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

And this, folks, is why Allen West will NEVER be Mitt Romney's (or anyone else's) running mate. He's a loose cannon who says retarded things on a regular basis. The fact that there are actually people defending his comments shows how unhinged the Republican Party has become. Yes, of course I know that not ALL Republicans (probably not even MOST Republicans) actually agree with his comments...but enough of them do that he is taken seriously.
 
Grant said:
It seems that the leader of the US Communist Party, along with other leftists, is upset with Rep. West, though why he would feel this way is open to question.

Wouldn't the head of the US Communist Party be proud to have 80 or so Communists in Congress, to show that Americans are finally on the right track? Shouldn't the left be pleased if this were so? Optimistic anyway that they are finally making progress?
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My guess would be that he resents Mr. West's implication that corporate-whoring Democrats are communists of any variety. Many of those on the far left can't stand Democrats.
 
Disputatious71 said:
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.
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you again prove that santayana was correct
of course the comparison to mccarthy is apt
they were both identifying citizens to be communists without any evidence to back up such a bold claim

read a book
 
Kandahar said:
My guess would be that he resents Mr. West's implication that corporate-whoring Democrats are communists of any variety. Many of those on the far left can't stand Democrats.
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Yes, it seems sad that even the American Communist Party denies they are genuine members. Perhaps they were rejected by the Communist Pary's Ethics Committee.
 
Now the GOP is coming full circle.

Back in the day it was quite fashionable for the Party of Lincoln to label their political opponents as either soft on commies or outright commies.

I seem to recall a Military man of some note go from beloved freedom fighter to the unwelcomed uncle in GOP politics. Ahhhhh, hard to remember, Mac, Mac something or other. Lead us in the Pacific during WWII and then Korea, got in some hot water when he decided he, not the Commander in Chief sets overall war policy.

It is funny the name 'New Party', a party of that name wanted to run Eugene McCarthy for President back in the hippy days in '68.

Thirty years later it was the label for a very small fusion party. Odd that only on very conservative websites can I find the commie label being slapped on what others call Progressive. Their 'commie' agenda included a living wage and affordable housing. Damn commie bastards! :roll:

Does seem the bottom line for those waving the commie list around is they end up an obscure footnote in history.
 
justabubba said:
you again prove that santayana was correct
of course the comparison to mccarthy is apt
they were both identifying citizens to be communists without any evidence to back up such a bold claim

read a book
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I've read a couple of books on this. What would you like to know?

For example, do you know who wanted these alleged communists identified, innocent or not? Did you know that the Soviet Union did have spies in the US Government? In fact the response then was very similar to the response now, just as when Igor Gouzenko defected in Canada with lists of Soviet spies. They thought it was a joke also, and went into denial.

I have no idea whether Barrack Obama is a Communist or not, but it is apparent he is deliberately destroying the US economy. There can be no other explanation.
 
Disputatious71 said:
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."
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which members of the house of representatives are open communists?
 
Grant said:
Keep in mind that leftists often lie in order to hide their true agenda, and the harder left they are the deeper the lie.
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Are you insinuating that the right does NOT do that????

The right and left are exactly alike in that sense.

Name a republican who did not increase the national debt.

I'll wait.
 
Grant said:
No republican, in the history of the Republic, has indebted the country as much as Barrack Obama. Nobody. Never.
What part of that do you not understand?

Perhaps BHO was right.

Obama: 'Americans Are Too Stupid to Understand Economics' - YouTube
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Right, and no president in the history of the Republic increased it as much as George W Bush when he was president. And no president in the history of the Republic increased it as much as Ronald Reagan when he was president. And I'm sure that it won't be long before we have another president who will increase it more than any president in the history of the Republic too. :roll:

Putting aside the silliness of placing all the blame for deficits on whoever is president at the time (after all, Congress writes the budget, all the president can do is sign/veto whatever he is given)...there's the minor fact that THE ECONOMY is larger than it has been in the history of the Republic, so of course the national debt will increase faster (in absolute dollar amounts) over time.

So yep, he was obviously correct that people are too stupid to understand economics. You certainly don't.
 
ARealConservative said:
the implied message you just gave is that communism is workable, and we need to move in that direction to fix our problems.

change your lean
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your interpretation of my comment is inept.
 
AdamT said:
And of course every President since, and including, Reagan, has increased the debt. Reagan TRIPLED it. Bush II DOUBLED it. And to this point, Obama has increased it by about 50%.
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If we keep bringing this up China might stop borrowing us money and we should pipe down on this little disaster.:tomatofac
 
I can say with a high level of certainty that defense of the nation does require some level of military presence outside the us. This doesn't mean I agree with having bases everywhere or as, large of a military as we currently possess.

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AdamT said:
And of course every President since, and including, Reagan, has increased the debt. Reagan TRIPLED it. Bush II DOUBLED it. And to this point, Obama has increased it by about 50%.
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Okay, so raising the debt by over a trillion dollars every few months is worse than what Regan did. It's not the dollars, it's the percentages!!


Obama: 'Americans Are Too Stupid to Understand Economics' - YouTube
 
Helix said:
your interpretation of my comment is inept.
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hardly. it was dead on.

you said plain as day that a workable health care compromise was prevented because we don't have enough communists in office.

you can run from this factual interpretation of the written word, but that was the meaning behind your quote.

you said:
a secret communist conspiracy could have least successfully pushed a workable health care reform compromise with a public option.
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Kandahar said:
Putting aside the silliness of placing all the blame for deficits on whoever is president at the time (after all, Congress writes the budget, all the president can do is sign/veto whatever he is given)...there's the minor fact that THE ECONOMY is larger than it has been in the history of the Republic, so of course the national debt will increase faster (in absolute dollar amounts) over time.
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BHO presented one budget and it was rejected by everyone. Since then there has not been a budget.

The economy is just doing great, huh?

Obama: 'Americans Are Too Stupid to Understand Economics' - YouTube
 
Grant said:
BHO presented one budget and it was rejected by everyone. Since then there has not been a budget.
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The president can only offer suggestions. He has no official role in what budget Congress actually creates (or doesn't create). His only authority regarding the budget is to sign or veto whatever Congress passes...which, as it turns out, doesn't seem to be happening anyway.

The economy is just doing great, huh?
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It is LARGER than it has been in the past, so of course the national debt is going to increase more than in the past if you measure in absolute dollar figures. *GASP* Obama presided over a larger increase in the deficit than, say, Woodrow Wilson, when the GDP was 1/500th of what it is today? Stop the presses! :lol:

Keep going, you're on a roll. Literally every post you make proves that Obama was absolutely correct in that YouTube clip you posted.
 
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justabubba said:
you again prove that santayana was correct
of course the comparison to mccarthy is apt
they were both identifying citizens to be communists without any evidence to back up such a bold claim

read a book
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Boldly prove where Allen West has called for the rounding up of "communists" and the black listing of actors etc., then we can agree on historically correct comparisons !
If I were you I would take your own advice and try reading a book, possibly one apt to this subject matter before replying again.
 
Helix said:
which members of the house of representatives are open communists?
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still ignorant of the OP's link to the articles content :roll: their is nothing I can do to pull you out of the fog you created.
 
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