9/11 Truthers and Communists and Occupiers, Oh My!

March 27, 2012

Democrats Enlist the Most Radical and Offensive Supporters To Rally Their Extreme Base

House Democrats raised eyebrows yesterday when they used left-wing actor Martin Sheen, a well-known 9/11 “truther,” as their spokesman of choice on Democrats’ plan to bankrupt Medicare.
It’s not the first time Democrats have allied themselves with extremists to cozy up to their radical left-wing base. Last year, House Democrats enlisted disgraced Obama adviser Van Jones, a fellow 9/11 truther and a self-identified communist, as a “special guest” at a House Democrat reception.
And let’s not forget the Democrats’ extensive courtship of radical occupier protestors.

House Democrats raised eyebrows yesterday when they used left-wing actor Martin Sheen, a well-known 9/11 “truther,” as their spokesman of choice on Democrats’ plan to bankrupt Medicare:

LEFT-WING ACTOR MARTIN SHEEN RECORDS MESSAGE FOR DCCC: “The latest assault on the Republican budget came courtesy of Martin Sheen in a new video from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee asking Americans to stand against plans to ‘end Medicare.’” (Gabriella Schwarz, “A Sheen-Backed Democratic Message,” CNN Political Ticker, 3/26/2012)

“DCCC EMPLOYS 9/11 TRUTHER AS SPOKESMAN”: (“DCCC Employs 9/11 Truth as Spokesman,” Washington Free Beacon, 3/26/2012)

MARTIN SHEEN’S RECORD AS A 9/11 TRUTHER: “There, however, have been so many revelations, that now I have my doubts. And chief among them is building seven. How did they rig that building so it came down on the evening of the day? How did they do it? … How convenient. Why did they rig that building? That is the most curious question that I have not received a satisfactory answer. If somebody could give me an answer for how you rig that building and bring it down on the day.” (“DCCC Employs 9/11 Truth as Spokesman,” Washington Free Beacon, 3/26/2012)

It’s not the first time Democrats have allied themselves with extremists to cozy up to their radical left-wing base. Last year, House Democrats enlisted disgraced Obama adviser Van Jones, a fellow 9/11 truther and a self-identified communist, as a “special guest” at a House Democrat reception:

HOUSE DEMS HOSTED VAN JONES AS A “SPECIAL GUEST” LAST YEAR:“PAGING VAN JONES: HOUSE DEMOCRATS — Van Jones, who was forced to quit his post as the green jobs chief the Obama administration over past activism and associations, is the special guest at a House Democratic Caucus meeting next Tuesday.” (Politico’s “The Huddle,” 6/30/2011)

VAN JONES PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED U.S. DESERVED 9/11: “It’s the bombs that the government has been dropping around the world that are now blowing up inside the U.S. border.” (Remarks from Van Jones about 4:35, Big Government, 9/12/2001)

JONES SIGNED 9/11 “TRUTHER” PETITION IN 2004: “Mr. Jones signed a statement for 911Truth.org in 2004 demanding an investigation into what the Bush Administration may have done that ‘deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war.’” (Amanda Carpenter, “Green Jobs Czar Signed ‘Truther’ Statement in 2004,” The Washington Times, 9/3/2009)

ONCE SAID HE WANTED TO BE “A PART OF” MOVEMENT OF “REALLY RADICAL, COMMUNISTS AND ANARCHISTS”: “Jones had planned to move to Washington, DC, and had already landed a job and an apartment there. But in jail, he said, ‘I met all these young radical people of color — I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, ‘This is what I need to be a part of.’’ Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. ‘I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary.’ In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. ‘I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th,’ he said. ‘By August, I was a communist.’” (Eliza Strickland, “The New Face of Environmentalism,” East Bay Express, 11/2/2005)

JONES STARTED A “SOCIALIST COLLECTIVE” WHICH STUDIED “MARX AND LENIN”: “In 1994, the young activists formed a socialist collective, Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM, which held study groups on the theories of Marx and Lenin and dreamed of a multiracial socialist utopia.” (Eliza Strickland, “The New Face of Environmentalism,” East Bay Express, 11/2/2005)

JONES SAID COLUMBINE-TYPE SHOOTINGS ARE “ALWAYS” COMMITTED BY “SUBURBAN WHITE KIDS”: “You’ve never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say ‘We can’t believe it happened here. We can’t believe it was these suburban white kids.’ It’s always them. Now a black kid may shoot another black kid. He’s not going to shoot up the whole school.”(Remarks from Van Jones, Fox News, 9/5/2009)

And let’s not forget the Democrats’ extensive courtship of radical occupier protestors:

DCCC STILL HOSTING PETITION CALLING FOR “100,000 STRONG STANDING WITH OCCUPY WALL STREET”: (“Goal: 100,000 Strong Standing with Occupy Wall Street,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Accessed 3/27/2012)

SF CHRONICLE: OBAMA’S STATE OF THE UNION “ECHOES OCCUPY MOVEMENT THEMES”: “Linking the dominant themes in Obama’s nationally televised address Tuesday to the mantras of the Occupy Wall Street movement would have been unthinkable five months ago. But in having its message echoed in the State of the Union address, the Occupy movement reached a milestone in changing the national conversation.” (Joe Garofoli, “Obama’s Speech Echoes Occupy Movement Themes,” The San Francisco Chronicle, 1/26/2012)

DEMOCRAT LEADER NANCY PELOSI: OCCUPIERS POLITICALY HELPFUL TO DEMOCRATS: “Despite some unfavorable polling, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi still thinks the Occupy movement has been politically helpful to Democrats.” (Brain Beutler, “Pelosi: Occupy Movement Enhances Dems’ National Message,” Talking Points Memo, 12/5/2011)

“AS OCCUPIERS PROTEST DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS COURT OCCUPIERS”:“Congressional Democrats still haven’t quite figured out how to harness the energy behind the Occupy Wall Street movement for political gain, but they nevertheless are incorporating the group into their messaging as a way to maintain ties with the leftist protesters.” (Jessica Brady, “As Occupiers Protest Democrats, Democrats Court Occupiers,” Roll Call, 12/3/2011)

OBAMA TOLD OCCUPIERS: “YOU ARE THE REASON I RAN FOR OFFICE”: (Bernie Becker and Alicia M. Cohn, “Obama Heckled by Protestors at New Hampshire Speech,” The Hill, 11/22/2011)

MORE PELOSI ON OCCUPY: “GOD BLESS THEM”: (John McCormack, “Pelosi on Occupy Wall Street Protestors: ‘God Bless Them’,” The Weekly Standard, 10/6/2011)