Poll: Socialism is Not So Bad Sort Of

Just 53% think capitalism is better.

Salon: A new Rasmussen poll came up with what seem to be some pretty stunning results: Americans aren't all that wild about capitalism, even when given socialism as the alternative. Only 53 percent of respondents told Rasmussen they think capitalism is better than socialism, while 20 percent think the opposite and 27 percent say they're not sure.

But as the story at Salon points out, many Americans probably couldn't define either capitalism or socialism. Extremists are calling Obama a socialist, which means they don't understand socialism.