http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fearfuldems/ en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393973/posts Opinion Who's Watching Glenn Beck? Much like the Depression-era demagogue Father Charles Coughlin, the Fox News personality is promoting a mass movement. Should his bosses be pulling the plug? By Tim Rutten November 24, 2009 For nearly a century, the Anti-Defamation League has stared unflinchingly into the dark corners of America's social psyche -- the places where combustible tendencies such as hatred and paranoia pool and, sometimes, burst into flame. As a Jewish organization, the ADL's first preoccupation naturally was anti-Semitism, but in the last few decades it has extended its scrutiny to the whole range of bigoted malevolence --... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393973/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391802/posts Martha Stewart: "She's so confused. Anyone in like that in government is a real problem." CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391802/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391787/posts Martha Stewart on Friday said former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is "a dangerous person," and "anyone like that in government is a real problem." Speaking with HLN's "Showbiz Tonight" producer Jenny D'Attoma, Stewart also said Palin is "very boring" and "confused." Ironically, when asked if she has seen any of Palin's recent interviews, Stewart replied without recognizing the hypocrisy, "I wouldn't watch her if you paid me" (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391787/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:18:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391754/posts Martha Stewart Says Sarah Palin Is 'A Dangerous Person' By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-11-21 18:50 Martha Stewart on Friday said former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is "a dangerous person," and "anyone like that in government is a real problem." Speaking with HLN's "Showbiz Tonight" producer Jenny D'Attoma, Stewart also said Palin is "very boring" and "confused." Ironically, when asked if she has seen any of Palin's recent interviews, Stewart replied without recognizing the hypocrisy, "I wouldn't watch her if you paid me" (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Mediaite [1]): HLN 'SHOWBIZ TONIGHT' PRODUCER JENNY D'ATTOMA: Now, on... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391754/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391080/posts With Sarah Palin in the spotlight as she continues her nationwide media and book tour, the Democratic National Committee is suggesting to its supporters that the former GOP vice presidential candidate could pose a real threat to the Democratic agenda. In a fundraising e-mail sent out Friday, Organizing for America -- the community organizing component of the DNC founded in the wake of Barack Obama’s inauguration -- said it is aiming to raise $500,000 in the next week "to help push back against Sarah Palin and her allies." Communist Broadcasting System http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391080/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379590/posts With independent voters favoring GOP candidates in New Jersey and Virginia, many in Congress wonder whether they'll lose electoral support themselves if they stick with Obama on controversial issues. Reporting from Washington and Madison, Wis. Even before voters went to the polls this week, moderate congressional Democrats were anxious. Would the swing voters who coalesced around Barack Obama almost exactly one year ago stay with the Democrats or defect to the Republicans? The answer came Tuesday night as Republican gubernatorial candidates swept to power in New Jersey and Virginia, with the help of large packs of self-described independents. Exit polls... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379590/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:09:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2360606/posts The New York Times has an interesting update on the never-ending spat between the White House and The Fox News Channel (FNC). The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, said this weekend, ”We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.” Wow. Is there any wonder why Chris Wallace said, after being rebuffed during Obama’s news show extravaganzathon a few weeks ago, that Obama’s administration was ”the biggest bunch... chicksontheright http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2360606/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355027/posts For decades now, liberals have been agonizing because conservatives seem to win even when polls show that the public generally disagrees with them. In their postmortems, liberals have placed blame on the way they frame their message, or on the right-wing media drumbeat that drowns out everything else, or on the right's co-opting of the flag, Mom and apple pie, which is designed to make liberals seem like effete, hostile foreign agents. It's understandable that liberals prefer to think of their subordination as a matter of their own inadequacies or of conservative wiles. Theoretically, you can learn how to improve... The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355027/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:35:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351453/posts It's just what the primetime cable news lineup needed - another hour-long program tilted toward left-of-center politics with character assassination on conservatives. CNN Headline News debuted its "The Joy Behar Show" on Sept. 29, which included appearances by lefty comedian Jeanane Garofalo, CNN's Jack Cafferty and actress Bette Midler. Garofalo doubled down on her low regard for conservative 9/12 and tea party protesters, labeling them as racists. Cafferty went after President Barack Obama for his disregard of the carbon footprint his lobbying efforts in Copenhagen for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, actress-turned-Vegas entertainer Bette Midler went straight... