Posted on 04/11/2012 11:50:47 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A top official of the Communist Party USA on Wednesday ripped Rep. Allen Wests sad ploy for claiming that as many as 80 Democratic members of the House are communists.
I just think its an absurd way to cast a shadow over his colleagues. Its kind of a sad ploy, Libero Della Piana, a vice-chairman of the national Communist Party, said of the Florida Republicans charge that about 80 House Democrats were members of the radical party.
Its just guilt by association taken to an extreme, he told POLITICO. He also said there are no members of Congress who are members of the Communist Party not even avowed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
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If Leon Pannetta was closely connected to card carrying communists, it is in no way deluded to say that we have about 80 communists in the House.
And now Neon Leon is head of the CIA. Then we have Obamas open mike blooper. Who in all hell is asleep at the switch?
Methinks the COMMUNIST PARTY doth protest too much!
Just check this out:
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Back in 1983 he (Pannetta) inserted a tribute into the Congressional Record, recognizing DeLacy and his wife Dorothy, another communist, for their commitment to social justice and resisting the dark forces of McCarthyism. The latter strongly indicates that Panetta was aware of their involvement in the communist cause and that not only did it not matter to him, it was evidence of their courage and bravery.
Trevor Loudon writes, The couple, Hugh DeLacy and his wife Dorothy Baskin DeLacy, both had long histories with the Communist Party USA and were very active in the Santa Cruz progressive movement that had helped nurture Congressman Panettas career. Phrases like social justice and dark forces of McCarthyism rolled from Rep. Panettas pen, in a piece that would not have been out of place in the Communist Partys Peoples Daily World.
He adds, The DeLacys were not merely Panettas constituentsthey were close personal friends. Hugh DeLacy was also a longtime correspondent, with whom Panetta regularly discussed defense and foreign policy issues.
In addition to this evidence, we have congressional hearings, information about a communist cell active in Santa Cruz, and Panettas own record as a member of Congress, where he fought during the 1980s to protect communist advances in such countries as Nicaragua and Grenada and worked feverishly to undermine President Reagans anti-communist foreign policy and military defense build-up. Incidentally, back then Panetta was a foe of CIA covert action to protect Americas vital interests, which makes Obamas selection of him as CIA director even more interesting.
DeLacy was not only a prominent member of the Communist Party USA, but also a personal contact of identified Soviet spies Solomon Adler and Frank Coe and accused spy John Stewart Service.
http://rightwingnews.com/democrats/leon-panettas-communist-ties/
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OOO, bet that will leave a mark.
Did they deny any of his accusations? Or just the conclusion he came to?
~Allen West
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