Up to 80 Communists in the House!

[werepossum]

Doesn't change the fact that the person who wrote the article placed words in quotes that were not said, which is why I questioned the article.

Do you have a reading comprehension problem?

Nah, he has a reality comprehension problem, in any form. All information shall be processed through a prism and only the wavelength of partisan idiocy is allowed in.

 

[zinfamous]

communism:socialism::capitalism:market economy

 

[Jhhnn]

Doesn't change the fact that the person who wrote the article placed words in quotes that were not said, which is why I questioned the article.

Do you have a reading comprehension problem?

Only with Teahadists & their apologists. The Unabomber's manifesto makes as much sense as they do.

 

[alkemyst]

West is nuts, he is always in the palm beach post and local papers.

 

[sactoking]

each congressional district is free to elect whomever they choose. be they communists, socialists, authoritarians, libertarians, anarchists, totalitarians, fascists, Statists, etc etc as long as they meet the laws/FEC regulations for candidates

While somewhat off-topic, I find it interesting that here in Nevada the state unlawful employment practices laws (NRS 613.310-613.435) do not apply to a person "who is a member of the Communist Party of the United States". In other words, you can discriminate against Communists all you want here so long as you don't violate any Federal laws.

 

[Rainsford]

I never understand the inability of some people to understand the incredible variety of the political spectrum. Saying some political group is exactly the same as an extreme variation of their philosophy makes you sound kind of stupid. In more concrete terms, calling Democrats "Communists" is exactly as silly as calling Republicans "Nazis". Or for the folks who prefer the "philosophy" labels, calling Democrats "Marxists" sounds pretty much the same as calling Republicans "fascists".

And while there is plenty of this going around on both sides, I can't help but noticing that Republicans, for some reason, seem more inclined to use this sort of goofy language.

 

[Jhhnn]

I never understand the inability of some people to understand the incredible variety of the political spectrum. Saying some political group is exactly the same as an extreme variation of their philosophy makes you sound kind of stupid. In more concrete terms, calling Democrats "Communists" is exactly as silly as calling Republicans "Nazis". Or for the folks who prefer the "philosophy" labels, calling Democrats "Marxists" sounds pretty much the same as calling Republicans "fascists".

And while there is plenty of this going around on both sides, I can't help but noticing that Republicans, for some reason, seem more inclined to use this sort of goofy language.

Of course. Their base has been conditioned to respond emotionally rather than rationally. The believe because it feels good, satisfies some inner need, not because it makes sense. Ask Moonbeam about it.

 

[Moonbeam]

I never understand the inability of some people to understand the incredible variety of the political spectrum. Saying some political group is exactly the same as an extreme variation of their philosophy makes you sound kind of stupid. In more concrete terms, calling Democrats "Communists" is exactly as silly as calling Republicans "Nazis". Or for the folks who prefer the "philosophy" labels, calling Democrats "Marxists" sounds pretty much the same as calling Republicans "fascists".

And while there is plenty of this going around on both sides, I can't help but noticing that Republicans, for some reason, seem more inclined to use this sort of goofy language.

They do. It is being investigated as a brain disease, a cognitive imparement, as it were.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/20...ic-pioneer-the-truth-in-truthiness/?mobile=nc

 

[Steeplerot]

Of course. Their base has been conditioned to respond emotionally rather than rationally. The believe because it feels good, satisfies some inner need, not because it makes sense. Ask Moonbeam about it.

The conservative mind runs on fear, be it blacks, gays, liberals, commies, wars on christmas -everyone is out to get them or stop their so-called self-proffered douchey "moral crusade" that is always on the verge of slipping out of their grasp and sink the USA into times unlike what they were told were the "good old days" (that never actually existed) much easier to call them what they are, a bunch of culturally backward reactionaries.



Seeing the age of the average viewer of Fox or Limbaugh or at teaparties they are a lessening and very aging cold war era herd from a very paranoid time in US history.
Later boomers a weird generation, they are very split. Most are good people, but some carry on old (mostly religious based) traditions with the fundamentalist rigidity of their mass media upbringings in front of TV sets, unfortunately some of what they picked up are destructive and divisive.


When they finally are gone normal people are going to be like "WhereTF did all those assholes come from?"

 

[Zebo]

And? It's a free country.

I don't think I'd vote for a communist but capitalism with mild socialist undertones are fine.

 

[Zebo]

communism:socialism::capitalism:market economy

What's funny is not only couldn't west describe the basic concepts of each he wouldn't know about the 40-50 divisions/branches within each of the 4 economic constructs. He just knows it sounds good to ppl on social security that lived the red scare.

 

[Jhhnn]

Nah, he has a reality comprehension problem, in any form. All information shall be processed through a prism and only the wavelength of partisan idiocy is allowed in.

Awww... Feeling a little butthurt, a little bit touchy about what you believe? I would be, if I'd made post #18 in this thread... speaking of partisan idiocy & all...

 

[Jhhnn]

What's funny is not only couldn't west describe the basic concepts of each he wouldn't know about the 40-50 divisions/branches within each of the 4 economic constructs. He just knows it sounds good to ppl on social security that lived the red scare.

Pandering & fearmongering are the terms you're looking for...

It's them ebil commies & soshulists want to take away their SS & medicare, for sure... take away public parks & beaches, too, along with the subsidized housing for seniors & the paramedics who jump started their ticker a few months back.

In the right state or district, you don't need to make sense to be a successful Repub politician, you just need to push the right buttons. Some guy named Pavlov figured it out a long time ago...

Ring-a-ding-ding! Red meat! Come and get it!

