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Title: Allen West: Half the Democrats in Congress are Communists
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THE HILL
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief ... ems-in-congress-are-communists
Published: Apr 11, 2012
Author: Daniel Strauss
Post Date: 2012-04-11 11:52:31 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 1473
Comments: 9
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) says he's heard that almost half of all the Democrats in Congress are secretly part of the Communist Party. He offered no names or proof of his accusation. West told almost 100 Floridians in Palm City on Tuesday that "he's heard" as many as 80 Democrats in Congress are members of the Communist Party, according to the Palm Beach Post. The freshman Republican, an outspoken conservative and Tea Party favorite, is a longtime critic of the Democratic Party. At the same event, he charged that President Obama was "scared" to meet with him. "I really wish that, standing here before you, was Allen West and President Obama," West said, according to the report. "We could have a simple discussion. But that ain't ever gonna happen." West has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for the 2012 Republican nominee. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley ( R) called him a "good" choice. Sarah Palin has also spoken highly of him. West said on Friday that he would join the presidential ticket "if it was the right fit." "The focus is, of course, being a good congressional representative,” West said in an interview with CNN. "But if someone were to make that call to me, which I really doubt is ever going to happen, you would have to make sure that it is something that God would ordain for you, and you’d have to talk to your wife, my wife and my two daughters about. But we have always stepped up to the plate to serve our country. And if it’s the right fit, then I will do so."
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#1. To: Brian S, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
Republicans are always in the lead, they're at least 60% commie!
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
American Socialists Release Names of 70 Congressional Democrats in Their Ranks http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2010/08/american-socialists-release-names-of-70-congressional-democrats-in-their-caucus/ The Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus. American Socialist Voter– Q: How many of the DSA members sit on the Judiciary Committee? Q: Who are these members of 111th Congress? Co-Chairs Vice Chairs Senate Members House Members
I think the good Colonel is giving them too much credit. Not that 80 Dims aren't communist because that number is low,but because most are communists and too stupid to know it.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
Why is West trying to pretend the other half of Democrats aren't Communists?
I went to the actual Democratic Socialists of America web site and didn't see anything about congressional members.
http://www.trevorloudon.com/ Davis serves on the Homeland Security Committee where his subcommittee assignments are the Subcommittee on Transportation and the Subcommittee on Oversight. He is also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. When Segal started questioning the congressman outside the party headquarters, CPUSA members and a Davis handler wearing an Obama jacket tried to intervene to protect Davis from further questioning, with one person calling Segal “disgusting.” Segal protested, “Don’t touch me!” But rather than highlight the case against Davis, who has represented the Chicago-area 7th Congressional District of Illinois since 1996, Chicago Tribune columnist and editorial writer Steve Chapman called West “an embarrassment to the party” for his anti-communist remarks and suggested that he be condemned or expelled from the GOP caucus in the House. In a brief telephone interview, Chapman, who is labeled a “conservative” by the Townhall website, told AIM that he had never heard of or seen the Davis video, which was originally released through a Breitbart website on March 12. He said he would determine whether it is newsworthy if a link to the video was emailed to him. It has been done. Although the Davis video got some coverage locally in Chicago, on Fox News and by Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), Segal said he wants to see more media pick up the story, especially because of its national security implications. “This is something that should be front page on the Chicago Tribune,” he said. Instead, however, Tribune columnist Chapman claims no knowledge of the video and bashes West for using inexact language in calling attention to the problem. “I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party,” West had said. “It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.” Though serious, he was apparently using the term communist in a loose way, to suggest a far-left or radical “progressive” approach, and also to identify what have traditionally been called “fellow travelers” of the CPUSA. Indeed, there is abundant evidence of members of Congress cooperating and collaborating with the Communist Party and its front groups, with Davis being only one concrete example. But the major media won’t cover the information because of their apparent fear that such coverage would itself be labeled McCarthyite. Unafraid of the negative attacks, Segal reports “from the belly of the beast” in Chicago and was inspired by Andrew Breitbart to become a citizen journalist. “I became a disciple of Andrew’s in the media battle we’re in.” His Davis video is the biggest yet and has the potential to highlight communist influence in the Congress as well as the Obama Administration, since Davis and Obama are long-time friends. Rep. West clearly understands the media war as well and said about the controversy over his comments: “The press wants to write gotcha stories and talk semantics, but just look at the words and actions of the [Congressional] Progressive Caucus. You can call them socialist, Marxist, communist or whatever