TagsTagsFormer California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls out the ideological extremists who dominate today's Republican Party: California's GOP Should Take Down Its Small Tent. I've been writing my memoirs recently, and looking back at how I came to my political identity has reminded me that this election cycle marks my 44th ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Republican Party, Far Right, Extremism
Yesterday in suburban Phoenix, J.T. Ready, the most well-known neo-Nazi in the state of Arizona, massacred four members of his family including a 15-month old baby girl, then killed himself. Now anti-immigrant Arizona Republican leader Russell Pearce is desperately trying to distance himself from J.T. Ready. As Russell Pearce’s power in ...
Arizona, Neo-Nazis, J.T. Ready, Right Wing, Far Right, Anti-Immigrant, Racism, Russell Pearce
Notice that in this post announcing the firing of John Derbyshire from National Review, Rich Lowry doesn't use the word "racist" once: Parting Ways - by Rich Lowry - the Corner - National Review Online. Anyone who has read Derb in our pages knows he’s a deeply literate, funny, and ...
John Derbyshire, Right Wing, Far Right, Racism, White Nationalism, Bad Craziness, Trayvon Martin
National Review writer John Derbyshire has outdone himself this time. This article at TakiMag.com (more on this later) is his version of "the talk" black parents have with their children to warn them about the existence of racism -- and it's overtly racist, paranoid, and frankly deranged: The Talk: Nonblack ...
John Derbyshire, Right Wing, Far Right, Racism, White Nationalism, Bad Craziness, Trayvon Martin
Video Would you believe that when I helped launch Pajamas Media, one of the goals was to create a site that would transcend left-right politics, promote environmentalism and science, and allow free discussion of ideas without ideological blinders? I know, it's almost impossible to believe, if you look at the pure right ...
Rachel Maddow, Fake Outrage, President Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, PJ Media, Jim Hoft, Idiocy, Far Right
YouTube Video An official Obama campaign ad directly confronts the ugly race-baiting of Sarah Palin, who claimed yesterday that the President wants to "bring us back to the days before the Civil War."
President Obama, Sarah Palin, Civil War, Race-Baiting, Right Wing, Far Right, Election 2012
Giant wingnut via Shutterstock Man, who let the wingnuts out? Who? Who? Earlier we had our Wingnut Jaw-Dropper of the Day, but now we have our Crazed Right Wing Social Engineering Scheme of the Day, in a blatantly racist, hallucinatory article by Brion McClanahan at the Daily Caller: 'Damn, I just want ...
Daily Caller, Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Racism, Reactionary
As Rick Santorum's star continues to rise, his rhetoric just keeps getting more and more extreme. Today on ABC News, Santorum said that John F. Kennedy's famous 1960 speech on the separation of church and state makes him want to puke. And in Santorum's opinion, every American should feel just as ...
Rick Santorum, Election 2012, Republican Party, JFK, Separation of Church and State, Theocracy, Far Right, Religious Right
Today in Phoenix, Arizona, far right anti-immigrant icon Sheriff Joe Arpaio was thoughtful enough to brief Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on the status of his investigation into whether Barack Hussein Obama is a sekrit Moslem socialist Manchurian candidate: Arpaio: I Briefed Santorum on My Birth Certificate Investigation. Phoenix (CNN) – ...
Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Birthers, Rick Santorum, Conspiracy Theories, Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness
CNN contributor and Andrew Breitbart editor Dana Loesch continues her ridiculous attempts to spin the right wing ultrasound initiative in Virginia, with a post in which she reveals the true agenda behind the bill: Progressives Struggle to Understand Cause and Effect. The article consists mostly of the usual wingnut whining about ...
Dana Loesch, Virginia, Ultrasound, Abortion, Far Right, Religious Right, Misogyny, Women's Rights
Here we see CNN contributor and Andrew Breitbart editor Dana Loesch defending recently-fired MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan, saying that Buchanan's First Amendment rights have been violated by a "progressive" conspiracy to silence "diversity of thought:" Controversial Pat Buchanan Forced Off of MSNBC by Van Jones, Media Matters - Big Journalism. "Diversity ...
CNN, Dana Loesch, Pat Buchanan, Racism, White supremacism, Andrew Breitbart, Far Right, Paleocon
The Las Vegas Sun reports that voter turnout for the Nevada caucuses was very low, despite the Republican Party's constant fear-mongering and attacks on President Obama. Something's going wrong with the GOP strategy of demonization and Tea Party ultra-conservatism; I suspect the toxic atmosphere of the far right is beginning to ...
