Democratic Socialists of America?

[maxiep]

It turns out that 70 of the 535 Members of Congress are fully paid up on their dues

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.co...f-70-congressional-democrats-in-their-caucus/

This link has some of the DSA platform.

http://www.ricochet.com/conversations/Red-America

Super duper.

 

[Shooter]

Only 70? When are the rest of the Democrats going to come out of the closet?

 

[boatsandstars]

 

[maxiep]

I knew I'd see Bernie Sanders' name, but I didn't expect to see 70 names. I was pretty shocked.

 

[barfo]

Some people will believe anything if it reinforces their biases.

barfo

 

[HailBlazers]

Some people will believe anything if it reinforces their biases.

barfo

Yup. Perception is Reality.

“The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory” ~Thomas Jefferson

 

[maxiep]

Some people will believe anything if it reinforces their biases.

barfo

Yeah, when people pay dues to belong to a certain organization, I tend to believe that they share the sentiments of that organization.

 

[barfo]

Yeah, when people pay dues to belong to a certain organization, I tend to believe that they share the sentiments of that organization.

The story is false, maxiep. It's a fabrication, a lie, a bunch of bullshit. You've been conned.
Read the first link in the first link you posted.

barfo

 

[mook]

LMAO. From the first link in the article:

http://www.americansocialistvoter.com/demsocofamerica.htm

Quote: The Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus.
The problem here is the Socialist Party of America does not exist.
The second problem is the newsletter of question/statement also does not exist. Here is the DSA newsletter for the Fall of 2009 and here is the SP-USA's newsletter which never published an October 2009 edition.

The American Socialist Party is not the Socialist Party USA and the Socialist Party of America has not existed since 1973 after it had a three way split.
This page is about the Democratic Socialists of America which is not a party but rather a PAC, political action committee.
The list of 70 names does not belong to any socialist organization. It was quoted from the Progressive Caucus which to any right-winger is too liberal. For socialists it is too liberal in the other direction.

 

[julius]

pardon me, as I catch my breath from laughing...But the phrase "hoist with your own petard" comes to mind.

 

[maxiep]

Thanks for the information. I stand corrected. I would go back and delete the root post, but I believe in paying the price for being suckered. Feel free to pile on the insults; in this case they're deserved.

 

[Shooter]

Thanks for the information. I stand corrected. I would go back and delete the root post, but I believe in paying the price for being suckered. Feel free to pile on the insults; in this case they're deserved.

Who cares if the article is a joke? The Democratic party is full of socialists, and their leader is our president. We don't need some magazine article to tell us that.

 

[boatsandstars]

Who cares if the article is a joke? The Democratic party is full of socialists, and their leader is our president. We don't need some magazine article to tell us that.

Ok, I have all the proof I need. Shooter's profile is officially a satire of conservatives (ala Colobert). Well played, sir.

 

[bluefrog]

Thanks for the information. I stand corrected. I would go back and delete the root post, but I believe in paying the price for being suckered. Feel free to pile on the insults; in this case they're deserved.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Even the great Dan Rather got reeled in on a fake story.

 

[jlprk]

What IS true is that a lot more than 70 congessmen are fascist pigs.

 

[Rodolfo]

Barfonomics>Maxiep

 

[Paxil]

Most people that *want* to hear this information, will take it and run with it... the won't even hear anything about it not being true. It is obvious republicans want to use the socialist label on Obama and democrats... and people that don't even know what socialism is are scared to death of it. =)

 

[blazerboy30]

Barfonomics>Maxiep

Barfonomics is a misnomer. If we followed Barfo's ideas, there would be no economy, and thus no Barfonomics.

 

[bluefrog]

Thanks for the information. I stand corrected. I would go back and delete the root post, but I believe in paying the price for being suckered. Feel free to pile on the insults; in this case they're deserved.

The title of this thread is misleading. You should change it to "A right-wing view of Democratic Socialists of America"

 

[julius]

The title of this thread is misleading. You should change it to "A right-wing view of Democratic Socialists of America"

Actually, it should be "I should really check snopes.com out before I start posting stuff that only paints me out to be a super conservative Republican".

 

[Rhal]

Thanks for the information. I stand corrected. I would go back and delete the root post, but I believe in paying the price for being suckered. Feel free to pile on the insults; in this case they're deserved.

Gotta give you props for keeping this thread open. Always hard to take the modest approach and admit you were wrong .