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ACORN Sting Operatives Pose with White Supremacist

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:24 am PST

White supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain continues to be welcomed in Republican circles; here he is posing at the American Spectator dinner with the two videographers who filmed the ACORN sting tapes: An O’Keefe/Giles Victory Lap. Also see: Sarah Palin’s Book Ghostwritten by Associate of White Supremacist McCain Robert ...

Robert Stacy McCain, White supremacism, Racism, Neo-Nazis, Right Wing, Hate Speech, Neo-Confederate

Hoffman: 'ACORN Stole the Election!'

Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:31 am PST

Far right New York congressional candidate Doug Hoffman has posted a wacky, paranoid “unconcession” letter at his website; he accuses ACORN and “the unions” of “tampering with democracy,” and the file name of the web page is “stolenelection.html.” Wow. Stop Another Stolen Election! (Hat tip: Dave Weigel, who points out ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens

Hoffman and Beck Storming the Castle

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:06 pm PST

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

ADL Special Report: A Year of Growing Animosity

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:06 am PST

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

NCSE Breaks Out the Funny

Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm PST

Here’s some not entirely unsuccessful science humor from the National Center for Science Education, taking down creationist Ray Comfort and his ridiculous “special” version of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” [Video]

Evolution, Creationism, Ray Comfort, charles darwin, Bananas, Right Wing, Anti-Science, Eugenie Scott, NCSE

Nontroversy of the Weekend

Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:50 am PST

On his first visit to Japan, one of America’s most valued allies, President Obama greets Emperor Akihito with a traditional bow and the right wing blogosphere completely loses it. Some of this stuff is blatantly racist too. A commenter at Hot Air gives his perspective: Someone needs to give ...

Barack Obama, Bowgate, Japan, Emperor, Nontroversy, silliness, Right Wing, Racism

Friedersdorf's Letter to Goldberg

Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:44 pm PST

A very interesting open letter from Conor Friedersdorf to Jonah Goldberg. I’m writing this letter as a fan – I’ve tremendous respect for the pioneering work you did at National Review Online, your attempts to inject humor into political writing, and the enjoyable debates you’ve done with Peter Beinart. ...

GOP, Republican Party, Right Wing, Politics

Video: Republicans Gone Wild

Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:41 am PST

I watched this earlier and was going to export from EyeTV and upload it to YouTube, but Think Progress beat me to it so I’ll use their video. It’s not one of the GOP’s finest moments (to put it mildly), as House Republicans shout, scream, and make repetitive objections over ...

GOP, Republican Party, Right Wing, Video, Health Care

Elie Wiesel on Tea Partier Signs: 'Indecent and Disgusting'

Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:47 am PST

Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel condemned signs containing Holocaust imagery and antisemitic conspiracy theories, at Michele Bachmann’s “tea party” event last Thursday. One sign at the rally contained images of dead Holocaust victims at the Dachau concentration camp under the banner “National Socialist Health Care.” Another sign said ...

Michele Bachmann, Loopy, Extremism, Right Wing, Health Care, Abortion, Elie Wiesel, Tea Party

Video: Pastor Broden's Benediction

Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:36 am PST

Pastor Stephen Broden from Dallas Texas gives the benediction at Michele Bachmann’s “house call” protest against the health care reform bill, and immediately launches a political diatribe about “death panels!” and “death care!” and tyranny and socialism and anti-Christ abortion and violation of all the laws of God and ...

Michele Bachmann, Loopy, Extremism, Right Wing, Health Care, Abortion, Sex Clinics, Pastor Broden, Death Panel

Party with Bachmann in DC

Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:34 am PST

C-SPAN 3 is covering the Michele Bachmann anti-health care tea party swarm right now; as I write, Jon Voight is speaking on the steps of the Capitol. I’d estimate the crowd at between 7.3 and 8.2 million people. At least. UPDATE at 11/5/09 10:03:39 am: The word of the day ...

