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		<title>Wingnuts of the Year 2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first I was got a little, how shall we say?  &#8221;Uppity&#8221; at CNN when I read the title, CNN names Michele Bachman Wingnut of the Year.  I was going to slam them for continuing the right and left dog and pony show that makes one want to move to Antarctica, I hear it is [...]]]></description>
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<p>At first I was got a little, how shall we say?  &#8221;Uppity&#8221; at CNN when I read the title, CNN names Michele Bachman Wingnut of the Year.  I was going to slam them for continuing the right and left dog and pony show that makes one want to move to Antarctica, I hear it is nice this time of year.  Honestly, I don&#8217;t even know if you can accuse CNN of being partisan they just seem stupid at times, last time I wasted time watching CNN they were going on Twitter to see what @soccermom43 thought about Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the supreme court nomination.  Like I care!  But It was actually John Avalon from <a title="The Daily Beast" title='Original Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?pKQyvh5d" target="_self">thedailybeast.com</a>, and I think he did a pretty even handed job nailing both sides on their biggest offenders.</p>
<p>Typically I don&#8217;t spend much time looking at blowhards in the media.  One of things that drives me nuts about Democrats is how they watch Fox news commentators and manufacture outrage at every wingnutty thing they say.  Why waste your time?  At least Conservatives just claim everyone else is bias and they don&#8217;t waste their time and energy being outraged at everything guys like Keith Olbermann and Ed Schultz say.<span id="more-593"></span></p>
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<h2>5.  Ed Schultz</h2>
<p>This guy is pretty wacky!  Republican want to see people dead?  They want to make money off your dead corpse?  Really?  like send us to the glue factory?  Did they run out of horses?  I agree 100% with this selection definitely a Liberal WINGNUT!</p>
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<h2>4.  Sarah Palin</h2>
<p>Sarah &#8220;I Quit&#8221; Palin is wingnut gold!  She would probably rank higher if she didn&#8217;t quit her position as Alaska Governor.  Of course she was doing it for the good of Alaska!  Wherever this crazy goes scandal follows.  She used the state of Alaska to line her pockets then quit once the chickens came to roost.  She then did what ever teenage girl does talk about everyone she doesn&#8217;t like on facebook!  Write a book full of excuses why everything is never her fault.  This woman has the thinnest skin, why she thinks she is cut out for politics I will never know.  I really hope she tries to make a run for the White House in 2012.  That is going to be entertainment gold.</p>
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<h2>3. Glenn Beck</h2>
<p>I have said this 100 times.  Beck is cashing in on the Obama fever.  This guy made 23 million last year!  He has a radio show, Tv Show, Books galore, some creepy musical, the 9/12 rallies.  The crazier he gets the more people eat it up!  I think he goes the way of Rush Limbaugh.  He is just the Rush Limbaugh of the Obama Admin, why do you think Rush was trying so hard to get noticed?  Beck has been stealing the crazy show.  Beck has had about 70+ advertisers leave him because of his President Obama is a racist comment.  His sponsors are Gold companies running mini-infomercials but did it hurt Beck?  Nope.  It hurt Fox who is reportedly losing $500,000 a week.  Why isn&#8217;t Fox making the smart business decision?  I think they are hoping the heat dies down on Beck.  I hope it does, I am really tired of listening to whiny liberals become outraged at everything this Wingnuts says!  If you want him to go away, IGNORE HIM.</p>
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<h2>2. Alan Grayson</h2>
<p>At first I thought Alan Grayson is fighting back against all the craziness from the right.  It turned out the Grayson was pretty much an attention whore.  I wasn&#8217;t all that shocked at the Republican want you to die quick comment, I thought it was a tit for tat type of approach.  But then there was something about vampire teeth and calling a woman a whore or something.  I didn&#8217;t really follow it completely.  I just thought this guy, lost me!  I never knew about the letter to holder calling for prosecution of one of his critics, he does realize that people in public office are almost impervious to libel right?[<a title='Original Link: http://www.politico.com/static/PPM130_grayson-holder-complaint-121609-0013.html'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?NYWyAXF0" target="_self">*</a>]  I agree WINGNUT for sure!</p>
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<h2>1. Michelle Bachman</h2>
<p>Bachman is straight looney tunes!  She is like one big walking conspiracy theory.  She has theories against the Census, Acorn, Obama being a tyrant, there was the Super Bowl of Freedom.  I can&#8217;t even keep track of this lady!  She actually beat Palin in nuttiness.  Thanks Minnesota.</p>
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<h2>Dishonorable Mentions</h2>
<h2>Keith Olbermann</h2>
<p>My biggest beef with Olbermann is his Worst and Worster segment.  I find it childish and rude.  I think when Olbermann is on his meds he does a descent job of supporting his claims.</p>
<h2>Rush Limbaugh</h2>
<p>Rush tries to make headlines with his outrageously racist comments but he is just so 1998.  I am shocked he isn&#8217;t still talking about Monica Lewinsky.</p>


