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Rep. Allen West Says Up To 81 House Members Are Communists

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Rep. Allen West Says Up To 81 House Members Are Communists - Yahoo! News <-- source

It's not the 1940s or the 1950s, Joe McCarthy is no longer rooting out alleged Soviet-supporters in the Legislature and the country is not entangled in the Cold War, but don't tell Rep. Allen West.

The Florida Republican told a crowd in his home state Tuesday that as many as 81 members of Congress are Communists.

People in Florida elected this guy?
 
and at least one is a full fledged idiot with the initials AW.
 
"Puts on his tin foil hat"

The black helicopters are coming and the alien invasion is only days away!!!!!!! The CIA is reading his mind!

Yes this guy is just another right wing crack pot.. and Navy wanted him as VP to Romney.. LOL that would have been funny.
 
a secret communist conspiracy could have least successfully pushed a workable health care reform compromise with a public option. i call BS.
 
Exploiting the divide between rich (Bourgoise) and working people (Proletariat) by "Progressives" certainly invites the comparison.
 
Exploiting the divide between rich (Bourgoise) and working people (Proletariat) by "Progressives" certainly invites the comparison.

by extreme far right ideologues with no sense of history or actual knowledge.

The actual Q & A is even more damaging that the OP suggests

Q: "What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists?"
A: "I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party,"

Not just who is far too liberal or even socialist leaning.... oh no ..... this question was about as specific as one can be .... CARD CARRYING MARXISTS.

I once was a member of the Marx Brothers fan club. Would that make me a card carrying Marxist?
 
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Yes he was elected by the people in Florida and their are close to 80 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and from what I have seen of some of its members they do tend towards socialism with some of their more left wing radicals going for full fledged communist ideals. Now it is some left winger that is actually comparing him to McCarthy so that by itself is an ignorant comparison only meant to attack Mr West because he is a Republican.
 
a secret communist conspiracy could have least successfully pushed a workable health care reform compromise with a public option. i call BS.

Ignorance of the article appears blatant here as I believe even the biased articles author correctly quotes Mr West as stating "They actually don't hide it."
 
Yes he was elected by the people in Florida and their are close to 80 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and from what I have seen of some of its members they do tend towards socialism with some of their more left wing radicals going for full fledged communist ideals. Now it is some left winger that is actually comparing him to McCarthy so that by itself is an ignorant comparison only meant to attack Mr West because he is a Republican.

NO - they are attacking him because he does not seem to know the difference between two extremely different things and in his ignorance tars a large section of Congress with an irresponsible and inflammatory label which they do not merit.
 
I call bull****. There aren't 81 members of the American communist party over 20 years old.
 
Yes he was elected by the people in Florida and their are close to 80 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and from what I have seen of some of its members they do tend towards socialism with some of their more left wing radicals going for full fledged communist ideals. Now it is some left winger that is actually comparing him to McCarthy so that by itself is an ignorant comparison only meant to attack Mr West because he is a Republican.

Just checking something here:

Does supporting a social program = socialist = communist???

So if one supports the idea of a well funded and well rounded public educational system for the entire comunity, funded by tax payer dollars, the fundamental ideology behind that must be communist ???
 
Card-carrying Marxists?..... probably not 80 of them. Closet Marxists..... about 400 of them.
 
Just checking something here: Does supporting a social program = socialist = communist???

So if one supports the idea of a well funded and well rounded public educational system for the entire comunity, funded by tax payer dollars, the fundamental ideology behind that must be communist ???

In a single word: YES.

To address it further..... so far as I'm concerned ANYONE who promotes social and/or progressive programs/ideals beyond the direct scope of the US Constitution is a Socialist (if they believe in the programs) and a Communist (if they believe the government should run those programs).
 
Card-carrying Marxists?..... probably not 80 of them. Closet Marxists..... about 400 of them.

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In a single word: YES.

To address it further..... so far as I'm concerned ANYONE who promotes social and/or progressive programs/ideals beyond the direct scope of the US Constitution is a Socialist (if they believe in the programs) and a Communist (if they believe the government should run those programs).

This may surprise you, but words have actual meanings, not simply whatever you want them to mean.
 
In a single word: YES.

To address it further..... so far as I'm concerned ANYONE who promotes social and/or progressive programs/ideals beyond the direct scope of the US Constitution is a Socialist (if they believe in the programs) and a Communist (if they believe the government should run those programs).

Is national defense a social program?
 
This may surprise you, but words have actual meanings, not simply whatever you want them to mean.

Yes they do have meaning. Of course those on the Left would like to ignore that most of the time.


Is national defense a social program?

Only when it's outside the borders of the United States.
 
"card carrying".. the phrase alone tickles me, let alone his wacky accusation.

i suppose using his logic, he's a "card carrying" McCarthyist?
 
When read in full context, it sounds like he was being sarcastic/joking to me.

Moderator: What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists or International Socialist?

West: It's a good question. I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party. It's called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Not a funny joke, but not terribly unexpected or unusual one, either, especially given the ridiculous question.
 
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Yes they do have meaning. Of course those on the Left would like to ignore that most of the time. only when its outside the borders if the US


I hope you're trolling because this statement is beyond reason.



When read in full context, it sounds like he was being sarcastic/joking to me.

Not a funny joke, but not terribly unexpected or unusual one, either.

Its not a joke our sarcasm because in that context he's saying they are just as bad
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Yes they do have meaning. Of course those on the Left would like to ignore that most of the time.

Oh, don't bull**** us Tigger. Everyone knows you distort and stretch things until they mean EXACTLY what you want them to mean.
 
I hope you're trolling because this statement is beyond reason.

Nope. Only reason ANY American ever needs to be outside this country is to undertake war against an enemy of this nation.
 
Only when it's outside the borders of the United States.

Err you mean inside the borders of the US. Outside it is actually doing something.. inside there is no need for a military.. you got the police no?

Hence the military INSIDE the US nothing but a social program to keep people off the unemployment lines.
 
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