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Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want to Be

Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:48 am PST

Amazing. Oh, don’t get me wrong; it’s not amazing that people like Tom Delay think like this. It’s amazing that he actually said it in public: Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be. “You know,” Delay said, “there is an argument to be made that these ...

Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Fear, Cynicism, Tom Delay

Confidential RNC Document Outlines Strategy of Fear Mongering

Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:12 pm PST

Good. Grief. Exclusive: RNC document mocks donors, plays on ‘fear’. The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear” of President Barack Obama and a promise to “save the country from trending toward socialism.” The strategy was detailed in ...

Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Fear, Cynicism

Birther Queen Bee Rushes to McCain Opponent's Defense

Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:10 am PST

The craziest Birther of them all, Orly Taitz, has posted an attack on John McCain at her blog, raging about McCain’s advertisement playing the Birther card against J. D. Hayworth. Taitz called the ad — which she misspelled as “add” throughout the post — “despicable” and “appalling.” She went on to ...

birthers, Nirthers, GOP, Republican Party, Arizona, John McCain, J. D. Hayworth, Conspiracy Theories

Video: McCain Plays Birther Card

Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:35 pm PST

John McCain is playing the Birther card against his opponent J. D. Hayworth, comparing Hayworth to Orly Taitz and Philip Berg. A comparison that is richly deserved. Gotta love this. [Video] (Hat tip: Thanos.)

John McCain, Arizona, Tea Parties, J. D. Hayworth, birthers, Conspiracy Theories, Right Wing, Republican Party

Mark Levin Withdrew from CPAC Because of the Birchers

Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:46 am PST

I have big disagreements with Mark Levin about all kinds of stuff, but I’ll at least give him props for being one of the few conservative pundits to take a stand against the John Birch Society. I was invited to be the opening speaker at Saturday’s CPAC session. I ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Ron Paul, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin

Huckabee Rips CPAC

Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:18 am PST

Theocrat Mike Huckabee has blasted the CPAC conference, because of the domination by Ron Paul libertarians. This is where the tea party coalition begins to fall apart, because religious right conservatives like Huckabee are diametrically opposed to the laissez faire libertarian social philosophy. People like the Huckster are very much ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, libertarianism

Neo-Nazi Sites Love Ron Paul

Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:47 pm PST

The neo-Nazi sites are all lathered up about Ron Paul winning the CPAC straw poll. And they’re not happy about LGF’s take on it. Not at all. Posted by one of the troglodytes at Stormfront today: Polymath Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,966 Re: Ron Paul Wins ...

Neo-Nazis, Stormfront, White supremacism, White Nationalism, Poll, Ron Paul, Republican Party, Right Wing, CPAC

Live CPAC Video: The Glenn Beck Denouement

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:57 pm PST

And now, the Glenn Beck experience, live from “CPAC 2010, the John Birch Society Edition.” Is there any one man who more symbolizes the current state of the modern right wing than Fox News’s very own raving freakazoid nut sandwich? [CPAC live video feed discontinued…]

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Glenn Beck, Live Video

CPAC Straw Poll Winner: Ron Paul

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:49 pm PST

Dave Weigel tweets from CPAC: Paul creams Romney in poll, 31 percent to 22 percent. So Ron Paul’s anti-war isolationist paleolibertarian ideology wins another poll! There’s never been a poll Ron Paul couldn’t win, unless you count a presidential primary race.

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Ron Paul, Poll

Mitt Romney's Dad in 1967: 'The GOP's Future Depends on Repudiating the John Birch Society'

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:19 pm PST

Mitt Romney gave one of the first major speeches at CPAC 2010 (the event co-sponsored by the John Birch Society and the Oath Keepers militia group), on Thursday afternoon, opening day. A commenter at The Lizard Annex points out that George W. Romney was unequivocal and very direct in his ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Mitt Romney, George Romney

Live CPAC Video: Climate Denial All-Star Panel

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:32 pm PST

An all-star panel of former tobacco industry shills and current energy industry shills, now beginning at “CPAC 2010, The John Birch Edition:” [Video moved to newer thread…] Saving Freedom from the Hoax of Global Warming Marriott Ballroom Chris Horner, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Global Warming, Climate Change, Denial

Politicians Who Suck for Speaking at a Bircher Sponsored Convention

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:27 am PST

Noblesse Oblige has a list of Politicians Who Suck for Signing up to Speak at a Bircher Sponsored Convention. Here’s the list from CPAC, where the John Birch Society and Oathkeepers are Cosponsors. All of the people below are listed as confirmed speakers at the CPAC website. I’m ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society

