...My Republican grandmother today stopped me when I passed through the room for a glass of water, gestured at O'Reilly on the TV, and asked if I'd been paying attention to all the news from all sides. I responded that it's interesting watching the Republican Party fight over who's responsible for McCain's poll numbers. She said she meant about the "news" that Obama's real agenda is to turn America into a socialist state "more like Sweden". I responded that Republicans accuse Democrats of socialism every chance they get but don't seem to have a problem giving $700 billion to failing banks. She responded with something along the lines of but if the government didn't give the banks that money a bunch of people would lose their jobs. I responded that that may be true but that doesn't mean it's not socialism, it just means that there are situations where she thinks socialism is appropriate.