Looks like he was right.....

[Kybuckhunter]

I bet not many people know of this guy but he ran for president several times.

The Socialist Party candidate for President of the US, 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 Democrat Party has adopted our platform.

[nodog]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/socialism.asp

Maybe yes maybe no. If I ever come across it I'll think of this thread and most likely laugh about it. It does sound made up for just such a purpose and there is some truth in it. The premise though is that both are *all* bad, I don't agree. Things don't start off that way but are the product of a failed society.

I'm sure Reagan delivered it with greatness. I can almost here him say it