you want, but the point is, they oppose free markets and individual economic freedom, they want to redistribute wealth, and they want to see the nation fundamentally transformed. Their policies are destructive and I will stand up to them regardless of the critics. Members of this Caucus lavished praise on Fidel Castro following a 2009 visit, just to name one example. The Communist Party USA claims the Progressive Caucus as its ‘ally.’” West was referring to a 2009 visit to Cuba by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Cal.), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.), who met Fidel Castro. Rush said about Raul Castro, “I think that what really surprised me, but also endeared me to him, was his keen sense of humor, his sense of history and his basic human qualities.” Lee began her career in the California state legislature as a secret member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, a spin-off from the Communist Party. To go along with the new Davis material, Segal found old film footage of Obama at an event praising Davis as someone who “shares our values.” His post examines how the careers of Obama and Davis came together in Chicago through such vehicles as the New Party. He said he saw this video as part of Obama’s long-overdue media “vetting” process. Summarizing the video exchanges, Segal reported, “When questioned about his relationship with the Communist Party, Davis abruptly fled the scene, refusing to answer any further questions…” The following exchange occurred: Rep. Davis: “I thought you’re just a citizen? Why are you worried about the Communist Party?” Segal: “I shouldn’t be worried about the Communist Party?” Davis: “No.” The sponsors of the event, which was headlined, “‘Tea party’ Congress can’t stop the fight for equality!” were PeoplesWorld.org, the South Halsted Unemployed Action Center and the Workers Education Society. The telephone contact number is the same as that of the Illinois Communist Party. People’s World says it has a “special relationship with the Communist Party USA” and publishes its “news and views.” In other words, it is an official outlet for the CPUSA. After obtaining and posting the footage, Segal says he called the House Homeland Security Committee to inquire about whether they are concerned about a member of the committee having close ties to a political organization that used to be funded by Moscow and controlled by the old Soviet intelligence service the KGB. He tells AIM he has not heard back. The KGB has been replaced by the Russian FSB, which operates in the U.S. and can count on Moscow-funded Russia Today (RT) television to transmit its propaganda messages. Taking on the major media, in order to get out alternative news and information, is becoming a full-time job for Segal, who tells AIM that he was motivated after meeting Andrew Breitbart and watching him in action. He decided, “Wow. I can do this,” and launched www.rebelpundit.com shortly after that. “I don’t have a heart in real estate anymore,” he said, referring to his previous occupation. “I’d rather do this. My heart is in saving the country. If I could just get some way to pay my bills so I can keep going.” He requests contributions, saying, “Your generous contributions are an incredible part of what keeps us on the front lines of this battle and maintaining our site. We sincerely appreciate your continued support in our effort to restore freedom, liberty and truth in the media.” The first event he covered was an anti-Israel protest, where he questioned the demonstrators about their claims that the Jewish state was waging “genocide” against Arabs. He found they couldn’t explain or define what they were protesting. He followed that up with a video of an event where people stood up in defiance and said the Pledge of Allegiance at a political forum where it had been prohibited. Segal interviewed the League of Women Voters Forum Moderator who took offense at the spontaneous outpouring of patriotism. “That ended up on Glenn Beck, and Breitbart was putting everything up I sent over there. I kept on going, working for free, still trying to sell real estate, and doing what I can do to help,” he said. The exchanges at the Davis awards ceremony weren’t Segal’s only exposure to CPUSA members. He previously recorded CPUSA official John Bachtell speaking to members of the Occupy Chicago movement, bringing greetings from the CPUSA. The video about Davis is big, but Davis’s collaboration with the CPUSA actually goes back many years. The second national conference of the U.S. Peace Council, a CPUSA front, was held in New York City in 1981 and featured Davis, then a Chicago City Council alderman, as a “conference endorser.” A brochure of the event included Carol Moseley Braun, then an Illinois state representative and later a U.S. senator, as a conference endorser. The official program of the event featured: Rep. John Conyers (now the second most senior member in the House of Representatives). Then-Georgia state Senator Julian Bond (later president of the Southern Poverty Law Center and chairman of the NAACP). Then-Rep. Gus Savage (Illinois). Conyers gave welcoming remarks to the U.S. Peace Council founding conference held in Philadelphia in 1979. The U.S. Peace Council’s third national conference was held in Chicago in 1983. Bond participated in this event as well, along with Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Information about the U.S. Peace Council’s relationship with the CPUSA and Soviet intelligence was included in two House Select Committee on Intelligence reports—“Soviet Covert Action” (February 1980) and “Soviet Active Measures” (July 1982). However, Congress no longer seems interested in communist activities on Capitol Hill. The committees or subcommittees dealing with internal security matters were abolished by liberal politicians many years ago. If the media are not going to tell the truth, the only way to definitely resolve the controversy over the remarks of Rep. West is to restore these panels and examine the evidence. Such a probe is possible, since the Republicans control the House. But is there a political will to mount such an investigation?