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351453/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:55:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349402/posts Friday afternoon was supposed to be a big day for America’s Muslims. For months they planned to rally in Washington before their “big” day. They would meet on the lawn in front of the Capitol building. Naturally the media took dictation from the organizers and dutifully reported “It was estimated that the nation’s capital hosted some 50,000 Muslims for a traditional Friday prayer ritual.” “Our time has come.” Organizers billed it as a gathering of moderate Muslims coming together for a “Day of Islamic Unity” to “inspire a new generation of Muslims.” The said “our time has come.” So how... The Collins Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349402/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:20:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2345113/posts During my interview last night with 27-year CIA analyst Ray McGovern on the Mike Malloy Show (which I've been guest hosting all this week), the man who used to personally deliver the CIA's Presidential Daily Briefings to George Bush Sr., among other Presidents, offered an extraordinarily chilling thought --- particularly coming from someone with his background. Brad Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2345113/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343763/posts Fox Newsevangelist Glenn Beck might be the most prayed for man in America at the moment -- which could be good news for all of us. A few weeks ago, Beck urged his conservative Christian followers to pray for his protection. "There is (billionaire George) Soros money now being funneled to stop me. The biggest names, the most powerful people on the planet on the left -- I've told you before, they're not going to go away easy . . . Please, keep me in your prayers, keep my staff in your prayers, for safety, for wisdom, please." Meanwhile, over... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343763/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:12:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2343683/posts The strategy of a full court media press is obvious. You dominate the media cycle for at least a day and likely more than that. So, President Obama will take to the airways and appear on every network including Univision. That means that Sunday will be all Obama all the time on all news networks, radio, and newspapers. It will be a day when his appearances will be analyzed and hyperanalyzed. In fact, the analysis has already started just with release of snippets of the interviews. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2343683/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:55:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343506/posts Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?" is the title of a July 2009 U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report by Congressman Darrell Issa. The report draws some shocking conclusions: "The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has repeatedly and deliberately engaged in systemic fraud. Both structurally and operationally, ACORN hides behind a paper wall of nonprofit corporate protections to conceal a criminal conspiracy on the part of its directors..." It is a shocking statement to absorb: "to conceal a criminal conspiracy." Yet you won't see this on your TV unless you happen to be... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343506/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2325955/posts Looks like I'm not the only one who wonders why tort reform isn't at least part of the Teddy's Dead Health Care bill. First, enjoy the hypocritical Democrat congressturd asking his constituent for ID before he'll answer the question. When the question is finally asked, Rep. Braindead punts to Howard Dean. Dean is, of course, Crazy Joe Biden Lite. The brain farts come at a pace that make it seem as if his synapses were packed with garlic. As is the case with Biden, when he speaks about his own party the powers that be get ulcers because the mouth... Stephen Kruiser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2325955/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:31:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2313493/posts New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg has repeatedly proven that he hates the U.S. Constitution and that he feels that he a right to harass any citizen he pleases -- even ones that have broken no laws. But now he has also shown his lack of manhood because it has been revealed that Bloomberg is afraid of a 200-year-old style of rifle called a flintlock, the style that helped the founders defeat Mad King George in the Revolutionary War. The ancient shooter has Bloomie hiding under his sheets at night. Mad King Bloomie has initiated a harassment campaign against Michael... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2313493/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:17:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313506/posts Is it the echo effect of the Internet or are there more paranoid, delusional Americans than there used to be? Certainly, the USA is not the only country with an abundant crop of crackpots and conspiracy theorists. Just look at the Arab world where vast numbers of people are convinced the 9/11 attacks were perpetrated by Zionists and the CIA and not a few are also certain the Holocaust is a hoax. And it is not a phenomenon limited by race or ideology. Two cases in point: 1) The many African Americans who believe crack cocaine and AIDS were whipped... Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313506/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311169/posts Dems Fear Town Hall Meetings by Allen West 08/07/2009 We are witnessing something really disturbing in America. Our Congressional members -- coming home to enjoy their taxpayer funded recess -- are facing angry constituents at town meetings. These people -- most of whom are voicing concerns we all feel about the economy and what the Democrats are doing to it -- want the congress to rein itself in. But instead of listening and understanding the constituents’ concerns, some congressmen and the Obama White House are condemning the voters and saying that they’re just shills for Republican groups. On Wednesday Congressman... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311169/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 05:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308413/posts Naturally those who enjoyed (and created) all the “art” and pop culture used to demonize and dehumanize George W. Bush (whoops!) are now crying “racism” with the turning of the tables. They’re worried, and this hollow cry is all they got because who knows better the power of this kind of imagery than those who have been using it for decades to further their goals of enslaving entire populations under the cruel yoke of Big Government. Yesterday, when the “L.A. Weekly” went all crybaby over the Obama-Joker poster, they must have known that they themselves had published a cover portraying... big hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308413/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 02:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304723/posts The unique persona and biography of Barack Obama generated excitement in the 2008 presidential contest. It also provoked bigotry and fear – that were manifested in ways large and small. That frightening scene where an older and disoriented woman told John McCain that she could not support Mr Obama because, in her words, “he’s an Arab”; the buttons “For McCain, Against Hussein”; and signs carried by Sarah Palin supporters using her name as an acronym for “Sane Americans ‘R’ Against Hussein”; and the lawsuit challenging Mr Obama’s right to run for president, arguing he was not a native-born American. The... The National (Abu Dhabi) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304723/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295393/posts Recently, the New York Times has provided major space in its liberal newspaper attempting to form the image of Sarah Palin as insignificant. If it is correct in that observation, then why should the New York Times and other major liberal newspapers and media outlets provide space to slam Palin on many different issues? One of the most used attacks is that she has little experience in government leadership. Well, look at our current president and the experience he had in the executive area of government – none. Did you hear anything about his total inexperience and on-the-job training? No.... The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295393/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294461/posts Damn Right, Jackie! Jackie Mason--The Ultimate Jew http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294461/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:39:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270179/posts It might be a little early to state unequivocally, but I’m tentatively going to say that yesterday, the worm turned. The last couple of weeks has been very revealing. The political and media class are in a lather and the people at home are watching. What are they seeing? Crazy people killing. While those of us blogging and the media types are ferreting who is doing the killing and why, the people who have lives are just noting that a lot of crazies are killing. They’re also noticing that normal groups of people are being tagged and blamed for what... http://www.melissaclouthier.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270179/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:55:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249639/posts Democrats: CIA is out to get us By: Manu Raju May 12, 2009 06:28 PM EST Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself. “I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] that people are going to try to shift some of the responsibility to others — that’s what I think,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and was briefed on interrogation techniques five times between 2006 and 2007. Illinois Sen.... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249639/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 23:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237623/posts With a socialist and would-be totalitarian in the White House and a Democrat majority in Congress, the forces of popular culture are marshaling, eager to accomplish several long-term socio-political goals that now appear to be within their reach. Among these goals are the restriction and elimination of technology that makes it easier for those Americans who dissent to do so. This includes the silencing of "right-wing talk radio" by infringing on free speech through the establishment of the euphemistically named "fairness doctrine," not to mention various schemes to restrict, monitor, or otherwise control the Internet (up to and including shutting... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237623/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:39:17 GMT