> The radical right, aided by a GOP Noise Machine that positively dwarfs > what existed in 1963, has turned demonizing Obama--making him into a > vile object of disgust--into a crusade. It's a demented national jihad, > the likes of which this country has not seen in modern times.
What the hell do these idiots think was going on for the past eight years? On Sep 20, 9:07 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Travus, > > You feel free to go right ahead and point out any untruths in the > article. He probably thinks you're a traitor, so BFD. > > On Sep 20, 3:44 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just more of Soros-shit. He is a traitor. > > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM, dick thompson > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Psssssttt! Lee Harvey Oswald was not a right winger! > > > >http://mediamatters.org/blog/200909180004 > > > > A President was killed the last time right-wing hatred ran wild like this > > > > September 18, 2009 9:10 am ET by Eric Boehlert > > > > That being John F. Kennedy, who was gunned down in Dallas, of course. > > > > I've been thinking a lot of Kennedy and Dallas as I've watched the > > > increasingly violent rhetorical > > > attacks<http://mediamatters.org/blog/200909170027>on Obama be unfurled. > > > As Americans yank their kids of class in order to save > > > them from being exposed to the President of the United States who only > > > wanted to urge them to excel in the classroom. And as unvarnished hate and > > > name-calling passed for health care 'debate' this summer. > > > > The radical right, aided by a GOP Noise Machine that positively dwarfs > > > what > > > existed in 1963, has turned demonizing Obama--making him into a vile > > > object > > > of disgust--into a crusade. It's a demented national jihad, the likes > > > of which this country has not seen in modern times. > > > > But I've been thinking about Dallas in 1963 because I've been recalling > > > the > > > history and how that city stood as an outpost for the radical right, > > > which never tried to hide its contempt for the New England Democrat. > > > > Now, in this this month's *Vanity Fair*, Sam Kashner offers up in rich > > > detail the hatred that ran wild in Dallas in 1963. To me, the similarity > > > between Dallas in 1963 and today's unhinged Obama hate is downright > > > chilling. > > > > Kashner's fascinating cover > > > story<http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fpolit...> > > > actually > > > chronicles the professional struggles of writer William Manchester who was > > > tapped by the Kennedy family, after the president's assassination, to > > > write > > > the definitive book about the shooting. The *Vanity Fair* articles details > > > the power struggles, and epic lawsuits, that ensued prior to Manchester's > > > publication. > > > > But this unnerving passage from *VF* caught my eye. In it*,* Kashner > > > retraces Manchester's step as he researched his book. It's unsettling > > > because if you insert "Obama" for every "Kennedy" reference, it reads like > > > 2009: > > > > Manchester also discovered that Dallas “had become the Mecca for > > > medicine-show evangelists … the Minutemen, the John Birch and Patrick > > > Henry > > > Societies, and the headquarters of [ultra-conservative oil billionaire] H. > > > L. Hunt and his activities.” > > > > “In that third year of the Kennedy presidency,” Manchester wrote, “a kind > > > of fever lay over Dallas country. Mad things happened. Huge billboards > > > screamed, ‘Impeach Earl Warren.’ Jewish stores were smeared with crude > > > swastikas.…Radical Right polemics were distributed in public schools; > > > Kennedy’s name was booed in classrooms; corporate junior executives were > > > required to attend radical seminars.” > > > > A retired major general ran the American flag upside down, deriding it as > > > “the Democrat flag.” A wanted poster with J.F.K.’s face on it was > > > circulated, announcing “this man is Wanted” for—among other > > > things—“turning > > > the sovereignty of the US over to the Communist controlled United Nations” > > > and appointing “anti-Christians … aliens and known Communists” to federal > > > offices. > > > > And a full-page advertisement had appeared the day of the assassination in > > > *The Dallas Morning News* accusing Kennedy of making a secret deal with > > > the Communist Party; when it was shown to the president, he was appalled. > > > He > > > turned to Jacqueline, who was visibly upset, and said, “Oh, you know, > > > we’re > > > heading into nut country today.” > > > > Manchester discovered that in a wealthy Dallas suburb, when told that > > > President Kennedy had been murdered in their city, the students in a > > > fourth-grade class burst into applause. > > > > Today, conservatives are expressing > > > outrage<http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fvoices.washingtonpost.com%...>that > > > Rep. Nancy Pelosi had the nerve to raise concerns about the onrush of > > > violent political rhetoric. The Noise Machine claims it has *no idea* what > > > Pelosi's talking about. But the truth is, America's most famous bouts of > > > political violence (i.e. JFK, Oklahoma City, etc.) have always been > > > accompanied by waves of radical, right-wing rhetoric. Given that history, > > > the GOP's insistence that the hate now filling the > > > streets<http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F...>couldn't > > > possibly inspire violence seems woefully naive.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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