Posted on 06/20/2011 12:25:35 PM PDT by kevinaw2
As I normally do on a daily basis I visited the Drudge Report. On the left hand column there are three links regarding Texas Governor Rick Perry.
The first link is this: National Journal: Perry Road Tests Stump Speech
The second link is this: NBC NEWS:Perry: Stand Up and Stop Apolgizing
The third link? Infowars.com.: Bilderberg Approved Perry Set To Become GOP Frontrunner
This is apparently not the first time Drudge has linked to that charlatan Alex Jones, but this piece is absolutely ridiculous. Drudge loses credibility by linking such crap on his site.
First there's the title. Rick Perry if he gets in will be formidable,but does anyone really think he becomes the automatic front runner? He's well known with conservatives and in Texas, but relatively unknown to most Americans. Most polls that include Perry have him in single digits.
The lead paragraph:
"Every indication suggests that Bilderberg-approved Texas Governor Rick Perry is set to become the front runner in the Republican race to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency, illustrating once again how a shady, secretive and undemocratic global elite holds the reigns of true power while Americans are distracted by the delusional notion that they have a genuine choice in 2012."Isn't it great to know that the world's most trafficked website (?) is perpetuating Alex Jones's absurdities that our Republic is a sham?
There's more:
"Texas Governor Perry, a protégé of Karl Rove, is very good at acting like a down-home populist, but that’s all it is – an act. Perry is George W. Bush 2.0."I may not be an expert on Texas politics but I have a clear impression that the Perry's and the Bush's don't care for each other. Have we ever heard Karl Rove's name mentioned in connection with Perry's tenure as Lt. Governor and now Governor? In point of fact, Karl Rove actively supported Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in her primary effort to defeat Rick Perry's bid for a third term just last year. Perry crushed her and Rove and his Bush supporters went down to ignominious defeat at the hands of Perry in the GOP primary. I'm quite certain G.W., Rove and Senator Hutchison (who's retiring) would not categorize Perry as Bush 2.0. The rest of the article goes on with Jones's usual conspiracy nonsense even suggesting that Perry's participation in an Istanbul conference violated the "Logan Act". Oh and of course the conspiracy to nominate Rick Perry is to stop Ron Paul's momentum.
Matt Drudge does yeoman's work sifting through items for our perusal, but someone needs to call him on this crap. It's embarrassing to intelligent and thoughtful discourse.What a waste.
Alex Jones is an excellent resource. He covers things other miss. Yes, he seems kooky at times, but I always consider his opinion worth hearing. I tend to agree with him 75% of the time.
I tried to find the article but couldn’t get past the woman who got third degree burns from her overheating bikini.
From my shallow and short understanding of Jones, I would say he is correct about 50% of the time - mostly obvious stuff - but he then dives off the deep deep end with the other 50% or so with pure BS or by trying to connect dots that simply do not connect. The correct 50% sucks some people in IMO and they tend to give credence to the other 50%. Dangerous recipe.
Drudge seems to be on an anti-globalist kick lately. I kinda like it.
Anyone dumb enough to consider Alex Jones a worthwhile source of news is beyond all hope. The common refrain “I agree with him 50% of the time” is more accurately translated “I’ll continue wasting my time on a news source that I admit lies at least half of the time”. Sad.
“Alex Jones is no more or less kooky than anyone at “All Things Considered” at NPR”
Exactly. If he loses credibility for this then he loses credibility for some liberal sites he links to.
Don’t like Alex? No problem. But let’s modify the standard first.
Everything is on Drudge. If Jones can’t be on there (and NO IM NOT A FAN)then neither should links to most liberal lying scum publications.
Illustrating that Jones is indeed the imbecile I knew he was.
WTF is Alex Jones?
Every once in a while I come across him on XM. He will talk about a point for hours. And he says nothing.
Its not that I don’t believe him, or disagree with him. Really, he says nothing.
I dont know how he stays in business.
I do not question Drudge’s right to link the site nor Alex Jones’s right to free speech. I would never inhibit nor sanction any such activity, however it is a question of credibilty when sources are as dubious as Alex Jones. Free Speech always.
And he is a lot less kooky than 95% of Congress, 100% of the administration and the all of the FBI.
ALex Jones did a number on another group in 2010. He upstaged their protest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzDxBMdHdOs
This second video is more video mixed with his radio commentary on the event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yutc26Sgy0Y
Catherine Bleish of the group who confronted Jones at the rally above on CNN.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaJ3pFnglr0
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