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Friday, May 20, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
THE LATEST FACES OF REPUBLICAN INSANITY AND CALLOUSNESS
THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN REPUBLICAN INSANITY
April 4, 2011 - Please listen to Greenstein.
Media Briefing: The Ryan Budget’s Radical Priorities — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities this was back in March 2010
Rachel Maddow Tears Into Beltway Media For Paul Ryan Budget Coverage (VIDEO) 4/7/2011
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CRAZY AND CALLOUS
Eric Cantor
ThinkProgress » Cantor Sees Current Medicare and Medicaid Programs As A ‘Safety Net’ For ‘People Who Frankly Don’t Need One’ 4/10/2011
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HE LIES
Tom Graves - The Last Word - 4/7/2011
Debunking Graves lies:
Under Obama Taxes Reach Lowest Level Since Truman - Robert Schlesinger (usnews.com) Feb 8, 2011
Daily Kos: Zombie Lie: That Dems "Failed" to Pass Budget - NO, GOP Senators BLOCKED IT 4/7/2011
Ezra Klein - Was Simpson-Bowles really so great? Ezra Klein, 2/16/2011
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April 4, 2011 - Please listen to Greenstein.
Media Briefing: The Ryan Budget’s Radical Priorities — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities this was back in March 2010
Rachel Maddow Tears Into Beltway Media For Paul Ryan Budget Coverage (VIDEO) 4/7/2011
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CRAZY AND CALLOUS
Eric Cantor
ThinkProgress » Cantor Sees Current Medicare and Medicaid Programs As A ‘Safety Net’ For ‘People Who Frankly Don’t Need One’ 4/10/2011
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HE LIES
Tom Graves - The Last Word - 4/7/2011
Debunking Graves lies:
Under Obama Taxes Reach Lowest Level Since Truman - Robert Schlesinger (usnews.com) Feb 8, 2011
Daily Kos: Zombie Lie: That Dems "Failed" to Pass Budget - NO, GOP Senators BLOCKED IT 4/7/2011
Ezra Klein - Was Simpson-Bowles really so great? Ezra Klein, 2/16/2011
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
THE FACE OF REPUBLICAN INSANITY - TOM GRAVES
Proof that the GOP has lost its mind. The Last Word - 4/7/2011
Debunking Graves lies:
Under Obama Taxes Reach Lowest Level Since Truman - Robert Schlesinger (usnews.com) Feb 8, 2011
Daily Kos: Zombie Lie: That Dems "Failed" to Pass Budget - NO, GOP Senators BLOCKED IT 4/7/2011
Ezra Klein - Was Simpson-Bowles really so great? Ezra Klein, 2/16/2011
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MORE REPUBLICAN LUNACY
April 4, 2011 - Please listen to Greenstein.
Media Briefing: The Ryan Budget’s Radical Priorities — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities this was back in March 2010
Rachel Maddow Tears Into Beltway Media For Paul Ryan Budget Coverage (VIDEO) 4/7/2011
ThinkProgress » Cantor Sees Current Medicare and Medicaid Programs As A ‘Safety Net’ For ‘People Who Frankly Don’t Need One’ 4/10/2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
THE GOP AGENDA TO DISENFRANCHISE AND SUBJUGATE AFRICAN AMERICANS
How does the GOP (and it's predominately white conservative membership) plan to disenfranchise and limit African Americans' (and even Hispanics) rise (or access) to prosperity and power?
They do what they've always done.
Any organization where African Americans have ownership or power or where African Americans (do well for themselves) in large numbers, the GOP seeks to crush and/or deny that organization or entity. (*)
-[Remember .. the GOP now has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, a majority in the Ohio Senate/Ohio House, and they've gained important political positions (governor, attorney general, secretary of state, judicial, etc.) throughout the United States]
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Here's how:
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Crush (and demonize) ACORN (which they did with the help of all but 75 House Democrats); ... Crush the Unions, Public Education, (so called) Big Government; Crush President Obama , lie (and create a climate of unreasonable fear and promotion of negative stereotypes) to get back in or stay in power, and *redistrict.
The next step ... don't hire minorities in political positions (see Ohio's Conservative agenda section below), ... and set in place a libertarian agenda which allows businesses (especially banks) to discriminate in serving and hiring.
With African Americans denied loans to start or maintain a business, and businesses legally allowed to discriminate in hiring and serving African Americans, (and the Unions busted) ... the majority of African Americans will have little place to go - except as non union domestic workers (or low wage health care workers, etc), to prison (after all, according to many conservatives, most Blacks are criminals and that's where they belong) or the military.
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[And don't forget the GOP's desire to repeal the 14th Amendment] The GOP plan is to [in effect] return to the good ole days of slavery. That's why the Tea Party constantly talk about the "founding fathers". This kind of thinking, and the (founding father's focus on acquisition of property), fits right in with corporate America (corporate globalization) and the GOP's plans to dominate the world (and not in a good way). Ex: WATCH
They do what they've always done.
Any organization where African Americans have ownership or power or where African Americans (do well for themselves) in large numbers, the GOP seeks to crush and/or deny that organization or entity. (*)
-[Remember .. the GOP now has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, a majority in the Ohio Senate/Ohio House, and they've gained important political positions (governor, attorney general, secretary of state, judicial, etc.) throughout the United States]
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Here's how:
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Crush (and demonize) ACORN (which they did with the help of all but 75 House Democrats); ... Crush the Unions, Public Education, (so called) Big Government; Crush President Obama , lie (and create a climate of unreasonable fear and promotion of negative stereotypes) to get back in or stay in power, and *redistrict.
The next step ... don't hire minorities in political positions (see Ohio's Conservative agenda section below), ... and set in place a libertarian agenda which allows businesses (especially banks) to discriminate in serving and hiring.
With African Americans denied loans to start or maintain a business, and businesses legally allowed to discriminate in hiring and serving African Americans, (and the Unions busted) ... the majority of African Americans will have little place to go - except as non union domestic workers (or low wage health care workers, etc), to prison (after all, according to many conservatives, most Blacks are criminals and that's where they belong) or the military.
