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Boehner Admits That President Obama is NOT a Socialist

BOEHNER: You add to that, this whole question of health care and the government option and government involvement, and Americans today are getting more news about what’s happening in our government than they’ve ever gotten before. And Americans are genuinely scared to death. Scared to death –

GREGORY: But Leader, don’t they get even more scared when you’ve got the head of the Republican Party sending out an e-mail to challenge the President and Democratic leaders for a socialist power-grab? I mean, is that appropriate conversation? Do you really think the President is a socialist?

BOEHNER: Listen, when you begin to look at how much they want to grow government, you can call it whatever you want, but the fact is —

GREGORY: What do you call it though?

BOEHNER: This is unsustainable. We’re broke.

GREGORY: That’s fine. Do you think the President is a socialist?

BOEHNER: No!

GREGORY: Okay. Because the head of the Republican Party is calling him that.

BOEHNER: Listen, I didn’t call him that, and I’m not going to call him that.

Boehner did call Obama's actions "socialist" in a fear mongering speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2009.

House Minority Leader, John A. Boehner, Republican, 1949-

Source: Video of Boehner's  appearance on Meet the Press, September 20, 2009

John Boehner calls President Obama's Actions Socialist

Well, the stimulus, the omnibus, the budget — it’s all one big

down payment on a new American socialist experiment. … All of these bills seek to replace our economic freedom with the whims and mandates of politicians and bureaucrats.

House Minority Leader, John A. Boehner, Republican, 1949-

Source: Video of Boehner's speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2009: