The Ugliest Americans

The ugliest of Americans emerge as pus from the cankerous rhetoric of the Republican right-wing. No sense of decorum. No reason or balance. Just oozing, vile, reactionary sheep who are in lockstep with the tones issued from the bully pulpits of Limbaugh, Beck, Bachmann, or the festering extremism masquerading as a political movement they call the Tea Party Movement. How can you have over 70% of it's members self-identify as Republicans and not view it as another branch of the right-wing that is framing not only the public debate in front of the cameras but steering the Republican party toward further fringe conservatism?

"We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat....I’ve been on a soapbox for months now about the harm that our overheated talk is doing to us. Yes it mobilizes supporters – but by mobilizing them with hysterical accusations and pseudo-information, overheated talk has made it impossible for representatives to represent and elected leaders to lead." - David Frum, former speechwriter for Pres. Bush and prominent conservative

 

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