Are you now or have you ever been?

Posted on September 18, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, guess what? If you support MoveOn, you’re a commie!

Snark fails me. No wonder Molly Ivins has never run out of material.

UPDATE: The R&D section of the Quorum Report has a nice free article by Edd Sills that takes the loonies at TexCAN to task. Check it out.

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4 Responses to Are you now or have you ever been?

  1. JimTXDem says:
    September 18, 2003 at 4:52 pm

    It’s amazing. Not only do they make a very serious claim, but they don’t back it up with any information. It’s simply on TCAN’s authority.

    Fascists.

  2. Kyle says:
    September 18, 2003 at 6:08 pm

    I wonder if they realize that in the great state of Texas the word communist has its own special meaning as defined by the government code:

    SUBCHAPTER C. COMMUNISM
    § 557.021. Definitions
    In this subchapter:
    (1) “Communist” means a person who commits an act reasonably calculated to further the overthrow of the government:
    (A) by force or violence; or
    (B) by unlawful or unconstitutional means and replace it with a communist government.

    ….

    (3) “Government” means the government of this state or any of its political subdivisions.

    Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

    I like the recursive definition in 1(B), what is a communist goverment in this context, one that seeks to overthrow itself by violence or illegally?

    And that a communist party is effectively illegal:

    § 557.022. Restrictions
    (a) The name of a communist may not be printed on the ballot for any primary or general election in this state or a political subdivision of this state.
    (b) A person may not hold a nonelected office or position with the state or any political subdivision of the state if:
    (1) any of the compensation for the office or position comes from public funds of this state or a political subdivision of this state; and
    (2) the employer or superior of the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a communist.
    [note this only requires reasonable suspicion]
    Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

    Note the dates of the legislation (though it could be the recodification of earlier provisions)

  3. Linkmeister says:
    September 19, 2003 at 4:18 pm

    Anybody remember the words to “The Internationale?”

  4. Beldar says:
    September 20, 2003 at 7:08 am

    Speaking as one conservative Texan, I disapprove of and regret this kind of nonsense by TCAN for reasons I’ve stated at more length in a comment on the parallel thread to this one over on the Burnt Orange Report.

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