Texas Communists For Obama
Apparently They Were Out of Himmler
By Dan McLaughlin Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Contra Tyrannum | Totalitarian Chic — Comments (71) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Yup: that's Cuban Communist executioner Che Guevara hanging on the wall at an Obama campaign HQ in Texas. Video here, with a hat tip to Allahpundit, who suggests some perspective.
John McCain, for one, is not taking any guff from Communists, dismissing criticism from Fidel Castro over McCain's comments about Cuban agents torturing American POWs in Vietnam:
"For me to respond to Fidel Castro, who has oppressed and repressed his people and who is one of the most brutal dictators on Earth, for me to dignify any comments he might make is certainly beneath me," he said at a press conference.
"It's a matter of record and you can ask several of the POWs who had direct contact with some, some thug that came to Hanoi with an underling assistant."
Meanwhile, Sen. Obama himself is reiterating his offer to meet with Hugo Chavez, the next-generation heir to the Che tradition of violent socialist thuggery:
Obama, in a question-and-answer with supporters, said the U.S. had neglected Latin America under George W. Bush and he said he would meet Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
He said Chavez was consolidating power, had "despotic tendencies" and was using oil money to fan anti-Americanism, "but it is not enough to say `I oppose (Cuba's Fidel) Castro and I oppose Chavez and that's the end of it."
He said Latin America will no longer be a junior partner in its relationship with Washington, and he will travel the region to talk to leaders about human rights, political prisoners in Cuba and hemispheric trade ties.
19 years after the end of the Cold War, Obama is still playing reruns from the 1970s. But then, everything about his campaign is a rerun from the 1970s.
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Which was a shame: I myself am on the record as wanting to put 50,000 volts through Reagan's grave and running whatever came out of the ground for President this year.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
about this years presidential nominee! Now don't you feel cleansed?
Formally known as Deagle... "Golf is a way of life..."
I'll give you my APS account number.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
Stealing my reference from yesterday? How could you?
Nah, it fit here too...well done
Fighting for conservatism one day at a time.
But Communists do indeed deserve to burn in hell. I'm confident that depraved lunatic Che is there now.
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And the Lord upon the Golden Horn is laughing in the sun.
He's a nice guy that wants to bring hope and change to America by reaching across the aisle. Come now, surely he doesn't align himself with Communists.
Seriously, we have to get this stuff out there lest perfectly reasonable people be sucked into the cult of Obama.
How soon can this start making its way through Miami?
"Livin' the dream. I'm going to Disney World." Super Bowl XLII MVP, Elisha Nelson Manning
I was dumbfounded.
That is not the sort fo person a moderate or reasonable candidate has as a leader.
But there it is.
Or does he prefer Hope Chi Minh?
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LOL, literally.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
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that was ever in TEXAS
Sidestepping the entire LWO issue (sheep-dipping, all that), we unfortunately have our share of them, to this day.
Like pretty much the entire faculty of the University of Texas (Austin campus). Add to that 80% of the state bureaucracy located in Austin.
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this is why conservatives need to get behind McCain. Ignorant Obama will reverse decades of US policy towards Cuba and probably open it up with little to no concessions, and Cuba will forever be a communist anti democratic cesspool. All this with Castro on his deathbed which probably represents the last chance for real change.
Republican candidate! The question becomes just what are the consequences both short term and long term. Those questions tend to require more in depth thinking than some of those that respond here. I can understand the emotional reactions, but that is not always the correct response.
Formally known as Deagle... "Golf is a way of life..."
I tried to send the link to the McCain page, but it kept giving me errors. Then, I tried to call them, and the voice mailbox was full. They need to shape up...
I'm thinking of voting for Hillary in the Democratic primary, which would be the first time I failed to vote in a GOP primary.
But, I think that (a) Hillary will be much easier for McCain to beat, and (b) in the event she does win, she would be much better for the country than Obama.
Am I crazy?
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According to Democrats, it’s greedy to want to keep your own money, but it’s “justice” to demand someone else’s.
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Just kidding...also Texas here and have all but given up on voting this year. Still trying to digest the eloquent Brad Smith with my beliefs.
I would say though that I would NEVER vote Democrat regardless of the problems with the Republican party. I do understand your idea though of getting Hillary as the Democrat nominee - much easier to beat...so, can't exactly disagree with you.
Formally known as Deagle... "Golf is a way of life..."
I heard that the Obama spin on the Che poster is that it was hanging in the office before they took over the lease on the space, and that they have since taken the poster down.
Makes me wonder who was leasing it before, but that's another story.
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According to Democrats, it’s greedy to want to keep your own money, but it’s “justice” to demand someone else’s.
--Jonah Goldberg
I somehow suspect that the Obama campaign wants to give the impression that it uses people who see a Che banner and not consider it particularly noteworthy. Especially when they're prepping for what was otherwise an innocuous media piece.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
And the poster just happened to be hanging behind the desk.
We're also supposed to believe that they just opened the office to the public without bothering to look at the walls. Uh-huh.
If you believe that, I've got some beachfront property in Nevada for sale.
