obama is not a socialist

My opponent has once again failed to offer anything substantial in support of his side. In the previous round he offered one short paragraph. I will now refute that paragraph. (To voters: please disregard any obvious grammatical errors in the following attack if they are quotes from my opponent's previous round.) Obama is not a socialist. "If he was, He would say he is." This is an incorrect statement. As I stated in my second constructive many people don't understand or agree with Socialism. For many politicians it may be damaging to their career if they were to openly announce they were Socialists. It is because of this that Obama is not likely to announce any socialistic views. "And I'm pretty sure that he is not saying he is not a socialist because he doesn't know that much about it." I agree with this. However for a logical reason refer to my previous statements. "I'm sure he knows what it is based on the fact that he is brilliant." I also agree that Obama is intelligent. However you obviously don't have to be brilliant to understand the concept of Socialism as my opponent has a fairly decent grasp on the idea. To begin I would like to establish a few key points that my opponent has failed to either realize or understand. The morality of either system, Capitalism or Socialism is entirely meaningless to this debate. To rely on such an idea as reference for an attack is illogical. Any attacks relying on this should be forgotten by voters. My opponent uses morality in various attacks that I will discuss later on. Contention 1: My opponent has attempted to attack this argument by trying to turn a few of Obama's statements around to his side. Subpoint A: My opponent has failed to realize that in the statements presented that Obama sheds a negative light on Capitalism then proceeds to insist that Socialist views are superior. If this does not make Obama a Socialist, I cannot think of what does. Furthermore, my opponent states that Obama's views also line up with the ideals of a good person. This is a pitiful argument as being a good person does not make you either a Capitalist or a Socialist. Subpoint B: The statements made by President Obama are obviously of a socialist nature. My opponent's argument is invalid. For further reasoning simply look to my second constructive. Contention 2: Health care My opponent first tried to argue against this by arguing that it is okay for the government to damage the profits of the insurance companies. This is a completely Socialistic view point. It doesn't matter how much the insurance companies make; only that in a Capitalistic society it is not okay to take their profits for the purpose of spreading it to the poor. Then he tried for a second time to argue against this contention by saying that taxes are a form of wealth spreading. This argument is entirely illogical. The services he mentioned such as public schools, transportation, the military, etc. These are services that use tax money and benefit everyone; thus making his argument invalid. He then used a quote and tried to explain that Reagan was also a socialist. This is pointless. If Reagan was a Socialist that doesn't affect the validity of my quote or give any reason that Obama isn't a Socialist. Finally my opponent presented a video. The video was of an interview between a particularly aggressive Bill O'Reilly and President Obama. The video shows the president refuting claims that he is redistributing wealth. He turns to a moral argument to do this. While he may not be directly redistributing wealth he is using Socialist viewpoints to guide his statements and his actions. Finally, Voting Issues. I would like to address any possible voters by saying that when considering which side to vote for you must first remember a few things. 1. My opponent's attacks were weak and often entirely illogical. 2. I completely refuted these attacks. 3. Most importantly, remember that my opponent offered little to no evidence or even arguments supporting his side of the debate. As we both shared a burden of proof equally this is a terrible flaw in his side of the debate. With that I respectfully ask for a con vote. Thank you.