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[And don't forget the GOP's desire to repeal the 14th Amendment] The GOP plan is to [in effect] return to the good ole days of slavery. That's why the Tea Party constantly talk about the "founding fathers". This kind of thinking, and the (founding father's focus on acquisition of property), fits right in with corporate America (corporate globalization) and the GOP's plans to dominate the world (and not in a good way). Ex: WATCH
The GOP also has an obsession with voter id laws that impact voting access for seniors and minorities.
Update 8/9/2012 .. Politics Nation on Voter Suppression:
What about African American women? ... With no job (or fewer high wage jobs), ... not being able to pay for higher education, ... no or little health insurance and/or health care [if the GOP succeeds in repealing health insurance reform], ... no full reproductive services ... that means more African Americans in poverty and/or prison or in the military to help keep corporate America and the GOP (white conservatives) happy, prosperous, wealthy, and in power.
The prisons of course would become increasingly more privately owned and the inmates would be increasingly used for cheap labor. [See also section on prisons]
Unfortunately, poor and a great many middle class white women (including conservative white women) - won't be able to afford college, or receive specialized career or job training because of the GOP's agenda to demolish BIG GOVERNMENT and repeal that health insurance reform act [that makes it possible for low cost college funding], and the GOP's desire to get rid of PELL grants (see also **) and public safety nets; add to that the GOP's much too cozy relationship with Big Business ... you are looking at the demise of the Middle Class. Furthermore, with no access to full reproductive services or good health care ... and with steadily eroding rights, [please research the number of Republicans against women's rights in the workplace, etc] these women will find themselves working at low wages (since the GOP is against a minimum wage), and totally subjugated to men. The Republican men will always point to some women who have some degree of power ... but some of these powerful women would simply be (conservative) paid Madams who essentially "keep the girls in line" and pregnant, even if a 13 year old girl is pregnant because she was coerced to have sex with an adult (after all, you need white conservative males to take or hold the reigns of power).
The prisons of course would become increasingly more privately owned and the inmates would be increasingly used for cheap labor. [See also section on prisons]
Unfortunately, poor and a great many middle class white women (including conservative white women) - won't be able to afford college, or receive specialized career or job training because of the GOP's agenda to demolish BIG GOVERNMENT and repeal that health insurance reform act [that makes it possible for low cost college funding], and the GOP's desire to get rid of PELL grants (see also **) and public safety nets; add to that the GOP's much too cozy relationship with Big Business ... you are looking at the demise of the Middle Class. Furthermore, with no access to full reproductive services or good health care ... and with steadily eroding rights, [please research the number of Republicans against women's rights in the workplace, etc] these women will find themselves working at low wages (since the GOP is against a minimum wage), and totally subjugated to men. The Republican men will always point to some women who have some degree of power ... but some of these powerful women would simply be (conservative) paid Madams who essentially "keep the girls in line" and pregnant, even if a 13 year old girl is pregnant because she was coerced to have sex with an adult (after all, you need white conservative males to take or hold the reigns of power).
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(see also: The GOP Unleashes a Horrifying Attack on Women | | AlterNet by Sarah Seltzer, February 8, 2011)
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ACORN AND THE GOP MISSION STATEMENT
Mission and Platform [MAINE REPUBLICAN PARTY]
Exerpt:
"In pursuit of these principles we endorse and shall promote the following initiatives.
I. Tr To form a more perfect Union
e. Oppose “Localism and Diversity”, the Fairness Doctrine or whatever else such attempted restrictions are labeled. Any restriction on speech is by definition NOT free speech.
f. Reject the Employee free -choice Elimination- act, as an unconscionable affront to the right to a secret vote.
g. Restore integrity to the electoral process:
i. Prohibit any public funding of advocacy groups such as ACORN, no matter what it or its affiliate organizations rename themselves; New York Communities for Change, New England United for Justice etc.; Conduct thorough investigation of their activities and voter fraud and prosecute violations.
ii. Eliminate motor voter and other voter fraud mechanisms; institute secure voter registration and identification systems.
Clevelands Secret Club Blog: RACHEL MADDOW MAD AS HELL - EXPOSES SMEAR CAMPAIGNS TO DESTROY ACORN September 25, 2010
David Iglesias Joins Maddow For "Truth About The Lies About ACORN" Segment (VIDEO) , September 28, 2010
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UNIONS: [Trade, Public, etc]
Media Center Public Affairs
Labor Unions: The Positive Impact on Minorities, Women and to Gay & Lesbian Employees - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com by Christine Cadena, July 2, 2007
Unlevel foundation: Historical exclusion | CU-CitizenAccess by CU Citizen's Access, June 1, 2010
Unlevel foundation: Racial disparities persist across local trade unions | CU-CitizenAccess June 3, 2010
Daily Kos: House GOP intend to destroy public employee unions by Joan McCarter, December 27, 2010
GOP Kills Bonds Program: Secret Plan to Bankrupt States, Bust Public Employee Unions? « SpeakEasy by Art Levine, December 17, 2010
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THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND SHIRLEY SHERROD:
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STATISTICS:
African American Demographics, Population, Incomes, Veterans, Education, Voting — Infoplease.com (InfoPlease) 2009 statistics
Black America's economic freefall | SocialistWorker.org by Keeanga Taylor, January 8, 2010
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STEREOTYPING:
African American identity in American media - Article Blast! Free Articles And Content For Reprint On Your Website, Newsletters and Ezines. Submit Your Articles For Free! by Yvonne Miller, January 23, 2010 [Mainstream media largely owned by conservatives]
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CIVIL RIGHTS, DISCRIMINATION, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE 14TH AMENDMENT, AND PRIVATIZATION:
Racial Profiling on an "Industrial Scale" FBI using Census Data to Map and Police Communities by Race, by Justin Elliott, October 24, 2011
Rand Paul Criticizes Civil Rights Act, Argues Businesses Should Be Able to Discriminate by Nadra Kareem Nittle, May 24, 2010
Libertarian John Stossel's Comments on Civil Rights Are Even Too Much for Bill O'Reilly | Video Cafe (Crooks and Liars, May 27, 2010)
GOP website touts 14th amendment - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com by Johathan Allen, August 4, 2010
The Untold Story Of Emmett Louis Till-2004 - NYTimes.com Movie Aired January 14- 17th, 2011
GOP Attacks 14th Amendment - Auburn Journal November 23, 2010
Arizona Ethnic Studies Classes Banned, Teachers With Accents Can No Longer Teach English April 30, 2010
The Climate of Hate toward minorities among far right conservatives:
Bomb Found On MLK Day Parade Route, Says FBI by Nicholas K. Geranios, January 18, 2011
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[By caving to corporate Dems and Republicans] Harry Belafonte speaks about the President - January 26, 2011
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WOMEN AND POVERTY, WOMEN AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
The Straight Facts on Women in Poverty by Alexandra Cawthorne, October 8, 2008
Restricting Medicaid Funding for Abortion Forces One in Four Poor Women to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term Rebecca Wind, July 8, 2009
A Liberal Christian View on Abortion Access in America, Page 3 of 4 - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com by Rebecca Furtado, May 9, 2010
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PRISONS AND THEIR PRIVATIZATION:
Where the current Privatization of Prisons began: A Guide to Prison Privatization | The Heritage Foundation May 24, 1988
The Prison-Industrial Complex - 98.12 by Eric Schlosser, December 1988
The Existentialist Cowboy: 'Corporate Prisons': the GOP's Formula for More Crime, Declining Education, and Slave Labor by Existentialist Cowboy, November 17, 2008
America’s New Slavery: Black Men in Prison March 20, 2008
New High In U.S. Prison Numbers - washingtonpost.com by A.C. Aizenman, February 29, 2008
Conservative Prison Policies are Ridiculous | Prison News Blog by Michael Santos, March 20, 2009
Peanut Politics: Dollars & Sins: The Argument against Private Prisons by Keith McCants, August 24, 2010
Privatization is GOP's first answer to state deficits | Columbus Dispatch Politics by Mark Niquette, November 21, 2010
Prisoners Strike in Georgia - NYTimes.com by Sarah Wheaton, December 12, 2010
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REDISTRICTING:
*Redistricting: How The GOP Could Lose By Winning - Hotline On Call by Jeremy P. Jacobs, November 18, 2010
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CORPORATE AGENDA:
19 Statistics Indicate Corporate America Has Destroyed America's Economy | ThePoliticalBandit.com by William Cormier, September 28, 2010
Chamber of Commerce Promotes Outsourcing Jobs | CommonDreams.org October 15, 2010
A Corporate Agenda Motivates The GOP's Opposition to Net Neutrality by Rmuse, December 7, 2010
WikiLeaks Puts Corporations on Red Alert. First Responders: The Lawyers | BNET by Nell Minnow, December 3, 2010
Assange: GOP will try to criminalize WikiLeaks | Raw Story by Daniel Tencer, November 4, 2010
The Big Lie - Job Creation and Expansion in America - read what Tom Donohue President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has to say: U.S. Chamber of Commerce on lost jobs, manufacturing offshoring | VentureOutsource.com (August 18, 2007) right around the time that millions of Americans began losing their jobs.
CorpWatch : Globalization & Corporate Power by John Pilger
Wal-Mart And the Destruction Of Our Economy | ThePoliticalBandit.com by William Cormier, March 27, 2005
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IMMIGRATION:
Feds to drop deportation of thousands of illegal immigrants August 28, 2010
Arizona Prison Watch: The profit motive, private prisons, criminalization and immigration By Peter Cervantes-Gautschi, October 9, 2010
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OHIO'S CONSERVATIVE AGENDA:
Clevelands Secret Club Blog: THIS IS THE REAL JOHN BOEHNER November 20, 2010
On an organization that helps low income and middle income people:
Ohio Gov.-elect Kasich among GOP governors asking Obama to ease Medicaid rules - Columbus Government | Examiner.com January 7, 2011
Ohio Gov. John Kasich's pay priorities are all out of whack: Connie Schultz | cleveland.com January 16, 2011
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Where are the African Americans in your administration Governor Kasich?
Where are the African Americans in your administration Governor Kasich?
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Nina Turner -On the Ed Show - January 31, 2011
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February 1, 2011 - The Ed Show - Kasich
The Ed Show - January 31, 2011 - Kasich, Limbaugh
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OTHER:
* The EPA is headed by an African American woman ... so what does the GOP want to do?
"Republicans aren't proposing an across-the-board cut on the government, so some departments could see deeper cuts than others. The top targets could be programs whose budgets saw a jump under Democrats, like foreign aid and Pell Grants for middle-income college students."
MLK Snow Make-up Day Angers Civil Rights Group January 14, 2011 [Gee ..., I wonder how the South really feels about African Americans?]
Why Corporate America, the GOP, and Glenn Beck had to Demonize Progressives .. Daily Kos: Pew Poll: Strong Gains in Popularity of Progressive Agenda, Dem-GOP Party ID Gap March 27, 2007 312.pdf (application/pdf Object)
[TO BE FURTHER EDITED - WE'VE ALSO CHANGED THE FONT SIZE FOR BETTER READING]
Friday, June 11, 2010
RACHEL MADDOW TONGUE-LASHES REPUBLICANS ABOUT BP OIL WHILE EXPOSING REPUBLICAN BIAS AGAINST ACORN
Yesterday, Rachel Maddow gave a tongue-lashing to Republicans about BP Oil while exposing (once again) the Republican smear campaign and unwarranted severe bias against ACORN.
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GOP OUTRAGE DISSIPATES FOR BP
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VIEW THE ABOVE VIDEO AT:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#37628150
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Breaking: Judge declares ACORN defunding unconstitutional
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ACORN Under Fire Over Hidden-Camera Tape
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AND THE LIE AND SMEAR CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY ACORN CONTINUES
Sep 29, 2009
And the right-wing and industry campaign to destroy ACORN continues. People, we need you to support ACORN. Donate to ACORN. Email your representatives to refund ACORN. Refuse to do business with Bank of America if it continues to refuse ...
