the civil rights movement failed to get the Supreme Court to venture into the issues of redistribution of wealth. It is hard to believe the leading United States presidential candidate said, just seven years ago, “any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing economic change through the courts.” It is hard to believe the leading United States presidential candidate suggested, just seven years ago, we should be seeking legislative and administrative avenues to effect “redistributive change,” since it is impractical now to get the courts to do it on their own. It’s even harder to believe the leading United States presidential candidate, just seven years ago, was talking about the importance of community organizers “putting together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change.”

But then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. Seven years later, and just one month before Election Day, Senator Obama said to Joe the Plumber, word for word, “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everyone.”

To this, I say baloney.

That’s what governments do. They redistribute wealth.
Right now, I pay taxes that pay the salaries of soldiers. That’s redistributing wealth.
John McCain wants to continue military misadventures abroad. That’s spending taxpayer money. That redistributing wealth.
When my property taxes pay for police, fire trucks, and library books, that’s redistributing wealth.
When Palin proposes funding education for individuals with disabilities, that’s redistributing wealth.

Every government does it. Whenever they collect a tax or a fee or a fine and then spend money, that’s redistributing wealth.

But if a Democrat uses that term or something close to it (redistributive change), Father Jonathan calls it socialism. Give me a break.

During the interview mentioned in the article, a caller asks if the Supreme Court is the “appropriate place for reparative economic work to change place.”

Obama’s reply:

You know, I’m not optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts. The institution just isn’t structured that way. [snip] You start getting into all sorts of separation of powers issues, you know, in terms of the court monitoring or engaging in a process that essentially is administrative and takes a lot of time. You know, the court is just not very good at it, and politically, it’s just very hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard.

Sounds like he said no to me. Also, it sounds like Obama understands the separation of powers better than the current administration. He understands that policy making shouldn’t be done through the courts. Isn’t that something conservatives think is a big deal?

Again, baloney.

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