April 16th, 2012
“I have here in my hand a list of 205 communists …”
The ghost of Joe McCarthy’s ulcerous accusations hung over a disturbingly casual comment this past week by U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Florida.
When asked by a constituent at a town hall, “What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists?”
“That’s a fair question,” West replied. “I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party.”
Keep in mind that this is the man Sarah Palin recently recommended be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential nominee.
And not only did West not apologize — or receive significant criticism from his fellow Republicans — his revealing response was to raise funds off it. Read More…
March 10th, 2012
Rush Limbaugh made the right-wing talk-radio industry, and he just might break it.
Because now the fallout from the “slut” slurs against Sandra Fluke is extending to the entire political shock-jock genre.
Premiere Networks, which distributes Limbaugh as well as a host of other right-wing talkers, sent an email out to its affiliates early Friday listing 98 large corporations that have requested their ads appear only on “programs free of content that you know are deemed to be offensive or controversial (for example, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Tom Leykis, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity).”
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March 6th, 2012
If you want to know why Rush is freaking out over the Sandra Fluke fallout, follow the money.
Being too extreme has never been a problem for el Rushbo. Appeals to conscience and individual kindness weren’t going to provoke an apology alone. His email offering an initial apology after several days of attacking Fluke came because advertisers were heading to the exits. And the exodus hasn’t stopped.
On Monday, AOL and Allstate were among the major brands giving Rush the kiss-off, joining nine other national sponsors to date. Some local advertisers are starting to bail on el Rushbo as well, including Hadeed Carpet and Thompson Creek Windows in Washington, D.C. Toward the end of the day, Hawaii’s KPUA became the first station to cancel his show. Read More…
