Friday, August 1, 2014

Cons Vs. Cons

The right wing is a total mess right now. It seems to be the batshit crazy right wing vs. the merely insane right wing. F'instance:

Even Fox News has had a difficult time controlling the discourse, with Geraldo River lambasting a heartless Sean Hannutty over the imbalance of Gaza casualties, and Fox News analyst Kirsten Powers taking Tucker Carlson to task yesterday:

“Have you ever been to the Statue of Liberty?” she demanded.
“I’m saying yes, we are a refuge. We are a refuge to the people of the world who look up to us as a ‘shining city on the hill.’ Does that sound familiar to you?”

Carlson retorted, “So I have a moral obligation to share my earnings, and my country with people I’ve never met because they are suffering?”

Um, yes.

“Are you a Christian?” she asked. “Have you read the Bible? Because the Bible is crystal clear.”

Of course then, while it is a theocracy at all other times it suits the GOP and Fox News, Carlson denied that is true in this case: “This is not a theocracy! No, no. The country is not run according to Christian precepts here.”

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/01/ann-coulter-embraces-ethnic-cleansing-borders.html

Then there's this:

Despite all of his fellow Conservatives pushing for harsh treatment of the migrant children who have been flooding in at our border, Beck has decided that they should be treated with compassion and love. And no, I’m not kidding. On July 19th, Beck is planning on bringing a huge truck full of teddy bears, soccer balls, and hot meals to over 3,000 children in McAllen, Texas who’ve recently come across the border. And he has said that he doesn’t really care how this might affect his career.

Look, I have never agreed with anything that has come out of Glenn Beck’s mouth, but on this one, I have to give him some props. Especially since he is doing this under extreme pressure from the far right. He is literally receiving death threats because of this. Death threats.

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/07/glenn-beck-breaks-rank-migrant-children-problem/