Communist Party USA: Elect A Dem Congressional Majority

[AmericanErrorist]

This election is a struggle to bring out the deeply felt democratic traditions of the people and inspire voters weary of the political process because of the dominance of the ultra-right.

It is a struggle to develop center-left unity that can win conservatives away from the extreme right-wing. It is a struggle to strengthen the all peoples coalition and within that to strengthen the left and the Communist Party.

At the last National Committee meeting we said the defeat of the extreme right-wing is at the heart of the class struggle at this moment; that the defeat of the right-wing is a necessary and crucial step toward achieving a better life, bigger dreams and building the movement for socialism.

We said that defeating the Republican majority in Congress would constitute a turning point and provide a qualitatively stronger terrain of struggle against the dangerous anti-democratic Bush administration policies and authoritarian abuse of civil liberties and civil rights...

If the Republican majority is defeated in November it will mark an important beginning to shift the balance of forces and create the conditions for a decisive blow to the ultra-right. If the Republicans continue to control Congress it will be a very dangerous situation domestically and internationally....

With a Democratic majority, eleven of the twenty House Committees would be chaired by members of the Progressive or Black Caucus. 45 of 92 House sub-committee chairs would be members of the Progressive, Black, Hispanic or Asian Pacific Caucus.

http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/769/1/135/

[jmowreader]

1. Can someone shut these people up?

We get the Communist Party out there screaming for a Democratic takeover, and anyone with an (R) behind his name will get elected easily.

Can't we get the communists to endorse Repukes? Then we'd be sure to win.

[DRoseDARs]

2. Has a shark been jumped yet? Thanks, but no thanks...

We don't need the endorsement of one of the most reviled political movements in Western civilization. I have Communist friends, but I give them friendly shit for being "damned, dirty commies" all the time. I understand real Communism (not that faux bullshit played out by the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China and North Korea et. al.) and while I appreciate that they recognize that the Republicans need to be voted out of office into minority status and that the Communist party hasn't a chance in hell of filling those seats, they need to be more careful about their official public statements or they may end up hurting more than helping.