VIDEO: On Hardball, I Explain Why Sarah Palin Is a Socialist

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Who’s the most socialistic governor in the United States? You betcha–it’s Sarah Palin. That’s what I said on Hardball (video below). But before we got to a highfalutin’ discussion about ideology and the campaign, Chris Matthews, conservative radio talk show host Heidi Harris, and I discussed the troubles of GOP Republican Michele Bachmann, who might lose her seat because she played Hardball last Friday and lost. Bachman calling Democrats “anti-American,” Palin spending $150,000 on clothes (which I discussed earlier on MSNBC)–these days, for left-of-center pundits, it’s as easy as shooting pit bulls in a barrel