Ted Cruz's 'curious' defense

[ashling]

We talked Friday about Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) affinity for McCarthyism, including allegations he made at a far-right event in 2010, when he argued that Harvard Law School harbored 12 secret communists -- each of whom supported "overthrowing the United States government" -- on its faculty during his time as a student there.

As the story gained attention, the Republican senator's office felt compelled to respond. So, Cruz aides contacted a website created by Glenn Beck -- I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried -- to explain that Cruz was correct and communists really did enjoy a role on the Harvard Law School faculty.

His spokeswoman Catherine Frazier told The Blaze website that the "substantive point" in Cruz's charge, made in a speech in 2010, was "was absolutely correct."

She went on to explain that "the Harvard Law School faculty included numerous self-described proponents of 'critical legal studies' -- a school of thought explicitly derived from Marxism -- and they far outnumbered Republicans."

For those who still care about reality, it's worth noting that some scholars can embrace critical legal studies without actually being a communist intent on, in Cruz's words, "overthrowing the United States government."

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/02/25/17087582-ted-cruzs-curious-defense?lite

[part man all 86]

1. No cruz that is your party of fascism. May God have no mercy on these animals.

[Downwinder]

2. Name names,

none of this waving a paper around.We have been that route before.

[DhhD]

3. Would a jury of your peers be a Marxist principle? And he is in the law business.