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Who in the Democratic Party has specifically advocated Communism? I know there are probably some Communists out there, but I would be hard pressed to find a significant portion of the Democratic Party advocating Communism a la the USSR or other dictatorial regimes.

True, though, some are in love with Socialism - which is quite distinct from communism (at least on an individual rights perspective).

As for siding with horrible dictators - who? Castro? I'll give you that. But the US Government has always (and should to protect our interest) at times side with bad dictators if it advances a greater good. At times, we may have been wrong with who we supported (ie, Saddam), but I truly believe that in the beginning our policy makers do try to do what is best for the long-term interests of the country when briefly allowing with such individuals.

Their politicians are not going to specifically say that they support communism. The left is very dishonest about what they support and where they stand (alot of them don't even want to be called liberals). And not even the communists who took over Russia said "yeah, we're going to install a horribly oppressive regime into power", they claimed that they were going to free the people from tyranny. But, if you look at the hard core left, you'll see that it's chocked full of communists. I've lurked over at DU from time to time. It's full of communist avatars and sigs.

As for who they side with- China, the USSR, Taliban leaders, Al-Queda...