Allen West Says Up To 81 House Members Are Communists

[steveox]

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.

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In a clip of the town hall-style event that was posted online Wednesday, an audience member asks, "What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists?"
"I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party," he said in the video.

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

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[pocketfullofshells]

and right wing idiots will still support this idiot.

 

[Gipper]

and right wing idiots will still support this idiot.

Instead of attacking right wingers and Lt Colonel West, how about making a case for why he is wrong?

You know, I schooled you on this topic months ago. I proved to you that many Ds are commies. You may not want to admit that the party you love is full of commies, but why? You hold many political beliefs that commies do. Why not admit it?

 

[Cruella]

The rest of what he said he said here;
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/11/s...text-says-allen-wests-campaign/#ixzz1rlXlowEo

West; “Some people are going to quibble about semantics",”if you listen to the words of the progressive caucus it’s clear that these people are opponents of capitalism — they oppose free markets, they oppose individual economic freedom — so you can call them whatever you want — whether they’re socialists or marxists or communists.”

Also, according to the Marx theory, socialism is the pathway to communism.

 

[dogtowner]

The rest of what he said he said here;
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/11/s...text-says-allen-wests-campaign/#ixzz1rlXlowEo

West; “Some people are going to quibble about semantics",”if you listen to the words of the progressive caucus it’s clear that these people are opponents of capitalism — they oppose free markets, they oppose individual economic freedom — so you can call them whatever you want — whether they’re socialists or marxists or communists.”

Also, according to the Marx theory, socialism is the pathway to communism.

I cannot believe this is seen as controversial in any way.

 

[cashmcall]

I cannot believe this is seen as controversial in any way.

I would have thought there were more than 81..

 

[dogtowner]

I would have thought there were more than 81..

I would expect some number of the blue dogs might just miss the mark but yes probably far more rather close to the line.

 

[BigRob]

Despite how you argue for/against the statements made here -- Allen West is not doing the Republican Party any favors with this remark.

 

[dogtowner]

Despite how you argue for/against the statements made here -- Allen West is not doing the Republican Party any favors with this remark.

no he's not but I don't think thats a huge part of his agenda.

 

[Gipper]

Despite how you argue for/against the statements made here -- Allen West is not doing the Republican Party any favors with this remark.

Only because the MSM is controlled by leftists...including some commies. They will and are trying to paint West as an extremist for this comment and will do their level best to hurt the R Party and Romney. When the press is overwhelmingly working for the D Party, it is not possible to get fair reporting.

By the way, WEST IS CORRECT!!! The D Party has many Commies in it....as I have long stated on this forum.

The Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus.
This admission was recently posted on Scribd.com:

American Socialist Voter–
Q: How many members of the U.S. Congress are also members of the DSA?
A: Seventy
Q: How many of the DSA members sit on the Judiciary Committee?
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].
Q: Who are these members of 111th Congress?
A: See the listing below
Co-Chairs
Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Hon. Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)
Vice Chairs
Hon. Diane Watson (CA-33)
Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
Hon. Mazie Hirono (HI-02)
Hon. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
Senate Members
Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT)
House Members
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)​

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