Plouffe: Limbaugh, Beck, Palin are "the leaders" of the Republican Party "and this is a problem for" the GOP
September 05, 2010 11:14 am ET
From the September 5 edition of NBC's Meet the Press:
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Unless you count Tucker Carlson who has it out for Minorities.
Especially President Obama who had Pictures of his Family behind him during his address.
I guess to Tucker Carlson a Negro + a Family does not Compute & it causes him severe Distress.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
Matthews wants Palin to be the candidate because of what she would do to his ratings.
We fear Sarah Palin because of what she would do to the country.
There is no way these old time Republicans will play nice with Palin and fall in line (like they did in '08) to help her become something they all want so badly, LOL. Wink, wink. LOL.
"Palin is just sooo uncouth my dear, Hitler in drag, hahahaha." I think this tone is dangerous as she may become liberals only hope when things get really rough. She may become the shield between the roaring mob and the Democrats/liberals. These economic forces will use her, if elected, to warp the ugly will of the people. Just as these moneyed interests distort everything now when the D's control, they will try to cause a secretly moderating instrument to rise to power, which they control better, which incidentally will deflect the worst instincts of the GOP electorate away from their true passion, revenge.
Beck is similar to her in this regard. He seems to be likewise self-oriented generally, greedy. He's also a fake populist who crowds the field to prevent the emergence of a REAL populist from the right. And if a real one were to emerge he'd probably seem to be a much better person than either Beck or Palin. And he/she likely would be a better person -- in a sense. But that's the one who would actually have the commitment and courage to take revenge. It's a dilemma. A good honest right-wing populist takes revenge, but may very well do good things otherwise for the country overall. The fake populist gets bought off, but drives the country further into the hole.
They are also a strength of the Republicans, inflaming anti-Democratic passions, which, as you said, seems to be all they have. But I don't think that's enough.
They might still prevail, though, if they also have an effective propaganda machine, a neutered mainstream media, a milquetoast opposition, and economic conditions were as tough as they've been in generations.
Heaven help us.
Exactly and the reason they hurt the GOP is that they do not represent conservatism. They turn off true conservatives and moderates with their dishonest and hatred.
Now HOW on earth will Beck defend himself for being portrayed as a cult follower and false prophet, after all, Keller IS a bona fide Evangelistic, at ground zero going after Muslims.
That IS FOX's audience, right wing, born again Evangelists..
I've been waiting for this, because ALL Evangelists think that Mormonism is a "cult" and will take you straight to hell just as fast as being a Muslim.
I was rather surprised when Beck took this on BECAUSE he is a Mormon and just as surprised that the teabaggers haven't gone after him before now.
It's the War of the Wackos, grab your popcorn!
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Ground zero church launches with anti-Muslim, anti-Mormon sermon
Extremist pastor opens ground zero church by denouncing Glenn Beck and Imam Rauf as false prophets
To an audience of about 50 people -- fully half of whom were members of the press -- Pastor Bill Keller launched his 9-11 Christian Center at Ground Zero this morning with a fiery sermon targeting Muslims and Mormons as hell-bound followers of false faiths.
Keller took aim in particular at Glenn Beck, a Mormon, and Imam Rauf, the organizer of the Park51 Islamic community center.
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/09/05/911_christian_center_inaugural
This time around, they don't have a Bush holding them back. Rather than being a apologetic about the actions of one very visible politician, they can just attack, attack, attack--which is what they are undeniably best at.
They're also united by displaced rage at being in such a marginalized state. I truly hope that the Right is so insane that they'll abandon all political pragmatism in pursuit of electing a purist candidate. It may work out well in 2010, but I'm predicting an absolute dissolution of the GOP in 2012 and 2014 if they stay this way. No independent in their right mind would touch them in the general election.