Michele Bachmann, Loopy, Extremism, Right Wing, Health Care, Abortion, Sex Clinics

'When the Captain's Crazy, It's Time for a New Ship'

Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm PST

Michele Bachmann’s (R-Mars) chief of staff is bailing out, and declines to say why. The aide who helped turn Rep. Michele Bachmann into a controversial mainstay of cable news has informed colleagues that she’s quitting — just as the firebrand Republican congresswoman prepares for her biggest media moment yet. ...

Michele Bachmann, Loopy, Extremism, Right Wing, Health Care, Abortion, Sex Clinics

Video: Steele on NY-23

Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:25 am PST

Here’s video of RNC chairman Michael Steele’s statement this morning, with some pointed comments aimed at Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and RedState blogger Erick Erickson’s claim that the NY-23 loss was a “victory:” Steele Throws Elbow to Palin, Pawlenty on NY-23. [Video]

GOP, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens, Video

Hoffman Vows to Continue Storming the Castle

Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:34 am PST

Meet the next hero of the tea party movement: In NY-23, Hoffman Vows to ‘Continue This Fight’. “I can guarantee you the political world hasn’t seen the last of me,” the Conservative Party candidate told Washington Wire today, after losing the closely watched special House election in upstate New ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens

Conservatives Furiously Spinning

Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:29 am PST

Over at RedState, the all-spin zone, CEO Erick Erickson is trying his best to take the NY-23 loss, dress it up in a cheap suit, and call it a “victory:” In NY-23, Conservatives Win. Erickson’s “point,” if it can be called that, is that the far right “sent a message,” ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens

Hoffman Defeated in NY-23

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:52 pm PST

Unless some of the late precincts are packing a big surprise, it looks like Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has been defeated by Democrat Bill Owens in New York’s 23rd congressional district election… UPDATE at 11/3/09 9:18:47 pm: Yep — Hoffman has conceded to Owens. So there’s the first Democrat ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens

Stuck in the Middle of the Political Goo

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm PST

Hot Air may have put me in their “Left Channels,” but Think Progress still categorizes me as a “conservative” blogger: Think Progress » Doug Hoffman Praises Glenn Beck As His ‘Mentor’. Conservative blogger Charles Johnson of the site Little Green Footballs reported yesterday that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Left Wing

Hoffman Accuses Dems of 'Stealing the Election'

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:36 pm PST

Dave Weigel reports that the Doug Hoffman campaign is accusing the Owens camp of bringing in the dreaded ACORN and stealing the election. PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – At a short press availability in his campaign office here, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said that a GOTV volunteer’s tires had ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Bill Owens

Police Called to NY-23 Polling Places

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:37 am PST

The New York Daily News is reporting disturbances at some polling stations, apparently from anti-abortion “activists” who support Doug Hoffman: Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites. I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, Abortion

Far Right Activists on the Rise

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:40 am PST

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

Gingrich Angry at Scozzafava

Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:42 am PST

Newt Gingrich is reportedly angry with Dede Scozzafava for endorsing her former opponent, Democrat Bill Owens. Scozzafava’s decision infuriated Republicans who had stuck with her, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He told the AP that he was disappointed and “deeply upset.” “How could she have accepted all that ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party, newt gingrich

Scozzofava Officially Backs Owens

Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:42 pm PST

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

Doug Hoffman: The Glenn Beck Candidate

Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:02 am PST

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

Scozzofava Endorsing Former Opponent?

Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:47 am PST

The Watertown Daily Times, in New York’s 23rd congressional district, switches their endorsement from Republican Dede Scozzofava to Democrat Bill Owens — and they report that Scozzofava is doing the same. During the day Saturday, she began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party

Malkin: Scozzofava a 'Radical Leftist'

Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:26 am PDT

Michelle Malkin links to neo-Confederate blogger Robert Stacy McCain and labels moderate Republican Dede Scozzofava a “radical leftist.’ If you differ from the red meat social conservative base on two primary issues — abortion and gay marriage — that’ll get you thrown out on your ear and labeled a radical ...

GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Right Wing, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party

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