I hope somebody in the local area checks that one out.
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"would they accept that explanation if this was a Republican with a Nazi flag on the wall" (or even a Confederate flag).
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
No Obsidian blade
No still pulsing circulatory organ of a staffer.
The political gods will take their vengeance
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
collectivize together ? Bet you don't see this on the front page of the NY Times. But then the office walls of that paper are probably covered with the same picture.
Nostalgia's a touching thing, maybe this is what Barack means by "change". He's got to mean something.
"a man's admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him". Tocqueville
Not sure Hillary would be easier to beat. Obama is not an effective debater.
The more I learn about B.O.
Can you imagine our Cuban foreign policy being shaped by a man who was physically tortured by Cuban operatives? This is interesting to say the least.
Forget realpolitik. Our foreign policy could at best be acutely focused on defeating an Evil Empire. At worst it could be bent on revenge.
"Going over the cliff, flags flying, is still going over the cliff." - Ronald Reagan, as quoted by Robert McFarlane
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I thought it was the Germans after they bombed Pearl Harbor.
I should have paid more attention last time I watched Animal House.
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Cu Loc prison (the Zoo) in 1968. The Cubans were 'guests' of the Vietcong and were especially brutal, known for their savage beatings using fan belts. The Cuban's weren't talented interrogators - just cruel thugs. The butchery endured by USAF Capt. Cobeil (over-the-top, even for the Vietcong) probably led to the termination of the Cuban program in late 1968.
See: "Honor Bound" American POW's in Southeast Asia 1961-1973
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Just wow
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The fact that that good-for-nothing murderer is even held in regard to the American left boggles my mind. How did we get to this point? I can understand the ignorant emo kid wearing a shirt with Che's face on it, but these (hopefully) educated voters working for a Democratic candidate having the flag of a communist nation with the face of a killer IN THE OFFICE??
*head*
*hitting*
*wall*
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.--Milton Friedman
If Obama is the nominee, McCain should play that clip over and over in south Florida. Obama may have just screwed himself in the general election, should he make it that far.
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”
if he insists their votes not count at the DNC convention (if HRC is still in it).
when I go to the link, what exactly do I have to do to access the video?
It worked for me. You may be missing a plug in.
Did you see a video player at all?
Fighting for conservatism one day at a time.
to my great state. How anyone can say we'd be better off if HRC or BHO wins, is beyond me.
Jindal in 2012!
Obama. His supporters run the gamut from boutique T shirt Marxists to admirers of third World dictators like chavez, Castro, etc. He has no clue about foreign policy beyond post-colonialism and post-Marxism. In other words, a half-baked academic and reflexive anti-Americanism (illustrated in this Che flag and the photo of him refusing to salute the pledge/national anthem) combined with the usual antimilitary and pro-Third world fetishes of the left.
He's the most left-wing candidate to come out of a major party since ex-VP Henry Wallace ran for President in 1948 and the most unquaified since Horace Greeley was the dem candidate in 1872. If the Democrats are dumb enough to nominate him (and I don't tbink they are) he will give McCain a huge landslide.
American voters are stupid (they elected Clinton twice) but not crazy.
But if you pick any presidential candidate in the last 40 years I can name a supporter that was less than sane.
What matters here will be what Obama's official response is. My guess is he will disavow the flag and lay the blame at the feet of someone disposable.
Now if he doesn't then thats something to talk about.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
but this thing is hanging in an office and nobody in the campaign thought to take it down when the TV cameras came through.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/A_Che_Guevara_Flag_in_Obama_s_Houston_...
It certainly wouldn't hurt the Republican Nominee if this got played up.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
I see your Fox link now has written underneath:
The office featured in this video is funded by volunteers of the Barack Obama Campaign and is not an official headquarters for his campaign.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
But I believe under the current rules they have to be directly under the control of the candidate or else the run afoul of the statutes. If they were Texans for Che who happened to think highly of Obama that would be something else.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
What the hell is a communist? Didn't Reagan get rid of these people?
he just made them give up on world domination and settle for tenure.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
Run with this, shake like a terrier shaking a rat!
So we can all see it without having to open their site.
Fighting for conservatism one day at a time.
The more things change... the more they stay the same.
Ah yes, but if you blow up the flag in the background in Photoshop, you will find that Che is wearing a really, really tiny American Flag Pin.
Geraghty weighs in:
What does it say that among these Obama volunteers, none of them thought to say, "hey, fellas, you know, this guy ran show trials and executions... Is this really the image of 'change' we want to project to the electorate?"
Ha! "Change We Can Believe In!"
From Obama's campaign website:
On Reports of an Inappropriate Flag in a Texas Obama Office
February 12, 2008
"Inappropriate," huh? Gee, ya think??
(My ¡Viva Mario Terán! T-shirt photo (above) disappeared. Reposting from Zazzle.com, though this one may disappear as well.)
Here is the office manager. She spends more time not answering the question than it would take to answer the question.
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I think it's just an act. She knows she's been caught red-handed so she refuses to talk about it. I hope every single American with Cuban ancestry sees this.
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