Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage

Washington Post by Rick Perlstein | Aug. 15, 2009 (Opinion)

The quiver on the lips of the man pushing the wheelchair, the crazed risk of carrying a pistol around a president -- too heartfelt to be an act. The lockstep strangeness of the mad lies on the protesters' signs -- too uniform to be spontaneous. They are both. If you don't understand that any moment of genuine political change always produces both, you can't understand America, where the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy, and where ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Aug 15, 2009 - 8:43 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), don del castillo (review), Jack Dinkmeyer (review), Jeff Harris (review), Joey Baker (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Aug 15, 2009 - 9:49 AM PDT
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Jack Dinkmeyer
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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Aug. 18, 2009

Another opinion piece. Although it gets points for getting right that nutcake conservatives and their lobbyists are responsible for lying, distortions, holliganism, felonious acts, outrageous rhetoric, he gets it wrong as to why the media are so cooperative with the nutcakes. It has nothing to do with pulling the wool over anyone's eyes and everything to do with the fact media are in the hands of five corporations managed by Bushie psychopaths who substitute nutcake right-wing propaganda for factual news.

There can never be true democracy as long as the media are hamstrung by centralized ownership under neocon nutcakes. Thank you George Bush!

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 15, 2009

The orchestration of incivility happens, too, and it is evil. Liberal power of all sorts induces an organic and crazy-making panic in a considerable number of Americans, ... More »

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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Aug. 18, 2009
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Jeff Harris
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 by Jeff Harris - Aug. 16, 2009

This is a comprehensive study of the political crazies.

We need to boycot the orgaizations and sponsors that support these lies. Lets start with Fox news! I for one will not use any of the products that are offered by their sponsers. Jeff Harris

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