Letter: Questions for understanding far left

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 26 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

In this June 4, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton wave to the crowd during a campaign event at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York.

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I am an American, and I am a Korean War veteran and an active citizen. I understand that to be a successful politician the main talent that you need to have is the ability to raise money. Nothing else is as important for political success.

Fact, the one who spends the most usually wins. There are still a few of us who try to analyze honesty and character, so I need an answer to a question, or maybe two. How do politicians define an extreme liberal Democrat?

I have been told that that is just another name for socialism — like Fidel Castro or Joseph Stalin. Even if that is close to the truth, why in the world would any free person want that. It has never succeeded anywhere in the world and has 100 percent of the time made things far worse.

Question number two: How close does a liberal Democrat compare to one of these socialists politically?

Lyle C. Tillett

Provo

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Darrel

Eagle Mountain, UT

Listening to a Republican trying to explain what a Democrat is, is often like watching a Baptist preacher describe what a Mormon is...often times hilarious.

7:29 a.m. Sept. 26, 2012
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LeftBehind

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

So the editorially balanced Deseret News accompanies a question about the 'far left' with a picture of Obama and Clinton? Would you run a picture of the self-described' 'severely conservative' Romney and Ayn Rand devotee Ryan More..

6:38 a.m. Sept. 26, 2012
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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Someone else who doesn't see any difference between North Korea and Norway. Not that any Democratic politician even wan's to get anywhere near Norway's social democracy.

3:02 a.m. Sept. 26, 2012
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