Nevada, Republican Party, Election 2012, Far Right, Toxicity
The loonier far right celebrities are lining up to show their support for Newt Gingrich -- Chuck Norris, Sarah Palin, and now Mr. 999, Herman Cain. WEST PALM BEACH — Herman Cain will be a surprise guest at tonight’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Kravis Center to endorse Newt Gingrich, ...
newt gingrich, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Chuck Norris, Republican Party, Far Right, Bad Craziness
Anyone who's actually read the infamous Ron Paul newsletters knows how dishonest the Crazy Uncle is being here: Ron Paul Downplays Newsletters : Only 'Eight To Ten Sentences' Were Offensive. Ron Paul on Thursday downplayed the fringe aspects of his old newsletters, saying on an Iowa radio program that the ...
Ron Paul, Racism, Antisemitism, Conspiracy Theories, Far Right, Spin, Dishonesty
Andrew Kaczynski has dug up yet another buried video, a 1998 John Birch Society documentary starring none other than Ron Paul -- a classic example of far right paranoia and conspiracy theorizing, as Dr. Paul calmly explains that the United Nations is plotting to take over America, create a New ...
Ron Paul, John Birch Society, Far Right, paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, United Nations, New World Order, Bad Craziness
Right on cue, Ron Paul's spokesman Jesse Benton is actually going to try to deny that Ron Paul wrote the overtly racist and homophobic direct-mail advertisement revealed yesterday by Reuters. Even though his signature is on it. Ron Paul’s campaign tells TPM that the presidential candidate did not write a signed ...
Imagine my surprise that more evidence of Ron Paul's long history of racism and far right fear-mongering is now coming to light. Reuters has unearthed a blatantly racist and homophobic direct-mail advertisement for the infamous Ron Paul newsletters: In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul forecast race war. A direct-mail solicitation ...
We've been covering Ron Paul's racist past and far right connections for years at LGF; kudos to the mainstream media for finally starting to catch up: Paul's story changes on racial comments. WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Paul has tried since 2001 to disavow racist and incendiary language published in Texas ...
As Ron Paul's popularity has risen in polls, the media are suddenly interested in his racist, antisemitic newsletters again -- and the increased focus is obviously starting to rattle him. Today in an interview with CNN's Gloria Borger, Paul flatly denied that he wrote or even read any of the ...
Ron Paul, Racism, Antisemitism, Conspiracy Theories, Far Right, Libertarian
In New Hampshire today, Ron Paul denied that he had anything to do with the blatantly racist newsletters sent out by his organization in the 1990s, despite undeniable evidence to the contrary: Ron Paul Denies Writing Past Newsletters Featuring Racial Slurs. "Everybody knows I didn't write them," Paul said during ...
As we noted yesterday, Media Matters pointed out that a Nazi-era antisemitic cartoon had been used as an illustration at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Journalism" website on at least three occasions in the past year: Andrew Breitbart's 'Big Journalism' Bloggers Use Antisemitic Nazi-Era Cartoon. It's fascinating to see how controversies like this ...
Andrew Breitbart, Nazi Germany, Antisemitism, Propaganda, Far Right, Dana Loesch, Right Wing Journalism
This is just mind-boggling. On at least three occasions in the past year, bloggers at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Journalism" website have posted a modified image that comes directly from a virulently antisemitic Nazi-era German magazine: Cartoon Regularly Featured On Big Journalism Connected To Nazi-Era Magazine. The image appeared in a Big ...
Andrew Breitbart, Nazi Germany, Antisemitism, Propaganda, Far Right
The yawning chasm between the Republican establishment and the Fox News Tea Party base has never been more obvious, as National Review laments: We fear that to nominate former Speaker Newt Gingrich would be to blow the opportunity to win the White House next year.
newt gingrich, National Review, Republican Party, Tea Party, Far Right, Election 2012
Tonight, Andrew Breitbart is suddenly very concerned about "vocational harm:" It is with sincere regret that I announce I must step down as a GOProud advisory member. On numerous occasions I have spoken with Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron of the significant impact the practice of “outing” had in my ...
Andrew Breitbart, Right Wing, Far Right, Gay Rights, Homophobia
Forget everything you thought you knew about Michele Bachmann. Forget her claim that census data could be used to put people in concentration camps. Forget her crazy claim that Planned Parenthood is setting up "sex clinics" in schools, with free abortions for 13-year old girls. Forget her fanatical fundamentalism, and her bizarre claim ...
Michele Bachmann, Bad Craziness, Creationism, Fanaticism, Far Right, Homophobia, Anti-Science, Anti-Choice