Backed Into A Corner, Boehner Admits That Obama Is Not A Socialist

RNC Chairman Michael Steele recently sent out a fundraising letter saying that President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress are attempting a "socialist power grab." [Sunday] on NBC's Meet the Press, host David Gregory pressed House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on whether such language was appropriate. Boehner tried to dodge the question, insisting that "you can call it whatever you want," but the fact is that Obama's the one scaring the American public. Gregory continued to ask whether Boehner believes Obama is a socialist, to which he finally admitted he doesn't:

GREGORY: 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 it that.

BOEHNER: Listen, I didn't call it that, and I'm not going to call it that.

Watch it:

Boehner is lying. He has said that what Obama and Democratic leaders are doing is socialism. From his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference a few months ago: