Repug CongressCritter Bachus says there are 17 "socialists" in House.

[jefferson_dem]

Want to see some fucked up shit - scroll through some of the messages responding to this story at Politico. The sludgebot bottom-feeders are out in force.

Bachus says there's 17 'socialists' in House

Rep. Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the Financial Services Committee, told a hometown crowd in Alabama today he believes there are several socialists in the House.

Actually, he says there are exactly 17 socialists in the House of Representatives. according to the Birmingham News:

But he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: "Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists."

Asked to clarify his comments after the breakfast speech at the Trussville Civic Center, Bachus said 17 members of the U.S. House are socialists.

Searching the POLITICO style book and the official U.S. House listings, we don't see a category for socialists -- just a lot of Ds and Rs next to lawmaker names. And Bachus didn't name names of the socialist 17.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0409/Bachus_says_theres_17_socialists_in_House.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. `Socialist`is so last week. Now they`re all `fascists`.

Bachus needs to try & keep up with the rightwing memes.

[jefferson_dem]

6. They are so tangled up in talking points...

They are actually claiming that he is both a fascist and a socialist. And they are also re-writing history along the way. Hitler was a socialist since his party was called National *Socialist* German Workers' Party. :rofl:

[LynnTheDem]

14. FASCISM; Just Another Name For "Liberal".

:rofl:

Yes, rightwingnuts, the entire world does think you're dumber than dirt.


:rofl:

[Hepburn]

2. Well, that means there probably are 17 House members I rather like!

What the hell is wrong with socialism? :shrug:

[Webster Green]

3. Republicans are anti-social and proud of it, by God!

Idiots! :rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

5. Modern-day John Birchers.

Fucking wackos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I6Sa4zmoKE

Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
Well, I was feelin' sad and feelin' blue,
I didn't know what in the world I was gonna do,
Them Communists they wus comin' around,
They wus in the air,
They wus on the ground.
They wouldn't gimme no peace. . .

So I run down most hurriedly
And joined up with the John Birch Society,
I got me a secret membership card
And started off a-walkin' down the road.
Yee-hoo, I'm a real John Bircher now!
Look out you Commies!

Now we all agree with Hitlers' views,
Although he killed six million Jews.
It don't matter too much that he was a Fascist,
At least you can't say he was a Communist!
That's to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria.

Well, I wus lookin' everywhere for them gol-darned Reds.
I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed,
Looked in the sink, behind the door,
Looked in the glove compartment of my car.
Couldn't find 'em . . .

I wus lookin' high an' low for them Reds everywhere,
I wus lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair.
I looked way up my chimney hole,
I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl.
They got away . . .

Well, I wus sittin' home alone an' started to sweat,
Figured they wus in my T.V. set.
Peeked behind the picture frame,
Got a shock from my feet, hittin' right up in the brain.
Them Reds caused it!
I know they did . . . them hard-core ones.

Well, I quit my job so I could work alone,
Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes.
Followed some clues from my detective bag
And discovered they wus red stripes on the American flag!
That ol' Betty Ross . . .

Well, I investigated all the books in the library,
Ninety percent of 'em gotta be burned away.
I investigated all the people that I knowed,
Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go.
The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . . just like me.

Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy,
Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy.
To my knowledge there's just one man
That's really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell.
I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus.

Well, I fin'ly started thinkin' straight
When I run outa things to investigate.
Couldn't imagine doin' anything else,
So now I'm sittin' home investigatin' myself!
Hope I don't find out anything . . . hmm, great God!

[provis99]

4. I dunno; maybe he met Bernie Sanders 17 times in one day?

[OutNow]

9. Nope, Bernie's now a Senator

And a good Senator too. And a good socialist. And one of my heroes.

[rockymountaindem]

7. Well at least he doesn't live in Canada

There are dozens and dozens of them there.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Bachus must be a Red Commie like Joe McCarthy.

[OutNow]

10. Channeling Tail Gunner Joe

What's next - the famous "I have a list of Communists in the State Department" speech? Is Bachus also a falling down drunk like McCarthy?

The more it looks like Obama is making progress on cleaning up the 8 year mess left by the Bush crime family, the more pathetic the right wing looks.

[and-justice-for-all]

11. Oh the horror!!! How will I sleep tonight?!!!

I'm a fucking socialist too!!! What the hell is wrong with the people owning that which is now owned by corporations that do not give a fuck about anyone or anything, just their damn profits!!?

Better a Liberal Socialist then a Repuke Fascist!

[Blue_Tires]

12. i can only wish there were that many.....

[Milspec]

13. I thought it was 57

A nice easy number to remember hee hee

[saltpoint]

15. 17 isn't nearly enough for me.

[OwnedByFerrets]

16. There is only ONE in the senate....and thats about 60 too few.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

17. "M-C-C-A-R-T-H-Y-I-S-M"

''M-C-C... See the socialist Boogie-man, behind every democrat!''

''A-R-T... 'Tea Parties' are the answer!!!''

''H-Y-I-S-M...''

''McCarthyism... McCarthyism...Joe's Blacklists are the GOP's aim!!!"

''McCarthyism... McCarthyism... At long last, Republicans, have you no shame?''

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. Which briefcase is he carrying the list in?

:eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

19. Why is he saying those things?? Who is behind this? What are their motives?

We could say the same thing...THERE ARE 37 REPUBLICANS THAT LEAN LEFT....ALMOST SOCIALISTS.....

but we defer....

The poor things, beaten down into the trenches by the DEMs....they try to recover but fail....one by one they try to use the tricks found in the Nazi Propaganda HandBook.....don't seem it work....even new approaches.....nope...

[burning rain]

20. What's sobering is that......

he seems relatively moderate by Alabama Republican standards -- his praise of Obama as a good listener and statement that he wouldn't necessarily oppose any gun control measure. And, that he only sees 17 socialists in the House.

Maybe there's also a psychiatric ward where Glenn Beck would be the sanest patient.....

[snake in the grass]

21. As I understand it...

...he also has evidence of 2 Klingons in Congress. Man the battle stations!