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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:15 am Post subject: Communists in Congress? |
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It seems the Tea Party want to relive the Cold War
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WASHINGTON � Republican Rep. Allen West said he believes at least 76 Democrats in Congress, all but one in the House, are Communist Party members, a claim that echoes Joe McCarthy's unsubstantiated 1950s charges that communists had infiltrated the top ranks of the U.S. government.
Addressing a town-hall meeting Tuesday in Florida, the freshman lawmaker was asked how many members of Congress are "card-carrying Marxists." West said that "about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party ... are members of the Communist Party." He did not provide names.
West's office said the congressman stood by the comments and was referring to the 76 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the largest group within the House Democratic caucus.
"The Communist Party has publicly referred to the Progressive Caucus as its allies," said West spokeswoman Angela Melvin. "These individuals certainly aren't proponents of free markets or individual economic freedom."
West's office cited a 2010 article on health care in a Communist Party USA publication that described the Progressive Caucus and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., as allies of the party but not members
Reps. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the co-chairs of the caucus, rejected West's claim.
"Allen West is denigrating the millions of Americans who voted to elect Congressional Progressive Caucus members, and he is ignoring the oath they took to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution � just like he did," the two said in a statement.
The caucus describes its goals as economic fairness, civil rights, environmental protection, energy independence and global security.
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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That's pretty bad. At least when Democrats channel ideas from the 50s, they pick the ones that worked (then) and are aware that they are borrowing from the past.
The parties are in a race to show which of the two is worse and the GOP is out in front. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Allen West is clearly looking for a witch to hunt. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: ... |
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| It seems the Tea Party want to relive the Cold War |
That bit of the cold war lasted about 5 minutes in the greater scheme of things, and it is remembered as an embarrassment.
The fall of Rome was characterized by a lot of goofiness. Not that even Pax Romana didn't have a lot of goofiness to begin with, but silliness came to trump the non-silly bits.
Et tu, silliness? |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: Communists in Congress? |
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| catman wrote: |
| It seems the Tea Party want to relive the Cold War |
It's not a far-fetching fact that some groups of conservatives in the West are Marxists. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: Communists in Congress? |
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| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
| catman wrote: |
| It seems the Tea Party want to relive the Cold War |
It's not a far-fetching fact that some groups of conservatives in the West are Marxists. |
Huh? |
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