Obama's new campaign slogan "Forward" is scary marxist talk...

[cynatnite]

The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, "Forward" — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.

Many Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name "Forward!" or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called "Forward (generic name of socialist publications)."

"The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications," the online encyclopedia explains.

The slogan "Forward!" reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/apr/30/new-obama-slogan-has-long-ties-marxism-socialism/

Will the stupid never end?

[Enrique]

1. omg my car is socialist

Im going to go down to the dealership and get that gear removed first thing in the morning.

[cynatnite]

3. What will basketball forwards do now? n/t

[burrowowl]

2. I say

C'est la Lutte Finale!

Be nice if we had some socialism!

[Warren DeMontague]

4. They should have gone with "furthur!"

[Jackpine Radical]

5. OMG Wait til Scott Walker hears about this--

State Motto: "Forward" Reflecting Wisconsin's continuous drive to be a national leader, the state adopted "Forward" as the official state motto in 1851.

He'll be proposing legislation to change it to "Backward."

[Prophet 451]

6. Oh, FFS!

Let's be honest, he could have picked absolutely anything and not only would some group somewhere have used it as a slogan but it would be called socialist.

[bluestateguy]

7. Isn't Forward the name of a popular Jewish American magazine?

???

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Yeah - they had a little fun with the possible slogan

while clearly not going into the crazyland conspiracy theory territory of the Washington Times:

We are tickled, of course, by the choice. As are, apparently, the folks in Twitter-land. There are those who think he is borrowing the slogan from MSNBC, and even a few, like Bill Kristol, who think it’s to Mao that the president is turning. We have no special insight on this. It’s just amusing to see our name writ so large.
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Ben Smith tweeted: Turns out MSNBC stole its slogan from various tech companies, a venerable Jewish newspaper, and Mao

Traditional American went for the conspiratorial: Obama’s been losing the #Jewish vote; now his new slogan is #Forward? As in the Jewish Liberal magazine? http://forward.com/ #tcot #teaparty

And then there was Daniel Gross: Not sure about the Obama campaign’s new “Forward” slogan. He’s already got the yiddish-speaking left-wing Jewish vote wrapped up

And my personal favorite, from Ron Kampeas, of our friendly competitors over at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: @MittRomney counters @BarackObama’s #Forward with new slogan, #Telegraphic

Read more: http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/155537/making-room-for-another-forward/#ixzz1tbygW2rP