rightwingnuthouse.com - 4/10/2009
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I hope you will forgive me in advance because this is one of those posts where I’m not exactly sure what I want to say but will know it when I eat it.
I know this drives most of you batty because this is one of those issues where I don’t stake out a position immediately [...]
balloon-juice.com - 4/11/2009
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balloon-juice.com —
So a crazy person got up at one
of Glenn Beck’s 9/12 get-togethers and started ranting about...
who knows what, and LGF has the video tape and a transcript : OF course, because Charles Johnson has noted these are crazy people, the ...
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The Mirror Speaks, The Reflection Lies
crooksandliars.com - 4/10/2009
mediamatters.org - 4/9/2009
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mediamatters.org —
Despite its repeated insistence that its coverage is
"fair and balanced" and its invitation to viewers to...
"say 'no' to biased media," in recent weeks, Fox News has frequently aired segments encouraging viewers to get involved with "tea party" ...
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"Fair and balanced" Fox News aggressively promotes "tea ...
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Beck and Moran: Two conservatives the movement needs
PoliGazette —
... an essay by Rick Moran yesterday, called “Glenn Beck and the Radical Right.” In it, Moran argues that conservatives should distance themselves from the conservative talk show host, because he’s “a kook.” ...
tar and water?
Classical Values —
tar and water? Are libertarians conservative? More properly, are libertarians included -- and should they be? -- within the rubric of the word "conservative"? This is not an idle question, as there is a fierce debate (linked by Glenn Reynolds earlier) about the Tea Party Movement, and it seems to me that this debate goes to the essence of the nature and definition of conservatism. Perhaps it is my bias showing, but the Tea Party Movement strikes me as more libertarian than conservative. That's because its primary thrust is economic -- opposition to socialism, ...
Stuck in the middle with Glenn
Balloon Juice —
Steve Benen (with the help of Rick Moran of all people) nails exactly what’s so scary about the Glenn Beck gasoline stunt video that John wrote about earlier:
But that’s not really the interesting part. Alex Koppelman added, “Unfortunately, not captured in the video is what happened next, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry came on and Beck asked, ‘Governor, you’re regretting being on this program at this point, are you not, sir?’ Perry responded, ‘Not at all, Glenn Beck. I’m proud to be with ...
After the segment...
Political Animal —
... to set a colleague on fire. Credible, serious public officials would ordinarily want to avoid making eye contact with a deranged figure, but Gov. Perry was delighted to chat with the Fox News lunatic. Maybe it's because Perry actually finds Beck's madness compelling; maybe it's because Perry has a big Republican primary coming up and wants to curry favor with Beck's followers. Either way, it's a problem for the party and the conservative movement. Conservative blogger Rick Moran said yesterday , "Beck worries me. Conservatives worry me. I worry about myself. I feel trapped ...
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