President Barack Obama will begin his campaign
(officially) today which just happens to be Karl Marx's birthday.
Presidents seeking re-election take
both "official trips" and "political trips," the first
financed by taxpayers and the second by campaign contributors. While
Republicans have accused Obama of playing politics at some official events, today there will be no doubt.
The Obama Campaign is billing the
"Ready To Go Rally" at the Ohio State University in Columbus as
"the first campaign rally" for the president. Obama, who will be accompanied by
first lady Michelle Obama, is scheduled to speak around 1:25 p.m.
The president's second campaign
rally takes place later today at Virginia Community University in Richmond.
It is interesting that the beginning
of Obama’s re-election campaign is on the birth date of
Karl Marx.
Who is or was Karl Marx?
Karl Marx was born May 5, 1818 in
Trier, Germany. In 1848 he published (with Friedrich Engels) The Communist
Manifesto, the most celebrated pamphlet in the history of the socialist
movement. He also was the author of the movement's most important book, Das
Kapital. These writings and others by Marx and Engels form the basis of the
body of thought and belief known as Marxism.
Some say there is a close resemblance. Since this is still a free country, each individual still has the freedom to think as they choose.
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