(Poll created November 4, 2008)
Submitted by editor

Following Mao's takeover of China, he...

Choose all that apply
executed businessmen
(307)
redistributed the land of the wealthy
(319)
killed people who had worked for Western companies
(283)
Killed college professors and other intellectuals who might not be loyal
(364)
promised “change.”
(59)
He Fundamentally Transformed China (into a nightmare)
(16)
Walmart was founded
(3)
Executed 2-6 million random landowners as examples
(313)
Implemented price conrols
(297)
Encouraged dissent with the 100 flowers campaign - in order to identify dangerous opponents and kill them
(265)
Outlawed private food production, resulting in famine that killed 10s of millions of people
(326)
Formed the Red Guard - an internal security force composed of teenage volunteers and empowered them to hold trials and execute enemies of the state
(344)
Shut down the universities and sent the students out to the countryside
(287)
I don't see any connections between Mao and Obama
(36)
Supported N. Korea's attack on S. Korea..
(230)
said "taking over America will be easy once the right President is elected"
(189)
Probably what Obama wants to do here.
(126)

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