Maybe I was unclear: the irony is in the fact that the Republican party loves to appeal to the communist boogyman, all the while vying for a planned economy (a

Maybe I was unclear: the irony is in the fact that the Republican party loves to appeal to the communist boogyman, all the while vying for a planned economy (albeit at the hands of private actors). This is ironic because much of their apparent hatred for socialism/communism stems from the idea that these lead to planned (i.e. non-free) economies.