Socialist? Do You Really Believe It?

Despite all their claims that the Democrats are socialists, McCain and Palin seem to be on board with the "share the wealth" mantra that they claim to be against. 

From the New Yorker, an exchange on Hardball during McCain's 2000 run:

YOUNG WOMAN: Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism and stuff?. . .
MCCAIN: Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.

 And this regarding Palin, also from the New Yorker:

The state that she governs has no income or sales tax. Instead, it imposes huge levies on the oil companies that lease its oil fields. The proceeds finance the government’s activities and enable it to issue a four-figure annual check to every man, woman, and child in the state. One of the reasons Palin has been a popular governor is that she added an extra twelve hundred dollars to this year’s check, bringing the per-person total to $3,269. A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist—Philip Gourevitch, of this magazine—that “we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.”

It would appear that they are all for sharing the wealth, as long as they are the ones to dictate how it is to be done.  I smell a couple of rats.