Yeah, it’s a total mystery.
Via The Blaze:
During a Thursday broadcast of MSNBC’s “NOW,” a panel of like-minded journalists decided that rather than explain away the 1998 audio of then-Sen. Barack Obama saying he “believe[s] in redistribution,” they would embrace the term and wonder aloud, “gee, why don’t more Americans like this idea?”
“This redistribution word, which is a word that I’m sure is intended to be befuddle people because it’s not a word that real people use,” said Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet. “By using this word — I think it’s a bit coded, first of all. But why don’t we call it ‘Robin Hood-ism?’”
“If you don’t believe in redistribution, then you don’t believe in any public services at all,” said MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe.