From the CPUSA web site:

Setting the record straight: CPUSA position on 2004 elections

Author: CPUSA Internet Department

First published 25.08.2004 20:00 by {article_topic_desc}


In the past month, several phony reports have been circulated by right-leaning papers and websites -- making various false claims about the Communist Party position on the 2004 elections.

Some have dabbled in dirty tricks to smear Kerry using the toxic mix of red-baiting and forgery. For instance, several websites have allowed a forged document to be posted that appears be an official CPUSA endorsement of Kerry, but it is in fact an incompetent counterfeit. They not only twisted our position around, they even got the name of our National Chair wrong (It's Sam Webb, not Marc Brodine)!

The red-baiting forgeries are just another part of the Bush campaign which is running on lies and fear. So, for the record, the CPUSA position on the 2004 elections:
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2. The CPUSA does not endorse any candidate for President in the 2004 election.

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In other words, Red Clay is full of shit (Big Surprise!) The Communist party is NOT endorsing Kerry, and Kerry is NOT in "Lock Step with Marxists."

Also, many of these other accusations are untrue. Kerry's picture in a museum in Hanoi is in an exhibit celebrating the restoration of diplomatic relations in the 1990s, and has nothing to do with people who "helped the VC." It hangs alongside photos of McNamara, Warren Christopher, and other Americans who visited Viet Nam in 1993.

Or are THOSE facts too painful for you, beardedbruce?

Finally, don't we have a policy against lengthy cut-and-paste articles on non-musical topics? Why did this bozo just join a few days ago to bombard us with right-wing clippings?