John Boehner is far from perfect. But a socialist? I don't think so. One of the things that I really admire about what Speaker Boehner has done is that he has given more power to the committee's in the house, and by doing so he is giving more voice to the individual congress member. Which in turn gives more voice to the people in the districts they are representing. He has ceded some of the power that when Nancy Pelosi was speaker grabbed away from the members. She only allowed a few people to make all the decisions. That is not representative government.
Pulling out the race card to some how justify Charlie Rangel's corruption is low. So is Lewis saying because he was at Selma in the 60's he now has a get out _________ card for the rest of his life? Where exactly is the line drawn? One of the things that Rangel did that was horrible was using four rent control apartments for his own use. Four families did not get those apartments. Aren't they part of the reason that they went to Selma? The majority of the people who live in Charlie Rangel's district are minorities.
The video sound quality is not that great, so here is the transcript:
First of all let me just say any group that says I'm young, I'm democratic and I'm a socialist is alright with me. You know that that's no light thing to do, to actually say, I'm a socialist, because you guys know right now we are living in a time which is going to dwarf the McCarthy era. It is going to dwarf the internments during World War Two. We are right now in a time that is going to dwarf the era of Jim Crow and segregation. They are coming and they are coming after you and they are going to be brutal and [unintelligible] ... they've already shown it to you. Organize. Get out into the street.
You really have got to circle the wagons. This is not rhetoric or hyperbole. This is real. This rise of this tea party so-called movement -bowel movement in my opinion- and this great uncovering and ripping off the mask of racism, here's what we have to do. This particular organization, Young Democratic Socialists, you do whatever you can in every way that you can, in all you devote more time to building this organization. [unintelligible] We need more members. Get out there and do everything that you can to build this institution.
A belief in the written constitution. The belief that we are responsible for ourselves and for our families. The belief that we are allowed to fail. The belief in a strong national defense are a few of the things that make me just a conservative girl.
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