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Glenn Beck: Obama = Lucifer (w/ Flames)

Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:04 pm PDT

The last time Glenn Beck played the Satan card he called President Obama a "Satan worshipper." Where can he go after that? Well, in Beck's loonyverse, our President has now graduated from mere worshipper to the Prince of Darkness himself: Yes, Beck did just compare President Obama to Lucifer. Good grief. I ...

Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Freakazoid, Nut Sandwich, Barack Obama, Lucifer, Satan, His Nibs

The Sinister United Nations Bicycle Sharing Takeover Plot

Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:41 pm PDT

OK, we have a winner in today's Crazy Dumb Fear-Mongering Sweepstakes: Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, who's convinced that the Mayor of Denver's bike-sharing program is only the first step on a slippery slope leading inevitably to a United Nations invasion of Denver. They may look harmless, resting there on ...

Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Colorado, Dan Maes, Fear, New World Order, Conspiracy Theories, Bicycling

Glenn Beck Deletes All Twitter Favorites to Hide White Nationalist Pick

Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:51 am PDT

After it was pointed out that Glenn Beck had marked a Twitter post by a raving white supremacist as a "favorite," Beck (or someone who runs his Twitter account) simply deleted all his favorite posts. They're all gone now. But here's the screenshot:

Glenn Beck, Anti-Government, Far Right, Hate Speech, Bad Craziness, Fox News, White Nationalism, White Supremacists

Glenn Beck's Newest Favorite Tweeter: A White Nationalist

Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:32 pm PDT

Fox News talk show star Glenn Beck's latest "favorite" on Twitter is a white nationalist. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout, who links to this Google cache of Malevolent Freedom.)

Glenn Beck, Anti-Government, Far Right, Hate Speech, Bad Craziness, Fox News, White Nationalism, White Supremacists

What Right Wing Extremist Violence?

Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:48 am PDT

In Pennsylvania, two correction officers have been charged in connection with stolen weapons intended to be used to overthrow the government. Raymond Franklin Peake III told investigators that "he would kill to defend his country and he was stealing weapons to defend his country," court documents read. The Hampden Township man ...

Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Crime, Pennsylvania

Right Wing Bloggers on Race

Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:34 am PDT

Confirming everything I’ve written about them, the delightfully vindictive John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com takes a poll of the right wing blogosphere on their attitudes toward race. It’s as bad as you might imagine. Get a load of Hawkins’s title: Polling Conservative Bloggers On Race, Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, & False Accusations ...

Right Wing, Far Right, blogs, Wingnutosphere, Racism, Denial, Cognitive Dissonance

What Right Wing Extremist Violence? Part 2

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 3:57 pm PDT

In Oakland, police have announced that Byron Williams, who was injured in a shootout with police on Sunday, was on his way to commit mass murder at offices of the ACLU and the Tides Foundation. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ― Police say a California man who engaged in a freeway shootout ...

Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Fox News, Incitement, Crime

Christian Pastor Speaks in Tongues Against Gay Marriage

Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm PDT

At a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) tour stop on July 18, 2010, a Pentecostal pastor goes into a phony hate trance and “speaks in tongues” against gay marriage. [Video] (Hat tip: Dangerous Minds.)

Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Far Right, Homophobia, Gay Marriage, Bad Craziness

Glenn Beck: Obama's Going to Murder Tea Partiers and Ron Paul Supporters

Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:05 pm PDT

Glenn Beck goes completely batshit crazy here, barking and ranting like a lunatic in the throes of a full-out psychotic break — and says the Obama administration is planning to murder Tea Partiers and Ron Paul supporters. Un. Freaking. Believable. Beck is crazy all the time, so you may not get it ...

Glenn Beck, Anti-Government, Far Right, Hate Speech, Bad Craziness, Fox News

What Right Wing Extremist Violence?

Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:32 am PDT

In Oakland yesterday, Highway Patrol officers stopped a car being driven erratically by a 45-year old man — who promptly opened fire on them with several weapons, including a handgun, a rifle, and a shotgun. He was wounded by return fire from the officers, but survived because he was wearing ...

Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Fox News, Incitement, Crime

Reid Leads Angle in New Poll

Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:27 am PDT

In Nevada, the latest Mason-Dixon poll shows Harry Reid with a 7-point lead over Tea Party kook Sharron Angle. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has opened up a seven-point lead over Republican challenger Sharron Angle, according to a Mason-Dixon poll taken after Reid aired a barrage of negative ads targeting ...

Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, Abortion, Separation of Church and State, Constitution Party, Harry Reid

Invasion of the John Birch Pod People

Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:33 pm PDT

The kooks really are taking over conservative news sites now, like an invasion of John Birch pod people. Just published at Townhall.com: an incomprehensible “international banking conspiracy” article by 9/11 Truther and JFK assassination troll Jim Marrs. Sometimes all you can say is, “Wow.”

Right Wing, Far Right, townhall.com, 9/11 Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness

Angle Rejects Makeover

Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:27 am PDT

Nevada Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle says she’s not going to have a political makeover. Republican Sharron Angle said Saturday she won’t change her staunch conservative views to win the U.S. Senate race, although she acknowledged softening some of her rhetoric to avoid giving Sen. Harry Reid and other Democrats ...

