I SHOULDA FIGURED

Now that most Americans believe Pres. Fredo's Iraq war to be a fiasco, there have been numerous off-topic posts on the AOL messsage board about the war, The War in Iraq.A few have made the accusation that the Democrats are Communists and one even published a list of Communist goals from 1963. (Last night, I also heard a woman call the Rusty Humphries show and begin to go through the list but Rusty was coming to a hard break and he had to cut her off.)

I was wondering where these loons got this list and it turns out to be one of the reliable sources of GOP disinformation, Free Republic. Here's the start of the post:

Current Communist Goals
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen: [From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]