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RACHEL MADDOW MAD AS HELL - EXPOSES SMEAR CAMPAIGNS TO DESTROY ACORN
Sep 25, 2009
You've got to know how really, really, really pissed I am at right wing media and conservatives who have been on a witch hunt for years to destroy the almost 40 year old grassroots organization called ACORN. I'm also mad at all but 75 ...
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Some White Folks Gone Wild
Jul 21, 2009
y'all remember his vitriol, his constant rantings about acorn (association of community organizations for reform now)? lou, i never knew anyone could hate poor people so much. well, not having succeeded in derailing barack obama's move ...
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June 25, 2010: View the Latest GOP political tactic
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GOP OUTRAGE DISSIPATES FOR BP
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VIEW THE ABOVE VIDEO AT:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#37628150
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Breaking: Judge declares ACORN defunding unconstitutional
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ACORN Under Fire Over Hidden-Camera Tape
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AND THE LIE AND SMEAR CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY ACORN CONTINUES
Sep 29, 2009
And the right-wing and industry campaign to destroy ACORN continues. People, we need you to support ACORN. Donate to ACORN. Email your representatives to refund ACORN. Refuse to do business with Bank of America if it continues to refuse ...
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RACHEL MADDOW MAD AS HELL - EXPOSES SMEAR CAMPAIGNS TO DESTROY ACORN
Sep 25, 2009
You've got to know how really, really, really pissed I am at right wing media and conservatives who have been on a witch hunt for years to destroy the almost 40 year old grassroots organization called ACORN. I'm also mad at all but 75 ...
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Some White Folks Gone Wild
Jul 21, 2009
y'all remember his vitriol, his constant rantings about acorn (association of community organizations for reform now)? lou, i never knew anyone could hate poor people so much. well, not having succeeded in derailing barack obama's move ...
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June 25, 2010: View the Latest GOP political tactic
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Thursday, September 10, 2009
SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE FAR RIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Karl Rove wrote the play book. Just smear people and tell lies over and over again and the “nuts” and “not so nuts” will believe you (probably because they want to believe you). The Republicans succeeded with their “lie” and “smear” campaign and we got 8 years of Bush and Cheney (Iraq and its accompanying loss of American and innocent Iraqi lives; warrantless wiretaps; torture; financial meltdown and massive job layoffs).
And now that play book is being used to defeat President Obama (in 2012) and his agenda, even though the American people clearly and dramatically voted for him; and then topped it off by electing a majority of Democrats in the House and Senate.
This is not to be taken lightly. These tactics can get people killed. I say that because a large number of people that now make up the Republican Party are very unstable.
This fringe group is filled with hate and they are dangerous and possibly bear investigation, but definitely bear watching. These kinds of people were responsible for assassinating John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. These kinds of people were responsible for murdering Emmett Till and Medgar Evers and brave souls who fought inequality, oppression, injustice and racism in the South.
Last night the president addressed a Joint Session of Congress and the American people. FOX News Channel decided not to air the speech. Can you believe it? A major news network did not show the president’s speech. Other major stations and networks carried the speech; yet, FOX didn’t and then lied about what the president said. Well, I guess if you didn’t hear the speech, you might believe the kooks at FOX news.
On Tuesday, the president addressed school children. The conservatives yelled that the president was trying to indoctrinate the children into socialism. Some parents and schools decided not to show the speech (and some parents kept their children home from school). The children who did watch, said they enjoyed the speech and admired the president. They couldn't understand what the whole "don't watch the president craziness" was about.
No other president has received this amount of disrespect so early in his presidency; and the president has done nothing to deserve such treatment.
Other countries are watching us and are appalled by these “kooks” behavior.
The people that these “kooks” rail against (the socialists) have the healthiest people, the cleanest air, the most educated (and its free), the most upward class mobility, the least crime, and they have quality, affordable, comprehensive universal health care.
I hope it will not take a national tragedy to stop this fringe group. Now is the time for good people to speak up and rebuke the lies, to take their neighbors to task if they hear lies from their neighbor’s lips. Now is the time to rally for health care reform, financial reform, and a GREEN economy and to focus on positive solutions and to be kind, just, ethical and moral.
The GOP’s Anti-Obama Propaganda”
ROBERT PARRY
KARL ROVE
TORTURING DEMOCRACY
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
And now that play book is being used to defeat President Obama (in 2012) and his agenda, even though the American people clearly and dramatically voted for him; and then topped it off by electing a majority of Democrats in the House and Senate.
This is not to be taken lightly. These tactics can get people killed. I say that because a large number of people that now make up the Republican Party are very unstable.
This fringe group is filled with hate and they are dangerous and possibly bear investigation, but definitely bear watching. These kinds of people were responsible for assassinating John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. These kinds of people were responsible for murdering Emmett Till and Medgar Evers and brave souls who fought inequality, oppression, injustice and racism in the South.
Last night the president addressed a Joint Session of Congress and the American people. FOX News Channel decided not to air the speech. Can you believe it? A major news network did not show the president’s speech. Other major stations and networks carried the speech; yet, FOX didn’t and then lied about what the president said. Well, I guess if you didn’t hear the speech, you might believe the kooks at FOX news.
On Tuesday, the president addressed school children. The conservatives yelled that the president was trying to indoctrinate the children into socialism. Some parents and schools decided not to show the speech (and some parents kept their children home from school). The children who did watch, said they enjoyed the speech and admired the president. They couldn't understand what the whole "don't watch the president craziness" was about.
No other president has received this amount of disrespect so early in his presidency; and the president has done nothing to deserve such treatment.
Other countries are watching us and are appalled by these “kooks” behavior.
The people that these “kooks” rail against (the socialists) have the healthiest people, the cleanest air, the most educated (and its free), the most upward class mobility, the least crime, and they have quality, affordable, comprehensive universal health care.
I hope it will not take a national tragedy to stop this fringe group. Now is the time for good people to speak up and rebuke the lies, to take their neighbors to task if they hear lies from their neighbor’s lips. Now is the time to rally for health care reform, financial reform, and a GREEN economy and to focus on positive solutions and to be kind, just, ethical and moral.
