Political Miscegenation

Here is an interesting new theory of political miscegenation being proposed by some on the right (apparantly from the lunatic Libertarian fringe). The following is excerpted from a blog entry from the No More Mister Nice Blog:

In the past month, CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer has repeatedly characterized President Obama and congressional Democrats as Russian communists intent on "rampant wealth destruction." Specifically, Cramer has referred to Obama as a "Bolshevik" and said he is "taking cues from Lenin." Cramer has also used terms such as "Marx," "comrades," "Soviet," "Winter Palace," and "Politburo" in reference to Democrats and questioned whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is the "general secretary of the Communist Party."

What these people have cooked up -- I don't know whether they actually believe it or not -- is a "one drop" theory of communism, comparable to the "one drop" rule of racial categorization. Any adjustment in the current distribution of wealth, even to tax rates barely different from the Clinton era's in their progressivity, is indistinguishable from Marxism-Leninism. (Which defines Teddy Roosevelt as a commie.)

Great! Just what the U.S. of A. needs, another step into the murky politics of "miscegenation" as if a hundred years of Jim Crow isn't enough.