Tea Parties and Conspiracy Theories

by T.L. James | 9:10 am, June 26, 2010

An interesting summary by Daniel Foster at NRO of a Matthew Continetti article in the Weekly Standard on Glenn Beck and the resurgence of Bircherism: This cuts right to the core of Continetti’s thesis in that piece —  that the as-yet amorphous Tea Party movement must lead with free-markets and small-government, not conspiracy theories and [...]

Clinton Machine Planning Tea Party Smear Jobs?

by T.L. James | 10:19 pm, February 17, 2010

BigGovernment.com is reporting that the Clintons are working with James Carville on a plan to smear and destroy the tea party movement ahead of the mid-term elections: Not only do Democrats face the possibility of losing their congressional majorities, massive losses in state house races could jeopardize redistricting next year and set back the progressive [...]

Denver’s KBDI PBS Affiliate Smiles on 9/11 Truth Movement, Shames Self

by T.L. James | 11:48 pm, June 6, 2009

Denver PBS affiliate KBDI is being hailed by left-wing media website Media Channel for this week being the first broadcast channel in the U.S. to air 9/11: Press for Truth, a documentary covering efforts by the Jersey Girls and others to uncover the Troof™ about the September 11 terrorist attacks: Following the attacks of September 11th, a [...]

Jane Hamsher: The Tea Parties Are “Financed By Fox News”

by T.L. James | 10:52 pm, April 12, 2009

Jane Hamsher of firedoglake.com single-handedly ups the attendance figures for the DC “New Way Forward” rally by several percentage points: The tea parties are just “phony populism.” I wonder now if she’s kicking herself for the inartful comment that the right is only angry because “they’re not the ones stealing right now”, seeing as how, logically, [...]

Yet More Lefty Hypocrisy

by randomridge | 8:28 am, February 18, 2009

I personally don’t condone the use of the swastika in such frivolous contexts as protest signs – it trivializes the symbol of a truly monstrous evil.  I’ve condemned this before, most recently in my photoessays of the pro-Hamas counterprotests last month. But that said, it’s hard not to laugh at the outrage from the nutroots [...]

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