 

[Craig234]

I never understand the inability of some people to understand the incredible variety of the political spectrum. Saying some political group is exactly the same as an extreme variation of their philosophy makes you sound kind of stupid. In more concrete terms, calling Democrats "Communists" is exactly as silly as calling Republicans "Nazis". Or for the folks who prefer the "philosophy" labels, calling Democrats "Marxists" sounds pretty much the same as calling Republicans "fascists".

And while there is plenty of this going around on both sides, I can't help but noticing that Republicans, for some reason, seem more inclined to use this sort of goofy language.

Actually, let's not do false equivalency between 'Marxists' and 'Fascists'.

While some horrific leaders and regimes have claimed to follow Marxism, their implementation did not much resemble it.

Goals of Marxism were to avoid suffering, poverty, starvation, injustice, an excessive concentration of power (harmless, I know, as we prove).

Goals of Nazis were far different - as well as their implementation.

So it's easy to do 'Marxism on one side, Nazism on the other', but it's a false equivalency.

And by the way, kind of ironic - considering the history, that Marxists were the first group really in conflict with and targeted by Hitler as he rose up - and Marxists were the falsely accused patsies in the Reichstag fire that Nazis also used to justify opporession of that group and more power for themselves.

There was a book 'Blackshirts and Reds' documenting that battle.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Parenti/BlackshirtsReds_Parenti.html

With some little-told history... for example, about our own media:

Kudos for Adolph and Benito

Italian fascism and German Nazism had their admirers within the U.S. business community and the corporate-owned press. Bankers, publishers, and industrialists, including the likes of Henry Ford, traveled to Rome and Berlin to pay homage, receive medals, and strike profitable deals. Many did their utmost to advance the Nazi war effort, sharing military-industrial secrets and engaging in secret transactions with the Nazi government, even after the United States entered the war. During the 1920s and early 1930s, major publications like Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, Saturday Evening Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Christian Science Monitor hailed Mussolini as the man who rescued Italy from anarchy and radicalism. They spun rhapsodic fantasies of a resurrected Italy where poverty and exploitation had suddenly disappeared, where Reds had been vanquished, harmony reigned, and Blackshirts protected a "new democracy."

The Italian-language press in the United States eagerly joined the chorus. The two most influential newspapers, L'Italia of San Francisco, financed largely by A.P. Giannini's Bank of America, and n Progresso of New York, owned by multimillionaire Generoso Pope, looked favorably on the fascist regime and suggested that the United States could benefit from a similar social order.

Some dissenters refused to join the "We Adore Benito" chorus. The Nation reminded its readers that Mussolini was not saving democracy but destroying it. Progressives of all stripes and various labor leaders denounced fascism. But their critical sentiments received little exposure in the U.S. corporate media.

As with Mussolini, so with Hitler. The press did not look too unkindly upon der Fuehrer's Nazi dictatorship. There was a strong "Give Adolph A Chance" contingent, some of it greased by Nazi money. In exchange for more positive coverage in the Hearst newspapers, for instance, the Nazis paid almost ten times the standard subscription rate for Hearst's INS wire service. In return, William Randolph Hearst instructed his correspondents in Germany to file friendly reports about Hitler's regime. Those who refused were transferred or fired. Hearst newspapers even opened their pages to occasional guest columns by prominent Nazi leaders like Alfred Rosenberg and Hermann Goring.

There is some symmetry that 'far left' can mean Marxism and 'far right' can mean fascism, but they're not equal.

You might also say that on one extreme you have serial killers and on the other conscientous objectors - but they're not comparable.

 

[Siddhartha]

I have heard that there are 100 Mother rapers, Father stabbers, and Father
rapers in the Republican Party.....

Edit: since I am making shit up lets make it 200 mother rapers, father stabbers, and father rapers in the GOP.

 

[5to1baby1in5]

What Is The CPC?

Our Caucus members promote a strong, progressive agenda, what we call “The Progressive Promise--Fairness for All”. The Progressive Promise is rooted in four core principles that embody national priorities and are consistent with the values, needs and aspirations of all the American people, not just the powerful and the privileged. They reflect a fundamental belief in government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The four, core principles of the Progressive Promise:

1. Fighting for economic justice and security for all;
2. Protecting and preserving our civil rights and civil liberties;
3. Promoting global peace and security; and
4. Advancing environmental protection and energy independence

http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=74&sectiontree=2,74

The exact oposite of Republicans - They must be commies!

 

[Ausm]

This really is amazing, and the most amazing part is that I believe this guy genuinely represents the views of a not-insignificant number of Americans. We so crazy.

What kills me is the constituents who voted him in must have a collective I.Q. in the teens.

 

[Lemon law]

West is back in the news as the count of commies has soared to 81.

Well, actually West's new count is 78-81, so evidently he is not totally sure about three of them.

http://news.yahoo.com/rep-allen-wes...-communists-221608758--abc-news-politics.html

 

[werepossum]

Awww... Feeling a little butthurt, a little bit touchy about what you believe? I would be, if I'd made post #18 in this thread... speaking of partisan idiocy & all...

Not at all, simply amused. Considering that I agree with the Democrats about a third to a fourth of the time and you agree with the Republicans when Hell freezes over, I'll let the readers judge partisan idiocy.

 

[Atreus21]

Not at all, simply amused. Considering that I agree with the Democrats about a third to a fourth of the time and you agree with the Republicans when Hell freezes over, I'll let the readers judge partisan idiocy.

oh snap.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Wait, so if Democrats are Communists because Communists like them, wouldn't that mean Republicans are white supremacists because white supremacists like them?

If this guy is implying that ALL relationships are mutual, then why hasn't Scarlett Johansson jumped my bones yet?

 

[zinfamous]

If this guy is implying that ALL relationships are mutual, then why hasn't Scarlett Johansson jumped my bones yet?

Sorry, that's because she's been hanging out at my place for the last couple of months.