Socialism in America?

Wow...I'm seeing a lot of stuff popping up on conservative blogs since yesterday...anger and frustration about the apparent advance of socialism in America as represented by Barack Obama and the Pelosi/Reid/Rangle Democrats. 

Check this out on Obama as a former socialist party member.  I'm seriously surprised we haven't heard about this before now.  Seems important. 

Krauthammer on Obama's associations and how they are instructive. 

And this a youtube video from a McCain rally as an audience member voices this feeling (I wouldn't put things quite the way this guy does, but I can feel a response like the audience does):

And finally, although a person having acquaintance with someone does not mean the two agree with each other, this whole bit about Obama's leftist radical friends and acquaintances does concern me in some respects.  I ran across this on a conservative blog.  His key point is made this way: "None of these facts, by itself, tells you that much about Barack Obama. A reasonable person should, however, be able to look at this motley crew of left-wing communists and America-haters, realize that Barack Obama's rolodex is a veritable Who's Who of American Socialism, be very, very disturbed by that fact and ask some very probing questions about WHO Barack Obama is, WHAT he believes, and WHY this gang of radical America-haters considers Barack Obama such a good friend."