The Projection Of Denial

Here we go again....



For starters, Markos didn't call anyone a Nazi. That was Beck blatantly mischaracterizing a clearly worded statement that is grounded in well documented fact.

One would think by now that people would be on to Beck as nothing more than a carnival barker, a guy who's sole point is to get you to buy the useless crap he's selling.

This is the primary problem with the Tea Baggers - they lack that ability to think for themselves. It often seems like I'm repeating myself with these posts, but it bares repeating that Beck's revisionist history and complete lack of intellectual honesty are not only going to be his downfall, but the downfall of Tea Baggers across the country.

David Neiwert at Crooks And Liars has chronicled Beck's use of eliminationist rhetoric for quite some time, so to hear Beck claim the contrary is patently false.

Considering the mindset of the typical Tea Bagger, they can take what Beck says and twist it into something more sinister. Some may claim that you can't get more sinister than Beck, but rest assured that it is possible.

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I know this has been reported before, but really, how many of these people are out of work? How many of these people get Social Security benefits? How many of these people utilize government assistance? And why, while groups like Code Pink and most of the anti-war movement are largely ignored and marginalized as freaks of the highest order, are the Tea Baggers given such credibility withing the media as to warrant non-stop coverage.

Sure, Olbermann rightly takes the piss out of them nightly, but for fuck sake, when are Americans going to wake up and realize that these people are no better than your average nut job on the street corner that pantomimes with guitar with no strings and sings about how the giant spaghetti monster is coming for us?

Sarah, Are You Still Thinking What I'm Thinking You're Thinking?

A poll was released today by Public Policy Polling, that shows that Obama would easily win a second term is Sarah Palin decided to run in 2012.

Obama leads Palin 55-35 in the hypothetical contest. He has an 89-7 advantage among Democrats. Among Republican he trails 66-17. Last year exit polls showed Obama
winning only 9% of the Republican vote, so it appears Palin would lose a lot more voters
within her party than McCain did.

Of course, we all know that polls are simply snapshots of a given groups mood at a specific place and time.

Palin wasn't exactly a shining example of a candidate when she was John McCain's running-mate, and she's got a lot of ground to make up if she is even considering a 2012 run.

Then again, Public Policy Polling just may be part of the "vast, left-wing conspiracy"