Abortion, Sharron Angle, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Religious Right, Far Right, Tea Parties, Nevada, Separation of Church and State, Constitution Party

David Horowitz Dumps Alex Knepper for Dissing Coulter

Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:13 pm PDT

Alex Knepper explains how he was dumped from David Horowitz’s Newsreal blog, for criticizing Ann Coulter’s newfound opposition to the Afghanistan War: How I Got Dumped for Criticizing Coulter. NewsReal writer David Swindle responds with an unhinged post, spewing insults like a firehose: The Liar Alex Knepper Wasn’t Fired for Criticizing ...

Right Wing, Far Right, Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, Alex Knepper, Slap Fight

Angle's 'Slush Fund' Becomes 'Important First Step'

Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:22 pm PDT

Remember earlier today when Sharron Angle was quoted calling the $20 billion BP escrow fund a “slush fund?” Well, what she really meant to say was that it’s an important first step. Which is a little like a slush fund, isn’t it? Kinda? There’s been some confusion this morning regarding my position ...

Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, Abortion, Separation of Church and State, Thomas Jefferson

Angle: BP's $20B Escrow Fund a 'Slush Fund'

Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:44 am PDT

It’s obvious why Nevada Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle’s GOP handlers try so hard to keep her away from inquisitive reporters: she’s nuts. Really, honestly nuts. Don’t want her talking to journalists, oh no. That’s no way to get elected. Today she’s back in the news for echoing reptilian Rep. Joe ...

Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, Abortion, Separation of Church and State, Thomas Jefferson

Why I Left the Right, Exhibit R for Robinson

Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:02 am PDT

Recently we’ve had several front page posts about Arthur Robinson, the GOP mutant candidate for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, and his incredibly strange views on … well, everything. In addition, LGF reader freetoken put together an excellent Page on Robinson’s Christian Dominionist connections. But it gets worse: Oregon GOP Congressional Candidate ...

Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Oregon, Far Right, Arthur Robinson, Creationism, Racism, Home Schooling, Theocracy, Religious Right

Sharron Angle Goes on Walkback

Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:53 am PDT

To no one’s surprise, in her interview with Nevada reporter John Ralston yesterday, Tea Party extremist Sharron Angle started trying to walk back some of her earlier disastrous statements: Sharron Angle grilled on Social Security, Medicare and ‘taking Harry Reid out’. In her TV appearance Tuesday, Angle said that she ...

Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, Abortion, Separation of Church and State, Thomas Jefferson

Sharron Angle Live

Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:44 pm PDT

Las Vegas reporter John Ralston is interviewing tea party/Constitution Party wacko Sharron Angle, and there’s a live streaming video here: Home - My News 3 - KVBC, Las Vegas, NV. She just reiterated that she wants to cut off unemployment benefits, because people are being “spoiled” by them.

Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, John Birch Society, Fluoride, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, Abortion

Nevada Tea Party Candidate Angle: No Abortion for Victims of Rape Or Incest

Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:42 am PDT

Nevada Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle, a former member of the completely insane Constitution Party who has written about the dangers of fluoridation (shades of the John Birch Society), is dodging the media. And she has good reason to dodge. Her history is rife with extremism, questionable associations, and bizarre views. ...

Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, John Birch Society, Fluoride, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, Abortion

Rand Paul Won't Say How Old the Earth Is

Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:21 pm PDT

From PageOneKentucky.com, here’s a video of GOP candidate Rand Paul addressing a convention of Christian homeschoolers, and dodging a question about the age of the Earth. [Video] The questions asked by the homeschoolers in the video: 1) are you a Christian, 2) how old is the Earth, and 3) will you ...

Rand Paul, Kentucky, Ron Paul, Bad Craziness, Far Right, GOP, Creationism, Anti-Science, Home Schooling

Rick Santorum: Obama is 'Detached From the American Experience'

Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:51 pm PDT

Former Senator Rick Santorum gave an interview to the Iowa Republican blog last Friday, and said the reason why President Obama “doesn’t connect” with ordinary Americans is that he isn’t really an American. Obama is detached form the American experience.  He just doesn’t identify with the average American because of ...

Rick Santorum, Religious Right, Birthers, Creationism, Fanaticism, Far Right, Republican Party

Glenn Beck Recapitulates The John Birch Society, Says the John Birch Society

Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:03 am PDT

For the past couple of years as I’ve been writing about the horrible agenda of Fox News commentator Glenn Beck, I’ve noted many times that Beck’s views seem to be derived almost entirely from the hateful, paleo-right wing conspiracy theory world view of the John Birch Society — a group ...

John Birch Society, Bad Craziness, Hate Speech, Far Right, Anti-Government, Glenn Beck, Tea Party

Glenn Beck: It All Started to Go Wrong With the Civil War

Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:14 pm PDT

Yes, this is the second post about Glenn “Manbaby” Beck today, because on his radio show he managed to top his hero-worship of Joe McCarthy, by saying that race relations went wrong “in the lead-up to the Civil War.” Because according to Beck, before that “we were moving on the right ...

Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Freakazoid, Nut Sandwich, Civil War, Racism

Glenn Beck Pines for the Days When Joe McCarthy Was King

Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:35 pm PDT

He’s the ideological heir of Joe McCarthy and his paranoid obsession with communists, so it’s not a surprise to find Glenn Beck trying to rehabilitate McCarthy with an entire show devoted to red-baiting. Video What you’re really seeing in this show is Beck’s admiration for a drunken liar who ruined many innocent ...

Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Freakazoid, Nut Sandwich, Joe McCarthy

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