They Don't Want to Think
I was just struck with how something a friend told me several months ago rings completely, absolutely, true.
John told me that supporters of the right-wing conservatives listen to Rush, Hannity, Fox News, and the like simply because the massive complexity of today's issues need distillation. The right-wing media pundits and scaremongers provide that distillation and the flavoring for today's red staters.
And let's face it - Rush's audience isn't exactly culturally diverse. Bobby Jindal and Alan Keyes are about as diverse as the right wing gets.
This idea ties back into why Eason Jordan can be pilloried by right-wingers into unemployment for something he said off the record and recanted immediately, while a closeted prostitute was given a daily White House press pass for nearly two years, called upon by the president and his press secreatary, and...well, not much attention has been paid to this turn of events, actually.
No one seems to give a shit that a prostitute has been carrying water for and throwing lifelines out to the administration every day for almost two years. You know - the administration that wants everyone to believe that gays can be "fixed" and that allowing gays to marry would be the end of the Republic as we know it.
So, here's where things stand. Right wing pundits consist of and are defended by:
-A drug abuser who has suggested drug abusers be put to death, and who has subsequently pulled every legal trick in the book to keep his medical records from being used in the criminal trial against him.
-A prostitute who has been given a press pass to the White House daily briefing for nearly every day over the past two years, despite the fact that he works for a GOP-funded "news" organization.
-A reporter for the New York Times who assisted and defended an Iranian spy who, through to subvert the process of democracy in Iraq.
-A commentator for a CNN "debate" show who is directly implicated in the dissemination of information about a covert CIA agent.
-Did I mention the prostitute?
See, it's easier for them to force things down your throat when you don't think, America. Do you complain when the trash people dump crap on your street? Do you get upset when the treasurer of your company embezzles funds? Are you outraged when preachers decry immorality while molesting little children? If you answered no to any of these questions, tune into the Rush Limbaugh show - he's right up your alley.
Remember friends, it's not the sex, it's the lying. And Clinton was a terrible President, not just because no one could ever pin any of that state-trooper killing, cocaine-using, Vince Foster-killing stuff on him, but because he had a personal extra-marital affair during work hours in the White House.
John told me that supporters of the right-wing conservatives listen to Rush, Hannity, Fox News, and the like simply because the massive complexity of today's issues need distillation. The right-wing media pundits and scaremongers provide that distillation and the flavoring for today's red staters.
And let's face it - Rush's audience isn't exactly culturally diverse. Bobby Jindal and Alan Keyes are about as diverse as the right wing gets.
This idea ties back into why Eason Jordan can be pilloried by right-wingers into unemployment for something he said off the record and recanted immediately, while a closeted prostitute was given a daily White House press pass for nearly two years, called upon by the president and his press secreatary, and...well, not much attention has been paid to this turn of events, actually.
No one seems to give a shit that a prostitute has been carrying water for and throwing lifelines out to the administration every day for almost two years. You know - the administration that wants everyone to believe that gays can be "fixed" and that allowing gays to marry would be the end of the Republic as we know it.
So, here's where things stand. Right wing pundits consist of and are defended by:
-A drug abuser who has suggested drug abusers be put to death, and who has subsequently pulled every legal trick in the book to keep his medical records from being used in the criminal trial against him.
-A prostitute who has been given a press pass to the White House daily briefing for nearly every day over the past two years, despite the fact that he works for a GOP-funded "news" organization.
-A reporter for the New York Times who assisted and defended an Iranian spy who, through to subvert the process of democracy in Iraq.
-A commentator for a CNN "debate" show who is directly implicated in the dissemination of information about a covert CIA agent.
-Did I mention the prostitute?
See, it's easier for them to force things down your throat when you don't think, America. Do you complain when the trash people dump crap on your street? Do you get upset when the treasurer of your company embezzles funds? Are you outraged when preachers decry immorality while molesting little children? If you answered no to any of these questions, tune into the Rush Limbaugh show - he's right up your alley.
Remember friends, it's not the sex, it's the lying. And Clinton was a terrible President, not just because no one could ever pin any of that state-trooper killing, cocaine-using, Vince Foster-killing stuff on him, but because he had a personal extra-marital affair during work hours in the White House.
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