The GOP’s Anti-Obama Propaganda”
ROBERT PARRY
KARL ROVE
TORTURING DEMOCRACY
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
ARE REPUBLICANS BECOMING INCREASINGLY EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE?
According to Wikipedia, in 2004, there were roughly 72 million Democrats, 55 million Republicans and 42 million Independents. “Polls over the last year have found that twenty-one to twenty-six percent of Americans self-identify as Republicans.” [Wikipedia]
That said, the Republican party is still exerting some influence in media and in politics. Particularly disturbing is the number of Republicans who watch the flawed, largely conservative biased, dangerously opinionated and irresponsible news (?) network called FOX News.
What is sad:
I believe, that the Republican party, the minority party, has become a party of conspiracy theorists who reject the truth; whose members are fearful and becoming emotionally unstable.
That said, the Republican party is still exerting some influence in media and in politics. Particularly disturbing is the number of Republicans who watch the flawed, largely conservative biased, dangerously opinionated and irresponsible news (?) network called FOX News.
What is sad:
I believe, that the Republican party, the minority party, has become a party of conspiracy theorists who reject the truth; whose members are fearful and becoming emotionally unstable.
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
THE GOP SPIN MACHINE GOES ON AND ON AND ON ...
God, I'm sick of Republicans. They keep talking about the President's taxing small business. That is ridiculous. The President will only tax those making above $250,000. Most small business owners make below $250,000. Those who make above that better have changed from self-employed to a corporate model (sub chapter S, whatever). If they have a good accountant, the accountant would have already told them what business structure to use.
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Also to clarify, the roll back to taxes during the Clinton years, will only be done after the recession lifts. That is what the President has said. So get a grip people. Why are people listening to Republicans? If you read the previous post [The GOP's Anti-Obama Propaganda], you know all this crap is about obstruction.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
THE GOP's ANTI-OBAMA PROPAGANDA
The GOP's Anti-Obama Propaganda
By Robert Parry February 25, 2009
By Robert Parry February 25, 2009
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Today’s Republicans are thumbing through Newt Gingrich’s worn playbook of 1993 looking for tips on how to blunt President Barack Obama’s political momentum and flip it to their advantage. In doing so, they also appear to have dug in to what might be called the secret appendix.
Today’s Republicans are thumbing through Newt Gingrich’s worn playbook of 1993 looking for tips on how to blunt President Barack Obama’s political momentum and flip it to their advantage. In doing so, they also appear to have dug in to what might be called the secret appendix.
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The official history of what happened during Bill Clinton’s difficult first two years – which ended in a sweeping Republican congressional victory in 1994 – focuses on the GOP’s united resistance to his economic plan and Hillary Clinton’s failed health care reform. But there was a darker side to the political damage inflicted on the early Clinton administration.
The official history of what happened during Bill Clinton’s difficult first two years – which ended in a sweeping Republican congressional victory in 1994 – focuses on the GOP’s united resistance to his economic plan and Hillary Clinton’s failed health care reform. But there was a darker side to the political damage inflicted on the early Clinton administration.
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Republicans and their right-wing allies disseminated what – in a covert operation – would be called “black propaganda.” Some exaggerated minor scandals, like the Travel Office firings and Clinton’s Whitewater real-estate deal, while other key figures on the Right, such as the Rev. Jerry Falwell, spread ugly conspiracy rumors linking Clinton to “mysterious deaths” and cocaine smuggling.
Republicans and their right-wing allies disseminated what – in a covert operation – would be called “black propaganda.” Some exaggerated minor scandals, like the Travel Office firings and Clinton’s Whitewater real-estate deal, while other key figures on the Right, such as the Rev. Jerry Falwell, spread ugly conspiracy rumors linking Clinton to “mysterious deaths” and cocaine smuggling.
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Sometimes, these multiplying “Clinton scandals” built on themselves with the help of their constant repetition in both the right-wing and mainstream news media. For instance, overheated accusations about some personnel changes at the White House Travel Office pushed deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster into a deep depression.
Sometimes, these multiplying “Clinton scandals” built on themselves with the help of their constant repetition in both the right-wing and mainstream news media. For instance, overheated accusations about some personnel changes at the White House Travel Office pushed deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster into a deep depression.
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Then, on July 30, 1993, a distraught Foster went to Fort Marcy Park along the Potomac River and shot himself. The Right quickly transformed the tragedy into a new front in the anti-Clinton psychological warfare, with Foster’s death giving rise to a cottage industry for conspiracy theorists and a new way to raise doubts about Clinton.
Then, on July 30, 1993, a distraught Foster went to Fort Marcy Park along the Potomac River and shot himself. The Right quickly transformed the tragedy into a new front in the anti-Clinton psychological warfare, with Foster’s death giving rise to a cottage industry for conspiracy theorists and a new way to raise doubts about Clinton.
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Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, among others, popularized the notion that Foster may have been killed elsewhere, with his body then transported to Fort Marcy Park. Repeated official investigations confirmed the obvious facts of Foster’s suicide but could not quell the conspiracy rumors. [For the fullest account of the Foster case, see Dan Moldea’s A Washington Tragedy.]
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, among others, popularized the notion that Foster may have been killed elsewhere, with his body then transported to Fort Marcy Park. Repeated official investigations confirmed the obvious facts of Foster’s suicide but could not quell the conspiracy rumors. [For the fullest account of the Foster case, see Dan Moldea’s A Washington Tragedy.]
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The “mystery” around Foster’s death also bolstered the “mysterious deaths” list, which mostly contained names of people who had only tangential connections to Clinton. The effectiveness of the list was the sheer volume of the names, creating the illusion that Clinton must be a murderer even though there was no real evidence implicating Clinton in any of the deaths.
The “mystery” around Foster’s death also bolstered the “mysterious deaths” list, which mostly contained names of people who had only tangential connections to Clinton. The effectiveness of the list was the sheer volume of the names, creating the illusion that Clinton must be a murderer even though there was no real evidence implicating Clinton in any of the deaths.
