It seems to me that the more mainstream Republicans are starting to feel the heat in society. Certainly a large percentage of Republicans, the non-redneck wing of the GOP, the educated conservatives, don't stand with the "break his teeth" pastors, the assault weapon carrying fundamentalists at town halls; you know, the domestic terrorist types.
Raw Story has a story up that puts on display some of the tensions within the GOP, certainly within the wingnutosphere. Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs has denounced Beck and is rehashing old white supremacist outings. And good for him, credit where credit due. Raw Story's take on Johnson and excerpt of Johnson below:
Right-wing bloggers have declared a former ally of theirs persona non grata for linking another conservative blogger to the white supremacist movement.
Charles Johnson’s claims that Robert Stacy McCain, formerly an assistant national editor at the Washington Times, has links to white supremacist Bill White have been met with personal attacks against Johnson by numerous right-wing bloggers.
On Sunday, Johnson — whose blog Little Green Footballs has in recent years shifted from staunchly conservative to moderate — linked to several articles alleging that McCain had links to White, and that he was known for engaging in loud, racist tirades at the Washington Times.
http://rawstory.com/...
Charles Johnson:
FishbowlDC, an Internet Web site of MediaBistro, reported on August 22, 2007, a huge blow-up in the newsroom at The Washington Times involving bad-tempered white supremacist assistant national editor Robert Stacy McCain and fellow editor Victor Morton, an orthodox Catholic – with McCain angrily resigning and slamming his way out of the building through side-doors where he always went every 20 minutes to smoke a cigarette.
I have confirmed the details of FishbowlDC’s account through several Washington Times newsroom sources who I trust and with whom I worked for many years. These sources witnessed the ugly blow-up.
I know Stacy McCain, an ill-tempered racist who sat on the other side of my desk for many years and carried on loud telephone conversations almost every day full of racist and ultra-right comments, and often got into loud verbal fights with both reporters and editors in the newsroom.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/...