Posted on 09/14/2008 10:41:43 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
My NewsBusters colleague Noel Sheppard, in the course of detailing how the New York Times devoted four items and over 6,000 words today to attacking Sarah Palin, cited Frank Rich's column and its malicious message. Rich's column is such a treasure trove for chroniclers of Palin Derangement Syndrome that I'd like to devote a bit more time to deconstructing it.
For sheer paranoid fantasy, it will be hard to outdo the scenario Rich sketches. In having mentioned Harry Truman in her convention speech, Rich sees nothing less than a "creepy" clue to what Palin has in mind. Truman, you see [roll the menacing music] . . . ascended to the presidency due to the death of the president whom he served as VP. Rich imagines a "Palin presidency" that is nothing less than a far-right, McCarthyite coup.
Annotated excerpts from Rich's The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket [emphasis added]:
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I guess libs just can’t get the “evil, scheming Republican” trope out of their demented skulls. What evil, nefarious things will Palin probably try to enact? You mean awful things like expecting people to work for a living and not have government do everything for them? Oh no, the horror of it all!(smirk)
If little Frankie wants to talk about McCarthyism, I suggest we start in Hollyweird where you can’t get a job without at least being a Socialist. Marxists and Communists usually do better. Conservative Americans don’t stand a chance unless they stay in the closet and keep their mouths shut.
Originally,Frank Rich was the New York Slimes theater critic.
He was so vile and deranged that the theater community demanded he be removed from that position.
NYSlimes in it’s wisdom moved him to commenting on real matters of state.
Figures doesn’t it!
Frank Rich: DRAMA QUEEN. The guy should go back to writing about Patti Lupone’s eyeshadow.
Truman was also responsible for giving the green light to the foundation of the nation of Israel:
You don't need to be apocalyptic, but it helps
Reviewed by Spengler
Jun 20, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HF20Ak02.html...The State of Israel exists, Brog recounts, because a Bible-believing provincial stumbled into the US presidency in 1945. As Brog quotes Harry Truman's adviser Clark Clifford, "He was a student and believer in the Bible since his youth. From his reading of the Old Testament he felt the Jews derived a legitimate historical right to Palestine." Truman overrode the unanimous opinion of his cabinet to cast America's vote behind the founding of the State of Israel in 1947...
Frank Rich is a lying piece of hate filled filth.
Don’t be so touchy! The “c” is next to the “x” on my keyboard! Probably just a typo.
Yes. Idiot "Jewish" leftists are blind to the amazing help Christians have provided my co-religionists.
Why would anyone want to pay any attention to that old queen Frank Rich, or his opinions?
He can’t even get a date on 42nd St. and 8th Av., while flashing a fistful of hundred dollar bills.
What makes you think Rich supports the existence of Israel? Most leftists don’t.
Oh, I agree with you. My point was that folks of Frank’s ilk are incapable of seeing good intentions/actions by self-identifying strong Christians.
The tried to Destroy President Bush and steal the Honor fro our troops. These things can’t be taken from them. Presiden’t Bush will be exonerated by his record and TRUTH. The troops have HONOR and DIGNITY and no insult, lies, and lack of congrats from DEMS can take it.
Rank Fish at it again.
He has no qualifications - being a former movie critic.
He has no shame either, wearing gigantic Presidential Kneepads that say “Yes we can!”
They didn't "allow us" to keep our guns.
The Supremes vote was a Washington kabuki dance that was meant to let us know that "they could take our guns away, if they wanted to".
They realize the consequences of a gun-grab - and it ain't pretty...
I think Rich suffers for regular P.M.S. as well, so Rich has a screaming case of double P.M.S. which explains a lot.
LOL!
I wonder if Frank is the old fish Obama was saying still smelled if you put in a new wrapper? Couldn't have been McCain since he's up dramatically since the Obama's comment.
I thought it was “Styx”? Or is that just the name of the band?
"a far-right, McCarthyite coup."YES!
"Mr Rich. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?"That would be sooooooo cool! And that was my favorite time as a child, watching the commies getting grilled at HUAC on our B&W TV with the Rabbit Ears. I didn't even mind they preempted the cartoons.
And then get that commie sob Danny Glover and put him in GITMO!
Yeah, that's so they can't interfere with step II, the invasion of Venezuela, to steal Hugo's oil.
*In having mentioned Harry Truman in her convention speech, Rich sees nothing less than a “creepy” clue to what Palin has in mind. Truman, you see [roll the menacing music] . . . ascended to the presidency due to the death of the president whom he served as VP. Rich imagines a “Palin presidency” that is nothing less than a far-right, McCarthyite coup.*
Oh noes, that means Palin is gonna nuke Japan and invade North Korea!1!!!!111!!1!11one!
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