Nothing delights politicians, talking heads, and activists more than being able to accuse their opponents of hypocrisy. I myself love having the opportunity to cry hypocrite. Often, such charges are warranted because partisans are willing to abandon long-term principles to score points in the short-term. But charges of hypocrisy are often themselves a product of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'right-wing hysteria'
Health Care Showdown!
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
On the pages of the Butler Eagle: me vs. this lunatic.
Personally, I think I got the better of this exchange, but that might just be because that’s what the chip that George Soros implanted in my brain wants me to think. One thing I will say for Mr. Been: he’s definitely been paying attention when [...]
Tags: Butler·Butler Eagle·health care·health care reform·right-wing hysteria
Another History Lesson
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of California has come to the defense of Tea Party protesters hurling racial and homophobic slurs at members of Congress, finding such behavior understandable because “[w]hen you use a totalitarian tactics, people, you know, begin to act crazy.”
Both halves of Rep. Nunes “totalitarian tactics justify hate speech” rationale are incorrect. For [...]
Tags: Devin Nunes·health care·health care reform·John Lewis·non-violent protest·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties
Republicans and History
March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics
Not content to lie about the present and the future, Republicans have stepped up efforts to rewrite history. In Texas, the right-wing elected officials charged with setting the state’s curriculum voted to ensure that Texas schoolchildren will learn, among other things, that the founders were Christian, there is no separation of church and state, Thomas [...]
Tags: Dick Armey·education·health care reform·history·McCarthy·Paul Broun·Republican idiocy·Republicans·right-wing hysteria·Steve King·Texas·Texas textbooks·The Great War of Yankee Aggression·Velvet Revolution
Be Careful What You Wish For
March 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Kathryn Lopez of the National Review denies having seen any signs of racism in the crowds of protesters outside the Capitol and demands that Democrats be more specific in their allegations.
OK.
-AR
Tags: angry white men·health care·racism·right-wing hysteria·The Corner
Fuel for the Crazies
March 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
I went to see The Crazies last night. Horror’s not really my preferred genre, but some friends were going and it seemed like a good night for a good/bad movie. Sadly, I found myself unable to leave politics behind during the movie. I was very disturbed, but not for the reasons the movie intended.
I recognize [...]
Lying to Make Friends Goes Undercover
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Lying To Make Friends ventured out into the world of the Teabaggers today to do some actual reporting. Well, I’m not sure it qualifies as reporting when you’re too terrified to actually talk to anyone (other than the UNC fan who accosted me because of my Duke sweatshirt), but I did take pictures!
First, a nice [...]
Tags: angry white men·conservatives·health care·Michelle Bachmann·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties·teabaggers
“Objectivity”
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
In general, this article in the Politico is a useful piece defending Speaker Pelosi’s concerns about the danger created by hysterical rhetoric from the right. However, it adheres to the annoying journalistic rule that you cannot criticize one side, however valid that criticism may be, without including some seemingly equivalent criticism of the other [...]
Tags: Hunter S. Thompson·media·Nancy Pelosi·right-wing hysteria