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In 2006, the Bush/Cheney Department of Justice indicted Adam Gadhan, the American al-Qaeda spokesman who was just captured in Pakistan, on charges of treason in a civilian court. Since charging terrorists in civilian courts is dangerous to America, at least according to Republicans, we must ask: why do George W. Bush and Dick Cheney hate America so much?
Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs has been one of the go-to right-wing blogs for a long time, but now Johnson is giving up on the modern Republican party and—shock of all shocks—it’s because he can’t stand the insane racist teabagger birther conspiracy nonsense that the GOP appears to have wholeheartedly embraced.
Why I Parted Ways With The Right
1. Support for fascists, both in America (see: Pat Buchanan, Robert Stacy McCain, etc.) and in Europe (see: Vlaams Belang, BNP, SIOE, Pat Buchanan, etc.)
2. Support for bigotry, hatred, and white supremacism (see: Pat Buchanan, Ann Coulter, Robert Stacy McCain, Lew Rockwell, etc.)
3. Support for throwing women back into the Dark Ages, and general religious fanaticism (see: Operation Rescue, anti-abortion groups, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Tony Perkins, the entire religious right, etc.)
4. Support for anti-science bad craziness (see: creationism, climate change denialism, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, James Inhofe, etc.)
5. Support for homophobic bigotry (see: Sarah Palin, Dobson, the entire religious right, etc.)
6. Support for anti-government lunacy (see: tea parties, militias, Fox News, Glenn Beck, etc.)
7. Support for conspiracy theories and hate speech (see: Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Birthers, creationists, climate deniers, etc.)
8. A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, etc.)
9. Anti-Islamic bigotry that goes far beyond simply criticizing radical Islam, into support for fascism, violence, and genocide (see: Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, etc.)
10. Hatred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies, into racism, hate speech, and bizarre conspiracy theories (see: witch doctor pictures, tea parties, Birthers, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, World Net Daily, Newsmax, and every other right wing source)
And much, much more. The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff.
I won’t be going over the cliff with them.
The response from Greater Wingnuttia has been, not surprisingly, goodbye and good riddance. The GOP is the party of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and teabagging riots and burning Nancy Pelosi in effigy and absurd Nazi comparisons and insane irrational nonsense that can barely be called discourse, and if you don’t agree with them, you can get out of their party. So good luck, Charles Johnson. It’s hard out there for conservatives who aren’t completely insane.
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Between money-grubbing Jews and Muslim spies, GOPers have managed to unite the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Council on American-Islamic Relations against them.
Maybe they ought to have given Republicans the Nobel Peace Prize!
Even America’s Heroine™ has been hit by the recession! Sarah Palin has posted her resume to LinkedIn, prominently featuring her “2 years 7 months” experience as Governor of Alaska. If anyone has any folksy small-town snow machine moose-hunter maverick positions available, check out her profile! (LinkedIn)
I wonder if Republicans know how ridiculous they sound when they make accusations like this:
I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . .
Oh, I’m sorry, wrong Republican. Here’s your modern GOP:
Republican members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have tried to plant “spies” within key national-security committees in order to shape legislative policy.
Reps. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), Paul Broun (R-Ga.) and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), citing the book Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America, called for the House sergeant at arms to investigate whether CAIR had been successful in placing interns on key panels. The lawmakers are specifically focused on the House Homeland Security Committee, Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committee.
“If an organization is connected to or supports terrorists [and] is running influence operations or planting spies in key national security-related offices, I think this needs to be made known,” said Broun, who sits on the Homeland Security Committee. “So I join my colleagues here today in calling for action.”
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While the Republicans said they did not know of specific legislation that CAIR had affected, Franks said he wouldn’t be surprised if it was trying to amend the Patriot Act.“One of the target policies that they might be concerned about is the Patriot Act itself — those things that give us the greatest tools to be able to surveil those conversations outside of this country … and I think organizations like CAIR would like to diminish that.”
Maybe the RNC should add Joe McCarthy to their new website’s GOP Heroes list.
Update: Oh good, Rep. Myrick’s office confirms that she will not be standing on the steps of the Capitol waving a list of known, card-carrying Muslims anytime soon.
Sending huge bags of a white, powdery substance to a United States Senator is maybe not one of them.
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