Event organizers say unions, press, others object to ‘America’s founding documents’

Brendan Riley

Monday, March 27, 2000 | 5:10 a.m.

CARSON CITY - An ardent anti-socialist now touring state capitals criticized journalists, major unions, public defenders and members of the ACLU, NOW, NAACP and Sierra Club as having "serious objections" to the U.S. Constitution.

"Typically, we have found this among those you see listed," said Balint Vazsonyi, whose "Re-elect America" tour (will bring to) will visit Nevada's capital city Wednesday. "Maybe I should have said some of them."

The pro-GOP political theorist, to be welcomed by Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn, said in a telephone interview Monday that many people in the groups and occupations criticized in his memo think the constitution is "a seriously flawed document."

Members of the groups named are "typically those who have serious objections to America's founding documents and/or the principles they reflect," Vazsonyi's memo states.

The note went to organizers helping with his bus tour events, telling them to look for such people for panel discussions. Vazsonyi said that ensures the panel sessions aren't boring.

Vazsonyi says that over the years he has developed "an early warning system" that helps him spot socialist thought, and he's trying to convince people that socialism and America's democratic system are incompatible.

He adds that his opposition to socialism is more than mere resentment based on political systems that he experienced in his native Hungary, first under Nazi oppression during World War II and later under Communist rule.

Vazsonyi has written that children in America are taught socialism disguised as concern for the environment and justice for women and minorities. And he has railed against grants of special rights to specific groups, saying entitlements rely on "the confiscation of another's property."