claim: say socialist candidate norman thomas said in 1944 that the democratic party had adopted the socialist platform.
author: bloggers
evidence_1: sep 26, 2009 ... questionable quote: did norman thomas once say that america would ...  norman thomas once said that america would eventually unknowingly adopt  socialism "under the ... pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the  socialist party of america. ... the democratic party has adopted our platform.”.
evidence_2: the socialist party of america (spa) was a multi-tendency democratic socialist  and social .... the socialist party of louisiana initially adopted a "negro clause"  which .... sweet attacked the five, declaring they had been "elected on a platform  that is ..... thomas also had, as new york social democrat louis waldman later  noted ...
evidence_3: "a legacy for the young from norman thomas", life magazine, mar 14, 1969 ...  we are socialists because we live in a world that is peculiarly interdependent,  and to a ... former presidential candidate for the socialist party of america. ... it  has been the new deal, it has been democratic socialism which has been a  major ...
evidence_4: norman mattoon thomas (november 20, 1884 – december 19, 1968) was an  american presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and  six-time presidential candidate for the socialist party ... party. as an articulate and  engaging spokesman for democratic socialism, thomas had considerably  greater ...
evidence_5: oct 25, 2018 ... norman m. thomas, a leading american socialist, pacifist and six-time  presidential candidate for the socialist party of america, in a 1944 speech said, “ the ... he went on to say, “i no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for  the socialist party. the democrat party has adopted our platform.”.