Elvis, you said:

"Just a couple,

1.Redistribution of wealth.
2. Fedral govt. exerting control over states rights
3. Gun control.

The states you mention are transitional and fit the definition of "socialist" each and everyone of them."

1. I would like to hear more from you how the Dems are doing redistrubition of wealth. When I lived in New Zealand, the top tax rate was 90%. Even in that Socialistic country, that did not constitute redistribution of wealth, only the Govt. desire to have a very broad and very deep Middle Class. Nowhere did they (or do we) have a situation where we take from the rich to give to the poor.

2. Such a very unique circumstance only applicable to the US (and a few other countries) - I don't see how that fits into any traditional (or transitional) definition of socialism.

3. Much more akin to #2 than any Socialistic premise. There are only a few countries in the world that do not have a more rigorous form of gun control than here in the US. As with #2, this is much more of a Constitutional law issue than one of Socialism (which is fundamentally economic in nature).