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ELECTION 2010
Organization cites mid-terms, claims progressives registered victory
Posted: November 08, 2010 9:04 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
NEW YORK – It was progressives who won the mid-term elections, particularly incumbents in a socialist-founded congressional caucus that emerged from last week's ballots virtually unscathed, boasted an article published by the George Soros-funded Institute for Policy Studies, a Marxist-oriented think-tank in Washington, D.C.
The article recommends that President Obama govern from executive order to push through a progressive agenda.
"Progressives won in the 2010 mid-term elections," wrote Karen Dolan, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, and director of the Cities for Progress and Cities for Peace projects based at the radical organization.
"The Congressional Progressive Caucus, the largest caucus in the House Democratic Caucus at over 80 members, emerged virtually unscathed, losing only three members," she wrote, in the piece published on the IPS website.
"By contrast, the conservative Blue Dog Democratic caucus was more than sliced in half from 54 members to only 26. Further, of the 34 conservative Dems who voted against Obama's Healthcare Reform, a mere 12 won re-election," she wrote.
Dolan declared that "our work is now finally beginning."
"The veil of a happy Democratic governing majority is finally lifted. We didn't have it then; We don't have it now. But what we do have now is a more solidly progressive bunch of Dems in Congress and a president presumably less encumbered by the false illusion that playing nice will get him a date with the other team."
She went on to recommend that progressives "throw our support unabashedly behind the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and let's push Obama to finally do the right thing through as many Executive Orders as we can present to him."
WND reported the Congressional Progressive Caucus was founded by the Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA.
Caucus member Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kirkpatrick, D-Mich., was defeated in her primary, and just three others lost in the general election, Reps. Alan Grayson of Florida, John Hall of New York and Phil Hare of Illinois. Hall and Hare are two-term incumbents while Grayson is a freshman.
Hare drew national attention earlier this year when he was captured on video by a constituent (link: http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/04/01/rep-phil-hare-d-il-i-dont-worry-about-the-constitution/) admitting that when it comes to health care reform, he doesn't "worry about the Constitution."
Working within Democratic Party
Demonstrating the close relationship between the DSA and the Progressive Caucus, two weeks ago WND reported the Democratic chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee was caught on tape meeting with DSA leaders to discuss how the group can cooperate to strengthen President Obama and advance their "one-world" plans.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., who has a long history with the DSA, was recorded promoting a "one-world" government while asking the socialist group to organize against the war in Afghanistan and in support of Obama's policies.
Conyers was a special guest at a two-day convention in Detroit in March 1982 that resulted in the formation of DSA.
Conyers has spoken at numerous DSA events, including at the socialist group's national dinner in 2008, where he was the keynote.
Conyers was one of 13 founders of Congressional Black Caucus, which long has promoted far-left causes. He is the most prominent lawmaker lobbying to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted murderer of a Philadelphia police officer. He has advocated on behalf of the Marxist Nicaraguan Sandinista dictatorship and has called for the U.S. to end its sanctions against Fidel Castro's communist regime.
As WND was first to report, the DSA has been linked closely to the Democratic Party's Progressive Caucus.
Until November 2002, the website of the Progressive Caucus was hosted by the DSA. Following news reports that drew attention to the congressional website being hosted by the socialist organization, the list of CPC names was moved to the website of Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., an avowed socialist, and eventually to its own site.
The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.
"Stress our Democratic Party strategy and electoral work," explains an organizing document of the DSA. "The Democratic Party is something the public understands, and association with it takes the edge off. Stressing our Democratic Party work will establish some distance from the radical subculture and help integrate you to the milieu of the young liberals."
Nevertheless, as WND reported, the goal of the DSA never has been deeply hidden. Prior to the cleanup of its website in 1999, the DSA included a song list featuring "The Internationale," the worldwide anthem of communism and socialism.
Another song on the site was "Red Revolution," sung to the tune of "Red Robin." The lyrics went: "When the Red Revolution brings its solution along, along, there'll be no more lootin' when we start shootin' that Wall Street throng."
Another song removed after WND's expose was "Are You Sleeping, Bourgeoisie?" The lyrics went: "Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie. And when the revolution comes, we'll kill you all with knives and guns, Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie."
Obama connected to socialist group
Top Democratic Socialists of America members have been closely linked for years to Obama.
Obama himself spoke at a forum organized by the group at the University of Chicago in early 1996 called "Employment and Survival in Urban America."
Quentin Young, considered the father of the U.S. single-payer health-care movement, is a longtime Democratic Socialists of America activist. Young has had a relationship with Obama, particularly in the 1990s, when he reportedly advised Obama on health care.
Young reportedly was present at a 1995 meeting at the home of former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, who was said to have launched Obama's political career.
