{"id":199335,"date":"2007-08-10T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2007\/08\/10\/the-communist-party-is-alive-and-well-in-kansas\/"},"modified":"2007-08-10T05:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T10:25:00","slug":"the-communist-party-is-alive-and-well-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2007\/08\/10\/the-communist-party-is-alive-and-well-in-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Communist Party is Alive and Well in Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas????<\/p>\n

Yes, Kansas. The State GOP there has formed loyalty committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TOPEKA <\/span>– The state Republican Party is forming a loyalty committee so that it can punish officers who endorse or contribute to Democrats.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The state committee’s actions struck a sour note for some Republicans, particularly moderates on issues such as abortion. Bob Beatty, a Washburn University political scientist, suggested the loyalty committee could prove a “public relations disaster.”<\/p>\n

“Ironically, it smacks most of the Communist Party,” Beatty said Monday. “That’s the kind of public irony that most parties try to avoid — the party of freedom telling people they have no freedom.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee. You think????? Josef Stalin is laughing in hell.<\/p>\n

And, Kobach said, the grounds for removing someone from office are fairly narrow: They must publicly endorse or contribute to a non-Republican running in Kansas.<\/p>\n

“This rule will operate primarily as a deterrent,” Kobach said. “My anticipation is that once the rule is in effect, you won’t see too many elected party leaders engaging in this kind of behavior.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vee must all Goose schtep in unison.*<\/sup><\/p>\n

But Andy Wollen, president of the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority, a moderate group, mused about the GOP creating a “grand high inquisitor.”<\/p>\n

“When you hear the term loyalty committee, what runs through your mind?” he said. “Joseph McCarthy. George Orwell.”<\/p>\n

Cloud supports the loyalty committee, even though he has run afoul of conservatives who dominate the party leadership.<\/p>\n

He earned their public criticism for signing a fundraising letter for Wollen’s group in March, criticizing the party’s leadership and suggesting people give to the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know, in America, people are supposed to have the right to call their party leaders right wing nutcase wackjobs, particularly when they are<\/span> right wing nutcase wackjobs.<\/p>\n

If they could hook a dynamo to George Orwell’s grave, we’d power all of California.

*<\/sup>Yes, I know, mixing Nazis and Communist is a very mixed metaphor thing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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