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As the list was blast-faxed far and wide, one of my right-wing sources called me up about the list and said, “even if only a few of these are real, that’s one helluva story.” I responded that if the President of the United States had murdered just one person that would be “one helluva story,” but that there was no evidence that Clinton was behind any of the deaths.
As the list was blast-faxed far and wide, one of my right-wing sources called me up about the list and said, “even if only a few of these are real, that’s one helluva story.” I responded that if the President of the United States had murdered just one person that would be “one helluva story,” but that there was no evidence that Clinton was behind any of the deaths.
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Other dark Clinton “mysteries” were spread through videos, like “The Clinton Chronicles” that Falwell hawked on his “Old-Time Gospel Hour” television show. Plus, salacious tales about the personal lives of the Clintons were popularized via right-wing magazines, such as The American Spectator, and the rapidly expanding world of right-wing talk radio.
Other dark Clinton “mysteries” were spread through videos, like “The Clinton Chronicles” that Falwell hawked on his “Old-Time Gospel Hour” television show. Plus, salacious tales about the personal lives of the Clintons were popularized via right-wing magazines, such as The American Spectator, and the rapidly expanding world of right-wing talk radio.
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The Right also generated broader conspiracy theories about “black helicopters” threatening patriotic Americans with a United Nations takeover. The paranoia fed the rise of a “militia movement” of angry white men who dressed up in fatigues and went into the woods for paramilitary training.
The Right also generated broader conspiracy theories about “black helicopters” threatening patriotic Americans with a United Nations takeover. The paranoia fed the rise of a “militia movement” of angry white men who dressed up in fatigues and went into the woods for paramilitary training.
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By fall 1994, Clinton’s stumbling performance in office and the public doubts created by the black propaganda opened the way for a stunning Republican victory. Recognizing the influence of talk radio in spreading the Clinton smears, House Republicans made Rush Limbaugh an honorary member of the GOP caucus.
By fall 1994, Clinton’s stumbling performance in office and the public doubts created by the black propaganda opened the way for a stunning Republican victory. Recognizing the influence of talk radio in spreading the Clinton smears, House Republicans made Rush Limbaugh an honorary member of the GOP caucus.
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However, the forces that the anti-Clinton psy-war campaign set in motion had unintended consequences. In the months after the Republicans gained control of Congress, one pro-militia extremist, Timothy McVeigh, took the madness to the next step and blew up the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people. [See Consortiumnews.com’s “The Clinton Coup d’Etat?”]
However, the forces that the anti-Clinton psy-war campaign set in motion had unintended consequences. In the months after the Republicans gained control of Congress, one pro-militia extremist, Timothy McVeigh, took the madness to the next step and blew up the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people. [See Consortiumnews.com’s “The Clinton Coup d’Etat?”]
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Reprising the Smears
Reprising the Smears
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Now, 16 years since the start of Clinton’s presidency, the Republicans and their right-wing allies are again on the outside of Washington power and are back studying the lessons of 1993-94. Only a month into Obama’s presidency, there are some striking similarities in the two historical moments.
Now, 16 years since the start of Clinton’s presidency, the Republicans and their right-wing allies are again on the outside of Washington power and are back studying the lessons of 1993-94. Only a month into Obama’s presidency, there are some striking similarities in the two historical moments.
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In both cases, the Democrats inherited recessions and huge budget deficits from Republican presidents named Bush. In both cases, congressional Republicans rallied against the economic package of the new President hoping to strangle the young Democratic administrations in their cradles.
In both cases, the Democrats inherited recessions and huge budget deficits from Republican presidents named Bush. In both cases, congressional Republicans rallied against the economic package of the new President hoping to strangle the young Democratic administrations in their cradles.
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And, as congressional Republicans worked on a more overt political level, their media allies and other operatives were getting busy at subterranean depths, reviving attack lines from the campaigns to sow doubts about the two Democratic presidents – and trying to whip up the right-wing base into a near revolutionary fervor.
And, as congressional Republicans worked on a more overt political level, their media allies and other operatives were getting busy at subterranean depths, reviving attack lines from the campaigns to sow doubts about the two Democratic presidents – and trying to whip up the right-wing base into a near revolutionary fervor.
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So far at least, the Republicans are experiencing less success against Barack Obama than they did against Bill Clinton. According to opinion polls, Obama remains widely popular with an American public that favors his more activist agenda for reviving the American economy and confronting systemic problems like energy, health care and education.
So far at least, the Republicans are experiencing less success against Barack Obama than they did against Bill Clinton. According to opinion polls, Obama remains widely popular with an American public that favors his more activist agenda for reviving the American economy and confronting systemic problems like energy, health care and education.
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Though Republicans scored points inside the Beltway with their opposition to Obama’s $787 billion stimulus bill – and their complaints that Obama "failed" in his bipartisan outreach to them – the GOP tactics appear to have backfired with the American people.
Though Republicans scored points inside the Beltway with their opposition to Obama’s $787 billion stimulus bill – and their complaints that Obama "failed" in his bipartisan outreach to them – the GOP tactics appear to have backfired with the American people.
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Gauging public opinion one month into Obama’s presidency, polls found that most Americans faulted the Republicans for rebuffing Obama’s gestures of bipartisanship, and a New York Times/CBS News poll discovered that a majority said Obama “should pursue the priorities he campaigned on … rather than seek middle ground with Republicans.” [NYT, Feb. 24, 2009]
Gauging public opinion one month into Obama’s presidency, polls found that most Americans faulted the Republicans for rebuffing Obama’s gestures of bipartisanship, and a New York Times/CBS News poll discovered that a majority said Obama “should pursue the priorities he campaigned on … rather than seek middle ground with Republicans.” [NYT, Feb. 24, 2009]
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But the Republicans seem incapable of coming up with any other strategy than to seek Obama’s destruction, much as they torpedoed Clinton. The three moderate Republican senators who supported the stimulus package – Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter – were widely denounced by the right-wing media as “traitors.”
But the Republicans seem incapable of coming up with any other strategy than to seek Obama’s destruction, much as they torpedoed Clinton. The three moderate Republican senators who supported the stimulus package – Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter – were widely denounced by the right-wing media as “traitors.”