Birthers on Stage at CPAC

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:47 am PST

Happening right now at CPAC: Saving Freedom and Due Process from Oppressive Justice Department Maryland Ballroom Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (VA) Scott Bullock, Institute for Justice Gary Kreep, United States Justice Foundation Moderator: Andrew Langer, Institute for Liberty Gary Kreep is a religious fanatic who produced a Birther ...

birthers, John Birch Society, Religious Right, social conservatism, Republican Party, Right Wing, CPAC, Ron Paul, kooks

Live CPAC Video: The Coulter Show

Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:04 am PST

It’s Ann Coulter time at CPAC 2010, the John Birch Society Edition. [Video moved to newer thread…]

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Ann Coulter

Live CPAC Video: The Reagan Banquet, with John Birch Society Updates

Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:18 pm PST

A George W. Bush impersonator is doing some labored political schtick as I post this… [Video moved to newer thread…] ABC News blog The Note takes note of the John Birch Society at CPAC: Far-Right John Birch Society 2010. ABC’s Jonathan Karl reports: This week’s Conservative Political Action Conference ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society

And Now, Your CPAC Homophobia Moment

Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:00 pm PST

Ryan Sorba of California Young Americans for Freedom, who participated in the San Bernardino ACORN investigation, condemns CPAC for allowing gay Republican group GOProud to attend, then gets into a screaming match with part of the audience, yelling, “The lesbians at Smith College protest better than you do.” [Video] This ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, Homophobia

Live CPAC Video: Triumph of the Paulians

Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:23 pm PST

And now … Ron Paul! (Keynote speaker at the John Birch Society’s 50th anniversary celebration, now sharing CPAC with the Birchers. Living the dream.) [Video moved to newer post…]

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Ron Paul

Live Video: CPAC 2010, the Michele Bachmann Experience

Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:06 am PST

Now speaking at CPAC (sharing the event with the vile John Birch Society without protest), one of the craziest of the tea party social conservatives, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Mars). [Video moved to newer thread…] (Note: the Ustream video code seems to give Internet Explorer fits. You’ll have better luck in ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Live Video, Michele Bachmann

Former CPAC Chairman Denounces CPAC and the Right Wing

Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:02 am PST

Wow. Mickey Edwards, who chaired CPAC for five years and served in Congress for 16 years, has a powerful piece at The Atlantic explaining Why I’m Not at CPAC. The short version: because the modern right wing has been taken over by kooks. No, I’m not going to ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society

SC Republican Wants to Ban Money

Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:21 pm PST

South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts wants to ban money. South Carolina will no longer recognize U.S. currency as legal tender, if State Rep. Mike Pitts has his way. Pitts, a fourth-term Republican from Laurens, introduced legislation earlier this month that would ban what he calls “the unconstitutional substitution ...

South Carolina, GOP, Republican Party, social conservatism, Gold Standard, Money

Live Video: CPAC 2010

Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:55 am PST

Here’s the live video feed from CPAC 2010; Dick Cheney just took the stage to wild applause and blaring generic hard rock music. [Live feed offline…] Every politician who appears at this event is being tarred by participating in a conference co-sponsored by the John Birch Society — and note ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Live Video

Avlon: The Return of the Fright Wing

Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:07 am PST

John Avlon has a piece at The Daily Beast on the appalling rise in conservative circles of the once marginalized John Birch Society, and their co-sponsorship of CPAC: Return of the Fright Wing. When the John Birch Society announced that it would be co-sponsoring CPAC, its press release declared ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right, John Birch Society, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness

CPAC Pre-Game Thread

Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:09 pm PST

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) starts tomorrow, featuring the John Birch Society as a co-sponsor; here’s the schedule for the first day: CPAC 2010 : Thursday, February 18, 2010. Speakers this year include: Hon. Dick Armey Hon. John Ashcroft Rep. Michele Bachmann Glenn Beck [The keynote speaker. --ed.] ...

CPAC, Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Religious Right

The Mount Vernon Statement

Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:33 am PST

Today’s manifesto for the new conservatism: The Mount Vernon Statement, signed by a who’s who of right and far right figures. Including Richard Viguerie. Right Wing Watch points out that just a couple of days ago, Viguerie told the Washington Times: “This is embarrassing,” activist and longtime direct-mail advertiser ...

Right Wing, Republican Party, social conservatism, Mount Vernon, Religious Right

McCain Primary Opponent Hayworth: a Birther with a Twist

Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:45 am PST

John McCain’s Republican opponent for his Arizona Senate seat, former right wing talk radio host J. D. Hayworth, has a new twist on the Birther theme — he says he’s concerned about President Obama’s citizenship because it’s an issue of possible identity theft. [Video] In 2006, J. D. Hayworth made ...

John McCain, Arizona, Tea Parties, J. D. Hayworth, birthers, Conspiracy Theories, Right Wing, Republican Party

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