typical right wing bs. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/progressives_and_communists_ou_1.html > > A close look at the Saturday "One Nation" rally in Washington reveals > something quite telling. It was a major gathering of the "progressive" > left, highly billed, vigorously promoted. And it happened to include > -- in fact, it warmly accepted -- the endorsement of Communist Party > USA. > > Expectedly, a bunch of the rally's endorsers carried the word > "progress" or "progressive" in their title, from Peoples Organization > for Progress to Progressive Democrats of America. More still > unhesitatingly describe themselves as progressive, from racial > eugenicist Margaret Sanger's Planned Parenthood to Norman Lear's heirs > at People for the American Way, plus the usual suspects from the > "social justice" Religious Left. > > And then, too, there was CPUSA. > > Why is this so remarkable? It's remarkable because historically, > communist involvement at these rallies has been meticulously > concealed, hidden from progressives, with the communists using the > progressives as props -- as dupes. That the two sides here, on > Saturday, happily accepted one another, proudly uniting, shows how far > to the left progressives have moved, not to mention their unflagging > confidence under the ascendancy of Obama-Pelosi-Reid. > > My personal experience on this is very instructive. I've chronicled > how communists, for a century now, cunningly manipulated progressives, > surreptitiously drawing them into their rallies, protests, and > petitions, not letting themselves (or their intentions) be known. I > have fliers from marches sixty and seventy years ago, with many of the > same endorsers that were there on Saturday, but with CPUSA's name > smartly absent, even as CPUSA members canvassed the rally, if not > spearheading it. > > Back then, the communists' stunning successes suckering progressives > shocked even Moscow. They fooled them right up to the front gates of > the White House in the summer of 1940, where the hideous communist > front the American Peace Mobilization duped even the New York Times > into headlining it as a "clergy group." They pulled off an > extraordinary stunt in Chicago in the summer of 1968, sabotaging the > Democratic National Convention. Communists managed to enlist > progressives into undermining their own Democratic presidents and > parties and platforms. > > As an indicator of the success and duration of this manipulation, > consider this fact: > When Congress, in December 1961, published its seminal investigation > of communist fronts, titled "Guide to Subversive Organizations and > Publications," a product of research dating to the founding of the > American Communist Party in Chicago in 1919, the most popular index > listing started with the word "Progressive." It was progressive groups > that were misled, used, abused, and infiltrated more than any other. > > How long has this continued? All the way to the 2008 election. > > Consider the group Progressives for Obama, formed during Obama's > presidential bid. It was loaded with and even founded by some hardcore > communists from the 1960s. Consider merely two of them: Tom Hayden, > one of the group's four founders, and Mark Rudd, one of the 94 > original signers. Hayden and Rudd had been leaders of Students for a > Democratic Society (SDS), which subverted the policies and plans of > Democratic presidents ranging from Vietnam to the 1968 convention. In > 2008, both Hayden and Rudd suddenly reemerged as "Progressives for > Obama." > > Rudds take on how Obama won the 2008 election is shrewd -- and dead > on. Understanding that moderates and independents made the difference, > Rudd noted the crucial importance of Obama not openly conceding his > far-left views. Rudd wrote, > > Obama is a very strategic thinker. He knew precisely what it would > take to get elected and didnt blow it. But he also knew that what he > said had to basically play to the center to not ... scare centrist and > cross-over voters away. He made it. ... And I agree with this > strategy. ... Any other strategy invites sure defeat. It would be > stupid to do otherwise in this environment. > > Basically, what Rudd said is that Obama hoodwinked "centrist" and > "cross-over" voters. As Rudd rightly put it, Obama couldn't be candid > about his true intentions in "this environment." That's an environment > where Americans, in poll after poll, have described themselves as > "conservative" over "liberal" by a margin of 2:1, by approximately 40% > to 20%, for decades now. Incredibly, those numbers were unchanged even > on November 4, 2008, when Obama easily won the election. > > Thus, a candidate like Obama can succeed only by pushing his agenda > guardedly. He ran as a centrist, not as National Journal's certified > "most liberal senator in 2007." It worked. As Rudd put it, Obama > "didn't blow it." > > Americas exalted moderates and independents were duped by a nebulous, > catch-all-be-all banner of "change." Now, the progressives are in > power, ready to implement the kind of change they had in mind all > along. > > And now, with Obama having secured victory, the likes of Rudd and > Hayden -- shocked that the electorate finally voted for their kind of > guy -- have been less circumspect about their intentions. Rudd urges, > "Here's my mantra: 'Let's put this country on our shoulders and get to > work.'" > > Rudd has rolled up his sleeves, as have his erstwhile comrades. > > And that was precisely what spilled into the streets on Saturday, > October 2 in the "One Nation" rally, fittingly centralized in > Washington. This time, however, the collective was unafraid, > buttressed by a confidence that coaxed the communists out of the > closet and into the welcoming arms of "progressives." > > Gee, you'd think that after the collapse of the USSR and the Berlin > Wall, and after 100 million corpses, progressives would be fleeing > communists like the plague. > > The election of Obama-Pelosi-Reid in November 2008 -- by America's > "independents" and "moderates" -- has dawned a new day for the > American Left -- or, at least perhaps, until November 2010. We shall > > >
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