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Raymond Buckley and the Democrats’ Craven Lust for Power

Nov 28, 2019 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The head of a state Democratic Party shows that nothing is beneath the Left in its quest for political dominance. My latest in FrontPage:

A few weeks ago I was invited by the Republican Party of Sullivan County, New Hampshire to speak up there; then after the event, Sullivan County party Chairman Steven Smith issued a cowardly apology for my having spoken (even though he didn’t attend): Leftist politicians and media criticized the event with the usual smears and slanders, and so Smith had to jump at their bidding. I noted at that time that the Republicans richly deserved the label “the Stupid Party”; the Democrats, however, deserve the sobriquet “the Evil Party” just as much, as Raymond Buckley, Chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, abundantly illustrates.

Buckley is a big man in the tiny world of New Hampshire local politics. Besides being Chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, he is president of the Association of State Democratic Chairs, and vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee. In the run-up to my event there, he called me a “white supremacist,” apparently having confused me with Richard Spencer, and refused to retract when repeatedly asked to do so. I wrote to him asking for a retraction; he did not respond. My lawyer wrote to him asking him for a retraction; he did not respond. We are now discussing further legal action against this brazen and unrepentant liar for his libel.

The whole incident raises several important questions about the Democrats’ lust for power – and that of the Left in general. How much does Raymond Buckley want power? How much do his colleagues and friends? Enough to say or do anything, no matter how flagrantly dishonest, in order to get what they want? When Raymond Buckley began his career in public service, did he think, “I will defame and destroy anyone I need to in order to get what I want?” Or was his descent a gradual thing?

When he issued his statement calling me a white supremacist, Buckley had every reason to know that it wasn’t true. I’ve written 19 books and thousands of articles, and neither Raymond Buckley of the New Hampshire Democratic Party nor anyone else can find even a single racist statement in any of them. Yet Buckley was willing to attach this label to me, and to double down when corrected instead of behaving the way any decent human being would have and retracting his claim, despite almost certainly being aware that calling me this, as well as “anti-Muslim,” which I am not either, left me vulnerable not only to further vilification and abuse from your friends and allies, but to outright violence from the increasingly unhinged street enforcers of the hard-Left known as Antifa.

Is this something that makes Raymond Buckley happy? Yes, it very likely does. Of course, I have no illusions. I know I am not in the least important to him, and that my appearance in his state was just a stick he thought he could use to beat the Republicans, who were weak and spineless enough to give him what he wanted on a platter. He knew he could play the Stupid Party like a cheap fiddle, and he did. After that, I’m sure he hasn’t given the incident another thought, except perhaps a moment of annoyance as he chucked my lawyer’s letter into the trash.

But the whole incident does make me wonder: does Raymond Buckley have, at long last, any decency left? Does he have any conscience at all? Do the other Democrats in New Hampshire, or in the nation at large? Is there any line that they wouldn’t cross in destroying people so that they can gain or keep political power? The impeachment proceedings in search of a crime against President Trump strongly suggest that the answer is no, there is no line they will not cross, nothing they will not do. The national Democrats are clearly willing to destroy our very system of government in their quest for partisan dominance, and my unpleasant experience up in New England shows that this impulse didn’t spring out of nowhere. It is an initiative with large-scale grass roots support.

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  1. CogitoErgoSum says

    Nov 28, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    Wikipedia says this guy served as his town’s Democratic Party Chair at the age of 14 and he has been a professional politician ever since he graduated high school. His descent into evil has been a very long one. He is 60 now. I’m not sure what his preferred pronouns are so I’m daring to go with he/him but I could be wrong. That is what Wikipedia uses anyway.

  2. Vicky says

    Nov 28, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    Follow through on the lawsuit for defamation. It will be settled out of court. But he will have learned his lesson and so will others.

  3. Westman says

    Nov 28, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    Marxism is now the core of the Democrat Party. We have all seen the moral decay of every nation that embraced it, the centralization of power and privilege, contrary to its claims the devaluation of its citizens, and the persecution of those who don’t agree. When morals are absent, “the ends justify the means” as we are currently seeing as the US is being divided by an attempt to undo an election.

    Of course Raymond Buckley knows Robert Spencer is not Richard Spencer, but the opportunity mixup provided to throw mud at Robert was too easy to pass up. If anyone in his own party suggests he made an error, he can just say, “Oh, I mixed them up”. His unwillingness to correct the now apparent lies with an apology, speaks to his lack of moral character and sinister intent.

    • Kepha says

      Nov 29, 2019 at 11:33 am

      Marxism mixed with moral degeneracy; plus craven deference to Islam

  4. Terry Ryan (@FlaIrishLad) says

    Nov 29, 2019 at 3:20 am

    When are people going to call the Democratic Part what they truly are: Cultural Marxists? Degradation of anyone opposed to their belief is a basic tenant of Cultural Marxism…check out its history.

  5. John Connor says

    Nov 29, 2019 at 5:17 am

    Marxism is the Anti-Christ, as it suffered a fatal wound to it’s head , yet still lives on in Russia/China/Cuba/Venezuela. Islam is the false prophet.. Both denies Christ as Lord!

  6. Giacomo Latta says

    Nov 29, 2019 at 9:47 am

    The Democrat strategy is the usual. Get as many Dems to lie and as often as possible so that MSM can portray the lies as truth without taking any blame themselves.

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Nov 29, 2019 at 11:06 am

      Exactly well put. That’s how it works. The key is the MSM not having to take any blame for what they do. Not surprising, given that they own the town hall with their various channels that all trace back to even more protected from fair blame corporate bosses who own the media properties. And many of them (at Comcast, AT&T, etc.) fancy themselves to be loyal Americans even as they work to ruin it.

  7. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Nov 29, 2019 at 11:02 am

    We are now discussing further legal action against this brazen and unrepentant liar for his libel.

    We’ve learned to fight back. From Trump to Devin Nunes to Spencer, it’s a fine trail of ain’t gonna take it anymore. The truth must out, the good must win.

  8. vlparker says

    Nov 29, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    Well, when the one issue that drives Democrats more than any other is murdering fetuses up to 9 months and they have even crossed the line into infanticide, it is no surprise that they also have no redeeming qualities and are total human trash.

  9. gravenimage says

    Nov 29, 2019 at 11:31 pm

    Raymond Buckley and the Democrats’ Craven Lust for Power
    …………………

    Disgusting.

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