The idea that there is an Obama communist agenda has spread throughout the nation and is ignited by the discovery of communist mentor, who has had seemingly strong influence on the president's life, but is there any proof of a red scare in the oval office, or is this just a political tactic aimed at a liberal leader?

In 2004 President Barrack Obama was labeled a "hard-core academic Marxist" by Republican Alan Keys. Keys was his opponent to the U.S. Senate seat, and would seem to have political motives for making such a statement; a statement that has been ridiculed by Obama and his supporters.

"Recall that earlier generations faced down communism and fascism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions," Obama said in his 2009 inauguration address.

It is hard to say whether statements like these are sincere expressions or just an effort to stifle the unfavorable belief that Obama is a communist threat. Belief or not, there are definitions that could present a more clear idea of whether the president falls into this category or not.
However, people on both sides of the debate have used definitions of communism, Marxism, socialism, and a communist manifesto summary to debate the matter in either direction. There is no clear consensus on whether he falls into any of these categories.

One favorable event for anti-Obama supporters was the discovery of his mentor Frank Marshall Davis, who is a known member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Davis has been accused of being involved in several communist-front organizations by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

It was a New Zealand-based libertarian activist who reportedly first broke the case. Trevor Loudon, a blogger, brought to the public attention in 2007 that the "Frank" spoken of in Obama's biography shows evidence of being Frank Marshall Davis. There is, however, very little evidence that Obama knew he was anymore than a poet at the time.

Obama receives a lot of unfavorable media attention over the relationships he has held in the past. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, an outspoken religious leader with radical racial beliefs is another man people have considered to be his mentor. Obama's refusal to disown the relationship was seen by some as support for the radical beliefs, but others see it more as tolerance for the wrong beliefs of someone in his life. Obama compared the action of disowning Wright for his beliefs to disowning his own mother for her fear of a black man on the street.