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Prodded by Glenn Beck, far right candidate Doug Hoffman has ‘unconceded’ in New York 23. After some tabulating errors were discovered, Owens’ lead over Hoffman shrunk to 3,026 votes. But there are as many as 10,000 oustanding absentee and paper ballots that only today will begin to be counted. ...
GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens, Glenn Beck
The Anti-Defamation League has released a detailed report on the increasing anger and hostility among the right wing, singling out many of the same personalities and issues on which LGF has been focusing recently. This is the index page with summaries of the main points: Rage Grows in America: Anti-Government ...
Right Wing, Barack Obama, Bad Craziness, Far Right, Conspiracy Theories, paranoia, Extremism, Glenn Beck, ADL
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Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fox News, Insanity, Communism, South Park, Satire, Video
Jon Stewart totally devours the scenery in a dead-on parody of the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour. [Video]
Politico has a piece on the rise of what they’re calling “conservatives,” but what I would call the “far right” — the surging tea party-spawned candidates who are going to make life miserable for the Republican Party (not that they don’t deserve it), and guarantee the reelection of Barack Obama ...
GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Glenn Beck
It’s official: Republican Dede Scozzofava has endorsed Democrat Bill Owens in the NY-23 special election. Doug Hoffman’s camp is calling her a traitor, but they were doing that already. Those in the camp of the Conservative candidate Douglas L. Hoffman called Ms. Scozzafava a turncoat. “This afternoon Dede Scozzafava ...
GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Glenn Beck
What exactly does Doug Hoffman stand for? And who is he standing with? Would you believe … Glenn Beck? At the endorsements page of Doug Hoffman For Congress, we find a link to the “Gold List” at 912candidates.org, consisting of politicians who have “pledged their sacred honor” to uphold the ...
GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Glenn Beck
The chairman of the House Republican Conference, Mike Pence, speaks out in favor of the race-baiting of Rush Limbaugh and the black helicopter bad craziness of Glenn Beck: Mike Pence: Limbaugh, Beck speak for many Americans. A picture of a political party gone completely off the rails. The GOP is ...
Rush Limbaugh, Racism, race baiting, Glenn Beck, Bad Craziness, Conspiracy Theories, John Birch Society
Following up on Glenn Beck’s latest attempt to warn the country, or to put it another way, Glenn Beck’s latest bugeyed freakout, here’s a little reminder that this diabolical commie plot to encourage volunteerism didn’t start with Barack Obama. Oh no, my friends! For the origin of this truly monstrous ...
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fox News, Insanity, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Communism
Rush Limbaugh mocks children who’ve died from the H1N1 virus. [Video] Glenn Beck mocks the idea of volunteering to help your community: [Video] And at the official Facebook page of the Republican National Committee, “Ryan” mocks black people who voted for Barack Obama: Gas station humor. | Facebook Ryan ...
Hate Speech, Facebook, Republicans, RNC, Glenn Beck, Ugliness, Rush Limbaugh, Fail
On July 23 of this year, one of our threads was titled Disgusting Racist of the Day, and featured this ugly racist image circulated on a tea party mailing list by “activist” Dr. David McKalip. Well, look who turned up as a “medical expert” on Glenn Beck’s Friday show ...
As Glenn Beck does his best impression of Joseph McCarthy and tries to get White House Communications Director Anita Dunn hounded out of office for quoting Mao Zedong in a speech at St. Andrews Episcopal School, all I can say is, “Uh oh.” [Video] (Hat tip: Dave Weigel.) UPDATE at ...
Nontroversy, Chairman Mao, John McCain, Glenn Beck, Anita Dunn
Glenn Beck waxes nostalgic for those long-lost days of yesteryear, when people sat around listening to cheesy Paul Anka songs and watching Coke commercials, and breaks down weeping. [Video] The hero of the right wing: a guy who breaks down in tears when he hears a Paul Anka song.
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fox News, Insanity, Paul Anka
Yes, he really did. In Beck’s latest insane rant, Obama’s Communications Director Anita Dunn plays Hitler, and other news organizations play the bystanders who let the Nazis get away with genocide. [Video]
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fox News, Hitler, Godwin's Law, Insanity
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Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Fox News, Stephen Colbert, Humor, Video
Peter Sinclair’s new video is a scathing exposé of the right wing’s deliberate distortion of a statement by climate modeler Mojib Latif — led by Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and George Will. [Video]
Climate Change, Global Warming, Mojib Latif, Peter Sinclair, Video, Glenn Beck
Paranoia strikes deep into Glenn Beck’s heart, in an interview with the far right loons of Newsmax (who recently published an article advocating a military coup in the US): Glenn Beck: ‘God Help us all’. “I truly fear the groundwork — this is so far beyond Obama,” Beck says. ...
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Fox News, Newsmax
Left wing group Color of Change has announced that 19 more major companies have pulled their advertisements from the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour. OAKLAND, Calif.—ColorOfChange.org has confirmed that 19 new companies whose ads aired recently during Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck program have asked Fox to stop their ads ...
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fox News, Boycott, Advertising
On the verge of weeping, Glenn Beck launches into one of his most bizarre rants yet, blaming godless atheists for everything wrong in America. And I do mean everything. [Video] UPDATE at 10/1/09 10:44:06 am: Beck claims that “In God We Trust” has been removed from US coins, but of ...
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Atheism, Fanaticism
Here’s the traditional midday open thread, with extra-special Glenn Beck video. The hero of the right wing, at his very best. [Video]
Since Glenn Beck just launched an attack on me on his comedy show (right after a Ron Paul-like isolationist rant about bringing all US troops home now), here’s the text of the post I put up last night: Glenn Beck: Frog Killer. This might have been another Glenn Beck ...
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Racism, Fox News, Weasel
One of the statements that has gotten Glenn Beck in trouble was his rant against President Obama on Fox News’ Fox and Friends, in which he said Obama is “a racist” with a “deep-seated hatred for white culture.” In her interview with Beck, Katie Couric read a question from a ...
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Racism, Fox News, Barack Obama, Weasel
This might have been another Glenn Beck stunt, designed to deliberately provoke outrage. He might come on his show tomorrow and say, “Hah! Fooled all you liberal commies! Had you going!” Or he might not. How sad is it that we even have to ask the question? But even if ...
Commentary’s Peter Wehner agrees with me: Glenn Beck: Harmful to the Conservative Movement. Also see: About Glenn Beck’s Extremist Rhetoric About Glenn Beck’s Extremist Rhetoric, Part 2 And possibly the craziest show ever to air on Fox News: Glenn Beck Does the Rockefeller Boogie For even more evidence of how ...
Glenn Beck, End Times, kooks, Fox News, Cleon Skousen, John Birch Society, Racism, Extremism
TIME Magazine’s David Von Drehle asks: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America? I don’t know why anyone would think a far right populist demagogue who rants and weeps in front of millions of people and spreads conspiracy theories straight out of the canon of the John Birch Society would be ...
Glenn Beck, End Times, kooks, Fox News, Cleon Skousen, John Birch Society, Racism