Young has been active in Chicago socialist circles and was previously accused of membership in a communist group. In 1992, Chicago's branch of the Democratic Socialists of America awarded Young, a member, with their highest honor – the Debs Award.
In a 2008 article in the official Communist Party USA magazine, Young noted Obama previously expressed support for a single-payer universal health-care program, although he later waffled when asked about his position.
As an Illinois state senator representing a mostly black district on the South Side of Chicago, Obama publicly supported universal health care. He also co-sponsored the Bernardin Amendment, which did not pass but would have amended the Illinois State Constitution to add health care to the list of basic rights for residents.
Meanwhile, Obama spoke at the March 29, 1998, memorial service for Chicago Democratic Socialists of America member Saul Mendelson.
Timuel Black, a member activist, mediated political disputes on behalf of Obama in the 1990s and was reportedly involved in Obama's campaign committee during his successful 2004 Senate race.
Longtime member and activist Arnold Wolf was a member of "Rabbis for Obama" and has held fundraisers in his home for Obama, including a function in 1995 that was aimed at introducing Obama to the Hyde Park activist community.
Eliseo Medina, international executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, has been honored by Democratic Socialists of America. During the most recent presidential campaign, Medina served on Obama's National Latino Advisory Council.
WND reported Medina, speaking at a 2009 Washington, D.C., conference, declared granting citizenship to millions of illegal aliens would expand the progressive electorate and help ensure a progressive governing coalition for the long term.
Here is a list of the members:
Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07); won re-election
Lynn Woolsey (CA-06); won re-election
Diane Watson (CA-33); Replaced by Democrat Karen Bass
Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18); won re-election
Mazie Hirono (HI-02); won re-election
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10); won re-election
Neil Abercrombie (HI-01); chose not to run; replaced by Democrat Colleen Hanabusi
Tammy Baldwin (WI-02); won re-election
Xavier Becerra (CA-31); won re-election
Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL); won re-election
Robert Brady (PA-01); won re-election
Corrine Brown (FL-03); won re-election
Michael Capuano (MA-08); won re-election
André Carson (IN-07); won re-election
Yvette Clarke (NY-11); won re-election
William "Lacy" Clay (MO-01); won re-election
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05); won re-election
Steve Cohen (TN-09); won re-election
John Conyers (MI-14); won re-election
Elijah Cummings (MD-07); won re-election
Danny Davis (IL-07); replaced by Democrat Andre Carson
Peter DeFazio (OR-04); won re-election
Rosa DeLauro (CT-03); won re-election
Donna F. Edwards (MD-04); won re-election
Keith Ellison (MN-05); won re-election
Sam Farr (CA-17); won re-election
Chaka Fattah (PA-02); won re-election
Bob Filner (CA-51); won re-election
Barney Frank (MA-04); won re-election
Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11); won re-election
Alan Grayson (FL-08), lost to Republican Daniel Webster
Luis Gutierrez (IL-04); won re-election
John Hall (NY-19), lost to Republican Nan Hayward
Phil Hare (IL-17); lost to Republican Roger Schilling
Maurice Hinchey (NY-22); won re-election
Michael Honda (CA-15); won re-election
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02); won re-election
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30); won re-election
Hank Johnson (GA-04); won re-election
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); won re-election
Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13); replaced by Democrat Hansen Carter
Barbara Lee (CA-09); won re-election
John Lewis (GA-05); won re-election
David Loebsack (IA-02); won re-election
Ben R. Lujan (NM-3); won re-election
Carolyn Maloney (NY-14); won re-election
Ed Markey (MA-07); won re-election
Jim McDermott (WA-07); won re-election
James McGovern (MA-03); won re-election
George Miller (CA-07); won re-election
Gwen Moore (WI-04); won re-election
Jerrold Nadler (NY-08); won re-election
John Olver (MA-01); won re-election
Ed Pastor (AZ-04); won re-election
Donald Payne (NJ-10); won re-election
Chellie Pingree (ME-01); won re-election
Charles Rangel (NY-15); won re-election
Laura Richardson (CA-37); won re-election
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); won re-election
Bobby Rush (IL-01); won re-election
Linda Sánchez (CA-47); won re-election
Jan Schakowsky (IL-09); won re-election
José Serrano (NY-16); won re-election
Louise Slaughter (NY-28); won re-election
Pete Stark (CA-13); won re-election
Bennie Thompson (MS-02); won re-election
John Tierney (MA-06); won re-election
Nydia Velazquez (NY-12); won re-election
Maxine Waters (CA-35); won re-election
Mel Watt (NC-12); won re-election
Henry Waxman (CA-30); won re-election
Peter Welch (VT-AL); won re-election
Robert Wexler (FL-19); replaced by Democrat Tee Deutsch
With research by Brenda J. Elliott
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