The Communist Party is Alive and Well in Kansas

Kansas????

Yes, Kansas. The State GOP there has formed loyalty committee.

TOPEKA - The state Republican Party is forming a loyalty committee so that it can punish officers who endorse or contribute to Democrats.

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The state committee's actions struck a sour note for some Republicans, particularly moderates on issues such as abortion. Bob Beatty, a Washburn University political scientist, suggested the loyalty committee could prove a "public relations disaster."

"Ironically, it smacks most of the Communist Party," Beatty said Monday. "That's the kind of public irony that most parties try to avoid -- the party of freedom telling people they have no freedom."

Gee. You think????? Josef Stalin is laughing in hell.

And, Kobach said, the grounds for removing someone from office are fairly narrow: They must publicly endorse or contribute to a non-Republican running in Kansas.

"This rule will operate primarily as a deterrent," Kobach said. "My anticipation is that once the rule is in effect, you won't see too many elected party leaders engaging in this kind of behavior."

Vee must all Goose schtep in unison.^*

But Andy Wollen, president of the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority, a moderate group, mused about the GOP creating a "grand high inquisitor."

"When you hear the term loyalty committee, what runs through your mind?" he said. "Joseph McCarthy. George Orwell."

Cloud supports the loyalty committee, even though he has run afoul of conservatives who dominate the party leadership.

He earned their public criticism for signing a fundraising letter for Wollen's group in March, criticizing the party's leadership and suggesting people give to the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority.

You know, in America, people are supposed to have the right to call their party leaders right wing nutcase wackjobs, particularly when they are right wing nutcase wackjobs.

If they could hook a dynamo to George Orwell's grave, we'd power all of California.

^*Yes, I know, mixing Nazis and Communist is a very mixed metaphor thing.