Our Extremist Overlords

By Mitch Berg

Just you remember when any liberal calls any conservative “extremist” for any reason short of, y’know, showing actual extremist activity, that these are the people the DFL is running for office:

Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is regarded as a “non-party friend” by the Communist Party USA.

So highly does the Communist Party regard Mr. Ritchie, that he has been allowed to attend an high level “not to be publicized” Party meeting in Minneapolis.

Remember the fit the left threw over Todd Palin’s flirtation with a group that advocated – academically – Alaskan secession?:

Ritchie and three of the Communists had just returned from the “Battle in Seattle” – the mass riots that broke out around the World Trade Organization meeting in that city.

Though he was an official U.S. delegate to the W.T.O. meeting, Ritchie gloats that the rioting and protests “stopped the WTO,” and that “It is a tremendous victory”.

I’m not the first to run this story.  But apparently the regional media was too busy digging through Tom Emmer’s resume to bother with Mark Ritchie’s past.

Especially his past with groups that enshrine the ideal that the ends justify the means.

(Via the Random Candice, who really needs to attend the next MOB party)

4 Responses to “Our Extremist Overlords”

  1. Tweets that mention Shot in the Dark » Blog Archive » Our Extremist Overlords -- Topsy.com Says:

    […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by mitchpberg, DerekBrigham. DerekBrigham said: RT @mitchpberg: From the memory hole: Mark Ritchie, Communist: http://bit.ly/ej6pGh #stribpol #mnrecount – the ends justify the means.#MNGOP […]

  2. golfdoc50 Says:

    I’m less concerned with Ritchie’s association with communists than his other projects. He started the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and served as president until 2006. His philosophy is predictably far left, anti-globalization, anti-American granola. His election in 2006 was supported by a 527 committee called the Secretary of State project, started after the Democrats got out lawyered in the 2000 Presidential election. Sort of a fox in the hen house group. Of course, they describe themselves as preventing ballot fraud.

  3. Kermit Says:

    The SOS Project. Funded by George Soros. Spooky Dude. George got his money’s worth in Al Franken.

  4. Chuck Says:

    Richie has been on the radio news this week. He speaks in the Minneapolis liberal accent. A feminine nasale voice. I find that annoying. It’s like they all want to sound like Liberace.

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