So, the latest piece of b.s. out of the right-wing noise machine is that teleprompters should be made illegal in presidential races. Thanks for that one Ricky! Of course, that wasn't a campaign event where you used one was it?
Senator Man-on-Dog using a Teleprompter at the Florida Republican Party's Presidency 5 Convention
By now, you have all seen the video, the one where our President engages in a terrorist bear hug with the "radical" Professor
Derrick Bell.
Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin discussing the late Andrew Breitbart's final shocker
Put on your ear protectors and follow me over the Orange Squigglies of Sound-Dampening ...
There is this article from The New York Times, "Number of U.S. Hate Groups Is Rising, Report Says"
ATLANTA — Fed by antagonism toward President Obama, resentment toward changing racial demographics and the economic rift between rich and poor, the number of so-called hate groups and antigovernment organizations in the nation has continued to grow, according to a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
And then there is PPP's
latest polling in Alabama and Mississippi ...
On President Obama's religion,
There's considerable skepticism about Barack Obama's religion with Republican voters in them. In Mississippi only 12% of voters think Obama's a Christian to 52% who think he's a Muslim and 36% who are not sure. In Alabama just 14% think Obama's a Christian to 45% who think he's a Muslim and 41% who aren't sure.
On interracial marriage,
Alabama's pretty much on board with interracial marriage, with 67% of voters thinking it should be legal to 21% who think it should not be. There's still some skepticism in Mississippi though- only 54% of voters think it should be legal, while 29% believe it should be illegal.
On evolution,
[T]here's considerable skepticism about evolution among GOP voters in both Alabama and Mississippi. In Alabama only 26% of voters believe in it, while 60% do not. In Mississippi just 22% believe in it, while 66% do not.
But, hey, there's this nugget,
Alabama Republican voters skew heavily toward the Crimson Tide, with 58% identifying as Alabama fans to 28% who are Auburn fans.
The noise machine: Fox, Rush, Beck, Savage, et. al.
They need to be stopped. They are creating low information voters. They are spreading hate and vitriol among the far-right in this country.
When will it stop? Where will it end?
What needs to happen for all this far-right wing-nuttery to jump the shark and be exposed for the dangerous speech that it is?
At this moment, I am too full of laughter and tears to offer solutions. All I can do is put together a rant and hope that it passes!
But, alas, do I hear the clarion call of good news?
Lawrence O'Donnell is reporting that Premiere has dropped ALL of it's national sponsors for the Rush Limbaugh Show for 2 weeks!
Of course, it may open the door for Mike Huckabee.