[GSWarrior]

Your suggestion to make it illegal for Greens to hold office is an emotional response and I can share some of your concerns, but do you really want the party in power to decide who can and can't hold office?

[weegee]

If there is collaboration between the US Greens and the International Greens they are not really a part of our election process. We do not permit foreign donations or non-citizen votes.

[hedgetrimmer]

The Constitution says you cannot elect certain people to office. For example it expressly states that the president cannot be foreign born. It is perfectly appropriate to bar communists from office as well, as their only purpose can be to subvert the government from within.

My response is not emotional but logical. How can a communist even take the oath of office? If they take it they are lying because being communists they do not support the constitution, or property rights or anything the country was founded on. If they don't take it, then legally they could be removed from office because the oath is supposed to make sure our elected officials remain loyal to the Constitution.

Sometimes people get confused and think freedom means anything goes. That is not true in the case of a free government. You cannot elect people to office who are philosphically opposed to our type of government. That they will try to change it to their political philosophy is a given. That is subversion.