W. Todd Akin: “You know, when people make a mistake--we were talking quite a bit about socialism, and liberals really just hate it when…”

“You know, when people make a mistake--we were talking quite a bit about socialism, and liberals really just hate it when you mention that word ``socialism,'' but really an awful lot of Americans don't know socialism when they see it. And it is very dangerous, it's deadly, and it goes to the idea of what's the job of the government. And if you go to our Founders, right off the bat the Pilgrims had socialism imposed on them by the loan sharks from England, and they pitched it out. They knew it wasn't any good. They knew that socialism was really a system of stealing where the government would take from one person and give to another person. If you go to the founding of our country, it was built on a bright vision. There was a fresh air; there was a vibrancy and enthusiasm because you could fail. There was an incentive to do well. The understanding was that the job of the government was limited and limited in a particular way, and that was, the job of the government was justice.”