"Jeff Binkley -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in news:13997
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 RS>> Seems an Alaska congressasshole is channeling "Tailgunner Joe"
 RS>> McCarthy.


 RS>> You have to go all the way back to 1929 to find a member of the
 RS>> Socialist Party in the U.S. House of Representatives, but U.S. Rep.
 RS>> Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) says the "workers' party" is alive and
 RS>> kicking on Capital Hill.

 RS>> While addressing elected officials yesterday in his Birmingham-area
 RS>> district, the conservative congressman told an audience at the
 RS>> Trussville Civic Center that socialists in Congress are pressuring
 RS>> President Obama to cater to the far left of the political spectrum,
 RS>> The Birmingham News reports.

 RS>> "Some of these guys I work with, the men and women in Congress, are
 RS>> socialists," the congressman said.

 RS>> When asked to name names following his remarks, Bachus could only
 RS>> cite one person - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), a
 RS>> self-described "Democratic Socialist." But he
demurred when pressed
 RS>> to name specific members of the House who subscribe to socialism.

 RS>> He had a number though. Bachus was able to say that 17 house members
 RS>> are socialists.

 RS>> http://tinyurl.com/dgt8bc

 JB> The number 17 is probably low.

Liar.

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