Monday, November 2, 2009
Politics Glenn Beckwatch: He's Opening Up Franchises Now?
Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Oh for the sweet love of Christ: Think Progress says that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who shoved the moderate Republican out of the race in upstate New York with the help of Sarah Palin, calls Glenn Beck his "mentor."
Conservative blogger Charles Johnson of the site Little Green Footballs reported yesterday that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election, signed a pledge to uphold Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project principles in Congress. The signed pledge is available online, and Hoffman touts his endorsement from the 9/12 organization on his website. Like the lobbyist-planned tea parties, the 9/12 Project is a creation of Beck, used to go after Beck’s liberal enemies and to organize hateful anti-Obama rallies.
You can find Johnson's 9/12 pledge here. Think Progress notes that very few politicians have signed this pledge, making Hoffman the vanguard of a new Beck-y era in American politics unless he is stopped.
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These people are unreal. But as long as they keep making the Republican party look like a cheap sideshow, I'm all for it.
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How long til we find out this guy lacks at least 8/12 of the values on the list and destroyed principle 4 with an underage boy?
I can't wait to sit back and watch him assrape principle 3, explain how principle 5 does not apply to him and after principle 6 is taken away from him by a jury, claim it is all the government's fault. The government and the queers, of course.
Seriously, we can only be days away from this happening, right? The anticipation is killing me.
I can't wait to sit back and watch him assrape principle 3, explain how principle 5 does not apply to him and after principle 6 is taken away from him by a jury, claim it is all the government's fault. The government and the queers, of course.
Seriously, we can only be days away from this happening, right? The anticipation is killing me.
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I hope Glen Beck freaks grow more powerful in the party. Yes, it is disturbing the way they motivate home-grown terrorism, maybe some more lives will be lost to his McVeighesque mob, but the civil rights movement for blacks wouldn't have made such fast progress in the 60s if the people opposing them hadn't been such an appalling horrorshow. The new radical right will force moderates leftward and progress will happen. It is happening. Ashley Todd won Obama the White House more than my vote did.
Onward, christian soldiers!
Onward, christian soldiers!
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Stop him!!!! Where the hell is your BRAIN!!!
Paul, we want Hoffman to WIN!!!
If he wins the Beck-y brain trust will think they're on to something and SPLIT THE GOP APART AT THE SEAMS just in time for the 2010 mid-terms!
We WANT Hoffman. What Hoffman marks is the vangard of an end to conservatism as a functional power on the political scene for the next 20+ years!
GO HOFFMAN!!! WOOHOO!!!!!
Paul, we want Hoffman to WIN!!!
If he wins the Beck-y brain trust will think they're on to something and SPLIT THE GOP APART AT THE SEAMS just in time for the 2010 mid-terms!
We WANT Hoffman. What Hoffman marks is the vangard of an end to conservatism as a functional power on the political scene for the next 20+ years!
GO HOFFMAN!!! WOOHOO!!!!!
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The weird thing is that unlike the most deeply held beliefs of most cults, there's really nothing objectionable about the 9 items in the list and the 12 values. It's like watching someone's brain melt and goo come out their ears while reading the Declaration of Independence.
Now if they'd just apply the "pay the penalty" part to Senator David Vitter, Governor Mark Sanford, Senator John Ensign . . . .
Now if they'd just apply the "pay the penalty" part to Senator David Vitter, Governor Mark Sanford, Senator John Ensign . . . .
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Anyone else find it really weird to consider oneself and his spouse the "ultimate authority" (#4)? Especially if he's already established a belief in god (#2)?
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The funny thing about this entry is that it highlights just how far gone the right-wing is. LGF used to be ground-zero for the most jingoistic war on terrorism shit but even its proprieter thinks the GOP is nuts now. It's totally disconcerting to see all the rational, clear-headed stuff being written there now.
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"LGF used to be ground-zero for the most jingoistic war on terrorism shit but even its proprieter thinks the GOP is nuts now. It's totally disconcerting to see all the rational, clear-headed stuff being written there now."
I agree wholeheartedly. I think they're a little douchey, but they're almost... allies as compared to the rest of the masturbating neocons. They're dicks for the xenophobic Muslim hate, but they're still COMPARATIVELY sane as opposed to the birthers that seem to comprise the mainstream of Republican thought nowadays.
I agree wholeheartedly. I think they're a little douchey, but they're almost... allies as compared to the rest of the masturbating neocons. They're dicks for the xenophobic Muslim hate, but they're still COMPARATIVELY sane as opposed to the birthers that seem to comprise the mainstream of Republican thought nowadays.
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