new corollary

There ought to be a corollary for the infamous Godwin's Law to include using the word "Socialist" as an epithet.

Simply stated, Godwin's Law states that "as a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." In practical terms, it means that if someone brings up Nazis in a conversation when it
wasn't necessary or germane, that person has demonstrated that he doesn't have the maturity and intelligence to continue an adult conversation, so that it's fair for the other side to end the thread and declare victory.

The latest lines of attack from McCain-Palin seemed to consist of calling Obama a socialist. Now, there are people, perhaps from Scandinavia, who might ask what's wrong with socialism, but that's risky gambit in this country. It would be better for progressives to throw it right back at the guy who wants to buy up bad mortgages.