James Lewis   at The American Thinker has written a brilliant article about the Left in America.  He explains why calling the "Socialists" is 100% accurate.  (And, I might add, something I have been doing for quite a while now.  ConservagiveGirl.com, ahead of the curve! )

Now, can we call them "socialists"?

Conservatives are suicidally polite. We feel bound to act nice, and so we go along with whatever euphemism the Left chooses for itself. On their side, Democrats loudly argue for truth in advertising for baldness cures—- but not in the marketplace of political ideas, where telling the truth is a lot more important. That is why the Left constantly seeks new PR labels to disguise itself.

Using the word “socialism” is taboo in American politics, but today  the Democratic Party is socialist at heart. Even “liberal” isn’t accurate any more, because today’s Democrats are hardly the party of Cold War liberals like John F. Kennedy and Harry S Truman. Instead, they have fallen back on fuzzy, wishful Marxism. It’s where they feel most comfortable.

The Left is now pushing for yet a new PR label, “progressive,” which gently rings the old Marxist chimes for those in the know. If you call yourself a progressive, everybody who doesn’t agree must be a Neanderthal.  But words mean things, and “socialist” is simply more accurate than either “liberal” or “progressive.”

Lot's more goodness where that came from.  Go read it now!