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		<title>How To Take Back America, From Americans?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country &#8211; and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. ~Charles Krauthammer Now I am confused?  Who exactly are WE taking back America from and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country &#8211; and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.  ~Charles Krauthammer</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_120" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a title='Original Link: http://washingtonindependent.com/61121/fear-of-fascism-gay-agenda-dominate-conservative-kickoff-for-midterm-elections'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?LfgntGQV"><img class="size-medium wp-image-120" title="Living Under Nazis &amp; Communists" src="http://www.blazingmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nazi-and-communists-300x225.jpg" alt="Useful class if we had any Nazis or Communists in our country." width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Useful class if we had any Nazis or Communists in our country.</p></div>
<p>Now I am confused?  Who exactly are <strong>WE</strong> taking back America from and who are we giving it too Again?  Irony of this Republican conference held last month, is they are only perpetuating the US vs THEM problem that is ripping the United States in two!  Is that their goal?  Is that why they are dreaming of a military coup to take the power away from the liberals?[<a title='Original Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/obama-coup-fantasized-abo_n_304231.html'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?jjMo53bO">*</a>]  So if we can&#8217;t keep power through democracy, we will take power through a forced dictatorship!  Guess Newsmax didn&#8217;t have the rocks to stand by their guy John Perry&#8217;s craziness.[<a title='Original Link: http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/newsmax-20090929-perry_coup.pdf'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?nVEiGJmp">*</a>]</p>
<p>My Question is, do the Republican honestly think moderates are going to be ok with their vigilante tactics to sink Health Care Reform?  Republicans continue to run the same playbook of  their typical smoke screen tactics, with their Death Panels, Abortion, Communism smears!  Their only goal is to distract from the real pressing issues at hand!  Most intelligent people I meet regardless of their party affiliation agree health care reform is needed.  Grandma Fran, who’s ass is permanently fixed to the couch when her favorite Fox News Blow Hard is yacking about the latest conspiracy theory, maybe sold!  But most intelligent America are NOT SOLD on these theories, they may have some concerns as they did with Medicare, Social Security, ect!  Real questions and concerns can’t be addressed because of the child like check out lane temper tantrums the republican are throwing.  Glenn Beck should just get on the floor and start kicking and screaming&#8230; Oh wait<span id="more-75"></span></p>
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<p>Was it any surprise when Republican finally admitted they just want to sink any health care reform yesterday? [<a title='Original Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/gop-opposition-to-health_n_305582.html'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?HOa7IWSC">*</a>] This is probably the most honesty we have gotten from the Republican in a long, long time! Republicans have been &#8220;<a title='Original Link: http://www.pokertips.org/glossary/w/TILT'  href="http://www.blazingmonk.com/?p8_L21aT" target="_blank">on tilt</a>&#8221; since November! No Republican wants Health Care Reform, that would all but kill the Health Insurance industry! They would rather have a Public then have Health Care Reform.  WHAT YOU SAY?!?  But, I thought all the outrage was about the Public Option?  NOPE!  If common sense reforms, which most people would agree is needed where put into place Health Insurance would cease to be profitable!  They would no longer be able to deny coverage to the sick, which would greatly hurt their ability to be profitable!</p>
<p>Why did Insurance companies never go on the attack against the evils of socialism for the elderly?  Because Insurance Companies love Medicare,  WHY?  They don&#8217;t want to cover seniors anyway!  WIN WIN for them! Seniors cost to much to cover and they VOTE, they want them happy so they don&#8217;t make any waves for their people!</p>
<p>If the kind of practical Health Reform were to happen, Insurance companies would cry for a public option!  They don&#8217;t want to be forced to cover sick people!  The Republicans want everyone to believe the public option is about covering lazy free loaders on welfare.  While abuses are unavoidable with any program is a reality, just look at TARP!  This is about covering sick people in our country which Insurance companies do not want to cover anyway!   I guess they should have tried harder not to get cancer. YIKES!  I guess Alan Grayson had a point since Republican said they would oppose health care regardless of whether you met their demands!  Yikes again!</p>
<p>This is going to push the Democrats to go reconciliation if they can&#8217;t get the 60 filibuster proof vote.  I think if Democrats get a Health Care reform bill through, they ensure more defeats in future election for the Republicans.  They are leaderless, factioned beyond reconciliation, with the extreme right hijacking the party and under mining the main base of the party.  This conference is an act of desperation and should be called, taking back our party and finding a leader conference.</p>


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