spectator.org/articles/56399/progressive%E2%80%99s-progress New Yorkers have chosen the mayor they deserve. The home of Communist Party USA and the Daily Worker, and, of course, Columbia University and the New York Times, has finally done it. It was only a matter of a time. It’s fitting that the election of Bill de Blasio occurs amid the “hope and change” and “forward!” presidency of Barack Obama, another “progressive” who eagerly and fundamentally transforms the America we knew. Take a look at the founders of the 2008 group Progressives for Obama. From Tom Hayden and Mark Rudd to Jane Fonda and the other fellow travelers, it’s a Who’s Who of ’60s communists, SDSers, and Weathermen. But they call themselves “progressives.” When I was researching my book Dupes, the biggest challenge was sifting through various self-described “progressive” individuals or “progressive” organizations to figure out if they were genuine liberals or closet communists cloaked as liberals.
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