Over the past year, ACORN has taken on nearly mythical status in the deranged minds of the Tea Party crowd. ACORN has been imbued with the power to steal elections (even elections in which the organization has no involvment) and figures prominently in Glenn Beck’s chalkboard exposes of the vast left-wing conspiracy. Far from being [...]
Entries Tagged as 'right-wing hysteria'
“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 side. [...]
Tags: Hunter S. Thompson·media·Nancy Pelosi·right-wing hysteria
A Teaching Moment
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics
One of the more disturbing aspects of the Tea Party movement and conservative response to Obama in general has been the hysteria over the mundane. The president commemorates September 11th by calling for a National Day of Service? Hijacking national tragedy in the name of Karl Marx! The president addresses school children about the importance [...]
Tags: census worker·conservative logic·Michelle Bachmann·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties
Poll: Who’s The Craziest?
July 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
A new Lying To Make Friends feature where honest-to-God elected officials compete with irrelevant celebrities on who can spout the craziest non-sense. Your contestants: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) (Right, a military coup is exactly like following the order of succession mandated by the Constitution or getting more votes than the other candidate) Victoria Jackson (Are [...]
Tags: conservative logic·Jim DeMint·right-wing hysteria·Steve King·The Hills·Victoria Jackson