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Indeed, the Republican Party arguably has become captive to the angry right-wing media that the GOP conservatives did so much to help create in the late 1970s, after the Vietnam War defeat and Richard Nixon’s Watergate debacle.
Indeed, the Republican Party arguably has become captive to the angry right-wing media that the GOP conservatives did so much to help create in the late 1970s, after the Vietnam War defeat and Richard Nixon’s Watergate debacle.
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This Right-Wing Machine proved useful in protecting Ronald Reagan during the Iran-Contra scandal; undermining Clinton in the 1990s; dirtying up Al Gore in 2000; and wrapping George W. Bush in the protective garb of a full-scale cult of personality after 9/11.
This Right-Wing Machine proved useful in protecting Ronald Reagan during the Iran-Contra scandal; undermining Clinton in the 1990s; dirtying up Al Gore in 2000; and wrapping George W. Bush in the protective garb of a full-scale cult of personality after 9/11.
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But the machine wore down in its defense of Bush’s multitude of disasters and ultimately could not generate enough suspicions about Obama to elect John McCain. Still, it remains a potent force in the country and particularly among the Republican “base.”
But the machine wore down in its defense of Bush’s multitude of disasters and ultimately could not generate enough suspicions about Obama to elect John McCain. Still, it remains a potent force in the country and particularly among the Republican “base.”
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It is also a machine that can run only on the high-octane fuel of anger and hate. If it tried to down-shift to a more responsible approach to politics, it would stall out, losing its core audience of angry white men who feel deeply aggrieved by their loss of status.
It is also a machine that can run only on the high-octane fuel of anger and hate. If it tried to down-shift to a more responsible approach to politics, it would stall out, losing its core audience of angry white men who feel deeply aggrieved by their loss of status.
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In turn, Republican leaders can’t disown the right-wing media infrastructure that has advanced their interests for so long. In the first month of Obama’s presidency, the congressional Republicans fell in line behind Rush Limbaugh’s openly declared desire for Obama to fail.
In turn, Republican leaders can’t disown the right-wing media infrastructure that has advanced their interests for so long. In the first month of Obama’s presidency, the congressional Republicans fell in line behind Rush Limbaugh’s openly declared desire for Obama to fail.
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Now, the Republicans may see little choice but to bet on the ability of their Right-Wing Machine to continue spreading doubts and hysteria about Obama.More books and DVDs can be expected soon, recycling the 2008 campaign’s rumor-mongering on Obama – that he wasn’t born in the United States, that he’s a secret Muslim, that he’s in league with 1960s radical Bill Ayers, etc.
Now, the Republicans may see little choice but to bet on the ability of their Right-Wing Machine to continue spreading doubts and hysteria about Obama.More books and DVDs can be expected soon, recycling the 2008 campaign’s rumor-mongering on Obama – that he wasn’t born in the United States, that he’s a secret Muslim, that he’s in league with 1960s radical Bill Ayers, etc.
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Rumbling Insurrection
Rumbling Insurrection
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Much like the Clinton-era militia movement’s fear of “black helicopters,” there already are rumblings about the need for an armed uprising to thwart Obama’s alleged “communist” agenda.
Much like the Clinton-era militia movement’s fear of “black helicopters,” there already are rumblings about the need for an armed uprising to thwart Obama’s alleged “communist” agenda.
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Ironically, right-wingers who defended George W. Bush when he mounted a radical assault on the Constitution – seeking to establish an imperial presidency while eliminating habeas corpus and other key freedoms – are suddenly seeing threats to the Constitution from Obama.
Ironically, right-wingers who defended George W. Bush when he mounted a radical assault on the Constitution – seeking to establish an imperial presidency while eliminating habeas corpus and other key freedoms – are suddenly seeing threats to the Constitution from Obama.
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Fox News, in particular, has been floating the idea of armed rebellion. On Feb. 20 – the one-month anniversary of Obama’s inauguration – Glenn Beck hosted a special program called “War Room” that “war-gamed” various scenarios including the overthrow of an oppressive U.S. government when “bubba” militias rise up and gain the support of the American military.
Fox News, in particular, has been floating the idea of armed rebellion. On Feb. 20 – the one-month anniversary of Obama’s inauguration – Glenn Beck hosted a special program called “War Room” that “war-gamed” various scenarios including the overthrow of an oppressive U.S. government when “bubba” militias rise up and gain the support of the American military.
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The segment featured former CIA officer Michael Scheuer, retired U.S. Army Sgt. Major Tim Strong, and Gerald Celente, a prognosticator who began pitching the idea of an armed rebellion on Fox News shortly after Obama’s election last November.
“This is going to be violent,” said Celente, founder of Trends Research Institute. “People can’t afford it [taxes] anymore. The cities are going to look like Dodge City. They’re going to be uncontrollable. You’re going to have gangs in control. Motorcycle marauders. You’re not going to have enough police or federales – just like Mexico – to control the situation.”
The segment featured former CIA officer Michael Scheuer, retired U.S. Army Sgt. Major Tim Strong, and Gerald Celente, a prognosticator who began pitching the idea of an armed rebellion on Fox News shortly after Obama’s election last November.
“This is going to be violent,” said Celente, founder of Trends Research Institute. “People can’t afford it [taxes] anymore. The cities are going to look like Dodge City. They’re going to be uncontrollable. You’re going to have gangs in control. Motorcycle marauders. You’re not going to have enough police or federales – just like Mexico – to control the situation.”
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Beck envisioned the uprising – theoretically set in 2014 – starting “because people have been so disenfranchised” leading to a “bubba effect” touched off by federal agents from the ATF or FBI arresting some rancher in Texas or Arizona who has taken the law into his own hands in defending his property.
Beck envisioned the uprising – theoretically set in 2014 – starting “because people have been so disenfranchised” leading to a “bubba effect” touched off by federal agents from the ATF or FBI arresting some rancher in Texas or Arizona who has taken the law into his own hands in defending his property.
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“That’s totally possible,” ex-Sgt. Strong said. “You’ve got people who are going to do the right thing to truly protect the interests of the United States, to include their own. … Your second and third orders of effect are going to be your bubbas hunkering down and being anti-government.”
