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Lewis Diuguid, completely free to write about whatever crosses his mind, informs us all that "socialist" is a code word J. Edgar Hoover invented to say black.

Now, it's possible the reason he is saying this is because Lewis has a special place in his heart for Martin Luther King Jr., and his least fond memory of MLK was when Hoover and his FBI friends tried to breack up the SCLC. But I doubt it.

It's more likely, however, that the reason he is saying this is because Hoover also went after the Black Panthers. The Black Panthers, at certain times, were heavily involved in Marxist teachings and beliefs, and its very possible during the Red Scare that anyone who invoked the name of Marx was in for some FBI fun. Later on the Panthers softened their system and condoned black nationalism, calling it racism. They then formed a more socialist agenda and really got Hoover mad.

The problem, however, is that Obama's socialistic leanings have nothing to do with his black background.

No wait, that isn't the problem. The problem is that people cannot separate Obama's socialistic leanings with his race. One of these people is Lewis Diuguid.
I heard the other day that McCain had been asked before the final debate who would win. He replied he'd "whip" Obama. Instantly the Lewis Diuguids of America pounced.

Semantics become so important during election season, as every talking head pushes their agenda. People like Diuguid can find whatever they want in something said by their political enemies. Does Diuguid not know that John McCain has an adopted daughter that is black? Why on earth would McCain be racist? Why would he invoke racist codewords in attacking Obama, who is only half-black, when McCain has a daughter that is 100% black? The problem, all too often, with twisting semantics to serve an agenda is that the logic quickly breaks down.