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December 22, 2008
Obama's Labor Pick Has Communist Ties
Obama's Labor pick has communist ties
President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Labor Department has close ties to U.S. communist and socialist organizations and has sent representatives to functions organized by national parties for both ideologies.
The pick of Rep. Hilda L. Solis, D-Calif., a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, was hailed as a victory by communist and socialist leaders.
An article this past weekend in the Communist Party USA's People's Weekly World Newspaper welcomed Solis and quoted known socialist leaders calling her a "great choice" and an "outstanding" selection with "a life-long commitment to working people."
Among other personalities, the Communist paper quoted former Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., a top economic adviser to Obama, calling Solis a "terrific leader who I know first-hand will work tirelessly on behalf of America's working families."
As previously reported Bonior is listed as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA, an organization dedicated to transforming America into a socialist society. He was a frontrunner for the labor secretary post, but endorsed Solis after dropping out of the race.
Solis herself has close ties to both socialist and communist organizations in the U.S.
Trever Loudon, a communist researcher based in New Zealand, found that in November 2005 Solis addressed the DSA National Convention in Los Angeles, entitled, "The New Capital of Progressive Politics?"
Also, this past June, Solis sent Elana Henry, a caseworker from Solis's East Los Angeles office, to represent her at a forum on worker's rights organized by Socialists International. According to the group's website Socialists International bills itself as the worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties. It has close ties to the DSA.
Solis also reportedly sent a representative to a major event of the Communist Party USA. The Communist Party's newspaper documents that on June 20, 1996, Solis sent Antonio Aguilar on her behalf to present an honoree at the Party's Southern California Friends of the People's Weekly World tribute to two local labor leaders.
Wild Thing's comment.........
Obama keeping true to his own communist ties by surrounding himself with more of the same.
Anyone else notice that HO-bama never refers to blue collar folks as employees or individuals it is always "workers".
Posted by Wild Thing at December 22, 2008 02:45 AM
Comments
It's the party mantra, 'workers'. Solis is CPC. LOL
Posted by: Jack at December 22, 2008 12:24 PM
We are going to learn a lot about communism the next four years. It comes with the Kool Aid.
Posted by: TomR at December 22, 2008 12:34 PM
"Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement."
Theodore Roosevelt.
Posted by: JohnE PFC U.S. Army at December 22, 2008 06:31 PM
Why not! Would we expect anything less? We need Governor Sarah Palin in 2012.
This is a little off topic.
‘Kiss of death’ kills Iraqi army officer
http://boudicabpi.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/kiss-of-death-kills-iraqi-army-officer/
Bob A.
Posted by: Bob A at December 22, 2008 06:52 PM
Why am I not surprised?
http://www.freeulysses.com/uploaded_images/socialists-change-obama-786775.jpg
http://letterstoadyingdream.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/obama-communist1.jpg
Posted by: Les at December 22, 2008 07:43 PM
Jack, yes and it screams communist when we hear it too. haha So many communists, wish there was a place to sign up to get rid of them. heh heh
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 22, 2008 07:52 PM
Tom, LMAO sorry this just struck me as so funny.
"We are going to learn a lot about communism the next four years. It comes with the Kool Aid."
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 22, 2008 07:54 PM
JohnE PFC U.S. Army, oh wow great quote. Thank you.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 22, 2008 07:55 PM
Bob A., yes Sarah knows we can't give an inch to this kind of thing.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 22, 2008 07:57 PM
Les, thank you these are excellent.
Posted by: Wild Thing at December 22, 2008 08:00 PM