I didn't see any evidence that he is a member of the Communist party.
Of course not. "There are none so blind, as those who will not see." You're a shit-bag leftist, who refuses to see what is plain.
To: mcToejam, rat-boy, drippy, Alzheimer Fred, whitesands, t-bird, I'm afraid neither of those points surprises me. I'm sure you didn't see it in my post above either.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: Brian S, All (#0)
This admission was recently posted on Scribd.com:
Q: How many members of the U.S. Congress are also members of the DSA?
A: Seventy
A: Eleven: John Conyers [Chairman of the Judiciary Committee], Tammy Baldwin, Jerrold Nadler, Luis Gutierrez,
Melvin Watt, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Steve Cohen, Barbara Lee, Robert Wexler, Linda Sanchez [there are 23 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee of which eleven, almost half, are now members of the DSA].
A: See the listing below
Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Hon. Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)
Hon. Diane Watson (CA-33)
Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
Hon. Mazie Hirono (HI-02)
Hon. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT)
Hon. Neil Abercrombie (HI-01)
Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Hon. Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL)
Hon. Robert Brady (PA-01)
Hon. Corrine Brown (FL-03)
Hon. Michael Capuano (MA-08)
Hon. André Carson (IN-07)
Hon. Donna Christensen (VI-AL)
Hon. Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
Hon. William “Lacy” Clay (MO-01)
Hon. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Hon. Steve Cohen (TN-09)
Hon. John Conyers (MI-14)
Hon. Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
Hon. Danny Davis (IL-07)
Hon. Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Rep. Donna F. Edwards (MD-04)
Hon. Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Hon. Sam Farr (CA-17)
Hon. Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Hon. Bob Filner (CA-51)
Hon. Barney Frank (MA-04)
Hon. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
Hon. Alan Grayson (FL-08)
Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
Hon. John Hall (NY-19)
Hon. Phil Hare (IL-17)
Hon. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
Hon. Michael Honda (CA-15)
Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Hon. Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Hon. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13)
Hon. Barbara Lee (CA-09)
Hon. John Lewis (GA-05)
Hon. David Loebsack (IA-02)
Hon. Ben R. Lujan (NM-3)
Hon. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
Hon. Ed Markey (MA-07)
Hon. Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Hon. James McGovern (MA-03)
Hon. George Miller (CA-07)
Hon. Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08)
Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC-AL)
Hon. John Olver (MA-01)
Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04)
Hon. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Hon. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Hon. Charles Rangel (NY-15)
Hon. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Hon. Bobby Rush (IL-01)
Hon. Linda Sánchez (CA-47)
Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Hon. José Serrano (NY-16)
Hon. Louise Slaughter (NY-28)
Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13)
Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Hon. John Tierney (MA-06)
Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12)
Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12)
Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL)
Hon. Robert Wexler (FL-19)
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
#5. To: We The People (#2)
#6. To: NewsJunky (#5)
#7. To: SJN (#6)
#8. To: NewsJunky (#7)
I didn't see...
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#9. To: NewsJunky (#5)
I went to the actual Democratic Socialists of America web site and didn't see anything about congressional members.
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