Norman Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) actually ran for President many times. He was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. His statement made in 1944, yes, at the height of World War ll, was true then without a lot of following and now it seems ………. more true today – 2009 – than ever.
Norman Thomas said this in a 1944 speech:
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of "liberalism", they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform."
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