“That’s totally possible,” ex-Sgt. Strong said. “You’ve got people who are going to do the right thing to truly protect the interests of the United States, to include their own. … Your second and third orders of effect are going to be your bubbas hunkering down and being anti-government.”
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Beck, who was a longtime fixture on CNN’s Headline News before moving to Fox, then expanded on the justification for the bubba uprising against a federal government that was “coming in and disenfranchising people over and over and over again – and having the people say please listen to us.”
Beck, who was a longtime fixture on CNN’s Headline News before moving to Fox, then expanded on the justification for the bubba uprising against a federal government that was “coming in and disenfranchising people over and over and over again – and having the people say please listen to us.”
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According to Beck, these oppressed Americans “know the Constitution. They know the writings of the Founders and they feel that the government – or they will in this scenario and I think we’re on this road – the government has betrayed the Constitution. So they will see themselves as people who are standing up for the Constitution.”
According to Beck, these oppressed Americans “know the Constitution. They know the writings of the Founders and they feel that the government – or they will in this scenario and I think we’re on this road – the government has betrayed the Constitution. So they will see themselves as people who are standing up for the Constitution.”
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Beck then turned to ex-CIA officer Scheuer and asked, “So how do you defuse this, Michael, or how long even do we have before this becomes a crazy real scenario?”
“I don’t think you’d want to defuse it, Glenn,” Scheuer responded. “The Second Amendment is … at base not about hunting or about a militia, but about resisting tyranny. The Founders were very concerned about allowing individual citizens weaponry to defend themselves as a last resort against a tyrannical government.”
As the discussion edged toward advocacy of violent revolution, Beck sought to reel it back in a bit.
Beck then turned to ex-CIA officer Scheuer and asked, “So how do you defuse this, Michael, or how long even do we have before this becomes a crazy real scenario?”
“I don’t think you’d want to defuse it, Glenn,” Scheuer responded. “The Second Amendment is … at base not about hunting or about a militia, but about resisting tyranny. The Founders were very concerned about allowing individual citizens weaponry to defend themselves as a last resort against a tyrannical government.”
As the discussion edged toward advocacy of violent revolution, Beck sought to reel it back in a bit.
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“Don’t get me wrong,” the host said. “I am against the government. And I think they’ve just been horrible. I do think they are betraying the principles of our Founders every day they’re in office. But I have to tell you this scenario scares the living daylights out of me because it is shaking nitroglycerine.”
“Don’t get me wrong,” the host said. “I am against the government. And I think they’ve just been horrible. I do think they are betraying the principles of our Founders every day they’re in office. But I have to tell you this scenario scares the living daylights out of me because it is shaking nitroglycerine.”
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Beck then got back to the point: “Do the soldiers come in and do they round up people or do they fight with the people for the Constitution? What does the Army, what does the military do?”
Beck then got back to the point: “Do the soldiers come in and do they round up people or do they fight with the people for the Constitution? What does the Army, what does the military do?”
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Scheuer answered: “I don’t think the military is ever going to shoot on the American people, sir. I think the military – of all people – read the Constitution every year, right through.”
Scheuer answered: “I don’t think the military is ever going to shoot on the American people, sir. I think the military – of all people – read the Constitution every year, right through.”
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Beck then suggested that Obama’s stimulus package might lead to this back-door federal tyranny.
Beck then suggested that Obama’s stimulus package might lead to this back-door federal tyranny.
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“We just had in our stimulus package a way for if your governor says no to the money, the legislature can go around the governor and go right to the Feds,” Beck said. “It’s this kind of thing that would make the federal government say, ‘You know what? We can call up the National Guard. We don’t need your governor to do it.’”
“We just had in our stimulus package a way for if your governor says no to the money, the legislature can go around the governor and go right to the Feds,” Beck said. “It’s this kind of thing that would make the federal government say, ‘You know what? We can call up the National Guard. We don’t need your governor to do it.’”
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Such insurrectionist musings on Fox News are not likely to be taken seriously by most people. Indeed, many Americans may find it amusing that Fox has developed a heartfelt concern about disenfranchising voters after its enthusiastic embrace of Bush's undemocratic "election" in 2000 or that Fox now feels a sudden reverence for the Constitution after eight years of defending Bush as he trampled it.
Such insurrectionist musings on Fox News are not likely to be taken seriously by most people. Indeed, many Americans may find it amusing that Fox has developed a heartfelt concern about disenfranchising voters after its enthusiastic embrace of Bush's undemocratic "election" in 2000 or that Fox now feels a sudden reverence for the Constitution after eight years of defending Bush as he trampled it.
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But this sort of Fox chatter runs the risk of feeding the well-nursed grievances of angry white “bubbas” and possibly inspiring a new Timothy McVeigh.
But this sort of Fox chatter runs the risk of feeding the well-nursed grievances of angry white “bubbas” and possibly inspiring a new Timothy McVeigh.
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More significantly, today’s Republican leaders – finding themselves with little new to offer – appear to have turned to the well-worn pages of this earlier GOP playbook to choose the same game plan that set the nation on a dangerous and destructive course 16 years ago, a course that only now, finally, may be playing out.
More significantly, today’s Republican leaders – finding themselves with little new to offer – appear to have turned to the well-worn pages of this earlier GOP playbook to choose the same game plan that set the nation on a dangerous and destructive course 16 years ago, a course that only now, finally, may be playing out.
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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' are also available there. Or go to Amazon.com.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' are also available there. Or go to Amazon.com.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
THE GOP- ALL ABOUT NOTHING
Why the GOP's "no" on the Recovery (part Stimulus) Package is really evidence that they're all about nothing.
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People, let's say it over and over again ... the Republican Party is the "Party of Nothing".
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People, let's say it over and over again ... the Republican Party is the "Party of Nothing".
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That said, there are 3 exceptions to the "Party of Nothing"; let us applaud and thank Pennsylvania's Alen Specter [who previously had voted for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - yeah!], Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine. Those 3 brave Republicans went against their Party and voted for the Recovery Package. BRAVO!
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