• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Dem Congressman: ‘We’ve Proved That Communism Works’

j-mac

DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 11, 2009
Messages
41,104
Reaction score
12,202
Location
South Carolina
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Conservative
Democratic Florida Rep. Joe Garcia — fresh off being caught eating his own earwax on camera — was caught red-handed (or is it yellow-fingered?) in another gaffe this week, claiming that low crime rates in border cities with lots of federal immigration workers is proof that “Communism works.”

Read more: Dem Congressman: 'We've Proved That Communism Works' | The Daily Caller

Wow! This guy should be the poster child for demo brilliance.....:shock::roll:
 
Between him and Clay Aiken's daily absurdities I am endlessly entertained.

“I think the VA should be possibly not in the healthcare business so much, as in the veterans care business in taking care of the needs of veterans.” - Clay Aiken

:lamo
 
Between him and Clay Aiken's daily absurdities I am endlessly entertained.

“I think the VA should be possibly not in the healthcare business so much, as in the veterans care business in taking care of the needs of veterans.” - Clay Aiken

:lamo

OMG. :shock: What's scarier is that thousands of dingbats will vote for him.
 
Wow! This guy should be the poster child for demo brilliance.....:shock::roll:

There was a thread somewhere else on this guy yesterday, it included something about ear wax in the title.

$50 says this idiot will get re-elected. What a disgrace.
 
There was a thread somewhere else on this guy yesterday, it included something about ear wax in the title.

$50 says this idiot will get re-elected. What a disgrace.

You're channeling Caddyshack. :thumbs:
 
There was a thread somewhere else on this guy yesterday, it included something about ear wax in the title.

$50 says this idiot will get re-elected. What a disgrace.

Well, he is in a South Florida district with a lot of former-Cubans. They have some strong opinions about how well communism works.
 
Between him and Clay Aiken's daily absurdities I am endlessly entertained.

“I think the VA should be possibly not in the healthcare business so much, as in the veterans care business in taking care of the needs of veterans.” - Clay Aiken

:lamo

FFS...why? How? These are the leaders people elect? Great quote.
 
In context it seems pretty clear he didn't mean to refer to actual communism.
 
Better watch that kind of talk.

He's just using his first amendment right to express a desire to murder someone, why you gotta be so hard on him?
 
In context it seems pretty clear he didn't mean to refer to actual communism.

There's theory and there's practice, and we've seen it in practice.
 
Wow! This guy should be the poster child for demo brilliance.....:shock::roll:

You do realize he was being sarcastic.
 
He's just using his first amendment right to express a desire to murder someone, why you gotta be so hard on him?

Threatening elected officials sometimes don't go well for the first amendee.
 
Better watch that kind of talk.

I should have included a disclaimer....

Website disclaimer
1. Introduction
1.1 This disclaimer shall govern your use of our website.
1.2 By using our website, you accept this disclaimer in full; accordingly, if you disagree with this disclaimer or any part of this disclaimer, you must not use our website.
1.3 [Our website uses cookies; by using our website or agreeing to this disclaimer, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our [privacy and cookies policy].]
2. Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (SEQ Legal | intelligent legal services).
3. Copyright notice
3.1 Copyright (c) [year(s) of first publication] [full name].
3.2 Subject to the express provisions of this disclaimer:
(a) we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and
(b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.
4. Licence to use website
4.1 You may:
(a) view pages from our website in a web browser;
(b) download pages from our website for caching in a web browser; and
(c) print pages from our website,
subject to the other provisions of this disclaimer.
4.2 Except as expressly permitted by Section 4.1 or the other provisions of this disclaimer, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.
4.3 [You may only use our website for [your own personal and business purposes], and you must not use our website for any other purposes.]
4.4 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:
(a) republish material from our website (including republication on another website);
(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;
(c) show any material from our website in public;
(d) exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose; or
(e) redistribute material from our website.
4.5 We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion; you must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.
5. Acceptable use
5.1 You must not:
(a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;
(b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
(c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent;
(e) [access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means;]
(f) [violate the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website; or]
(g) [use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).]
5.2 [You must not use data collected from our website to contact individuals, companies or other persons or entities.]
5.3 You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is [true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading].
6. Limited warranties
6.1 We do not warrant or represent:
(a) the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our website;
(b) that the material on the website is up to date; or
(c) that the website or any service on the website will remain available.
6.2 We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this disclaimer, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website.
6.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 7.1, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of this disclaimer, our website and the use of our website.
7. Limitations and exclusions of liability
7.1 Nothing in this disclaimer will:
(a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
(b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
(d) exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
7.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 7 and elsewhere in this disclaimer:
(a) are subject to Section 7.1; and
(b) govern all liabilities arising under this disclaimer or relating to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
7.3 [To the extent that our website and the information and services on our website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.]
7.4 We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.
7.5 We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
7.6 We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
7.7 We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
7.8 [You accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our officers and employees and, having regard to that interest, you acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity; you agree that you will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website or this disclaimer (this will not, of course, limit or exclude the liability of the limited liability entity itself for the acts and omissions of our officers and employees)...
 
There's theory and there's practice, and we've seen it in practice.

I'm not sure exactly how you think this responds to what I posted.
 
Last edited:
Sounds like you have a problem.

Ok. Well. I stated he wasn't literally referring to communism, and you didn't disagree, so, have a nice day!
 
At this point, what difference does it make?

...a fairly substantial one?

If he actually believes that the situation in question is "communism," he's an idiot.
If he doesn't actually believe that, it's just poor communication/delivery causing confusion about the actual message he intended to convey.
 
...a fairly substantial one?

If he actually believes that the situation in question is "communism," he's an idiot.
If he doesn't actually believe that, it's just poor communication/delivery causing confusion about the actual message he intended to convey.
And in either case it shows him to be a bumbling fool. So like I said, what difference does it make?

<that and the Hillary Clinton parody went right over your head>
 
And in either case it shows him to be a bumbling fool. So like I said, what difference does it make?

<that and the Hillary Clinton parody went right over your head>

Stumbling over words when speaking off-the-cuff doesn't make you a fool. Literally every person on the planet does this.

The Clinton "parody" doesn't make any sense because it bears no relation to the situation. Maybe you just don't know what the word "parody" means.
 
Back
Top Bottom