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Right Wing Leftovers

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Monday, 6/28/2010 5:32 pm
  • Sen. Robert Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92.

  • Despite the fact that she is appearing at a conference organized by and featuring a bunch of Birthers, Rep. Michele Bachmann insists that she does not share that view.

  • Sarah Palin headlined Freedom Fest 2010 and organizers were only able to fill about one-third of the arena.

  • Just like that, the GOP has removed Gen. Jerry Boykin from its witness list during the Kagan hearing.

  • The National Review endorsed John McCain over J.D. Hayworth.

  • The Religious Right wants to know how much money Comcast makes from its pornographic and adult entertainment programming as it seeks to merge with NBC.

  • The Family Research Council has announced two new experts who will work for them part time: Retired Army Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis will be FRC's new Senior Fellow for National Security, and attorney and journalist Ken Klukowski will be FRC's Director of the Center for Religious Liberty.

  • Finally, beware of vampires and werewolves.

Right Wing Round-Up

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Monday, 12/21/2009 6:41 pm
  • Sen. Tom Coburn said the American people should be praying that a Senator couldn't make it to cast a vote on health care reform, while a conservative blogger hopes that Sen. Robert Byrd dies.

  • Michael Steele says Democrats are "willing to basically flip the bird to the American people" in passing health care reform.

  • Rep. Bart Stupak's office has been coordinating attacks on the Senate bill with Republicans and Religious Right groups.

  • Media Matters names Glenn Beck its "Misinformer of the Year."

  • PolitiFact names Sarah Palin's "death panels" claim it's "Lie of the Year."

  • Finally, congratulations to Good as You's Jeremy Hooper and his husband Andrew Shulman for being the first same-sex couple to be featured in Martha Stewart Weddings.

Brody: Right-Wing Campaign Against Obama's Czars "Misleading"

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Thursday, 9/17/2009 9:27 am

Others have already pointed out that the whole Glenn Beck/Fox News/right-wing crusade against President Obama's "czars" is totally bogus.  Now, even CBN's David Brody is weighing in to set the record straight, calling the whole right-wing campaign misleading:

The Brody File has been researching this topic for an upcoming story to air on The 700 Club and here's a simple fact: The Czar list compiled by Fox News and other outlets is just not fully accurate. They are listing people like Cass Sunstein, John Holdren and a few others as Czars but these folks have been confirmed by the Senate. That is significant because the main contention here is that these Czars run around unchecked and unaccountable to Congress. Their list shouldn't include them. If you want to make the argument that Sunstein and Holdren shouldn't be nominated by President Obama because of things they've either said or done in the past then fine but to add them to the Czar total is really misleading.

Look, you can make the argument that the Obama administration has increased the number of so called Czars and it has even concerned liberals like Senator Russ Feingold and Senator Robert Byrd. Still, if you want to bring credibility to your argument you need to get your facts straight. Conservative media outlets hurt themselves when the information they provide isn't the total picture. It may play well with Obama's staunch critics but doesn't the full truth matter? Conservative media complain about the mainstream media ignoring them (and they have a point) but if Czar lists are inaccurate then is it no wonder that the MSM may question the factual credibility of future stories?

The Predictable Return of the National Black Republican Association

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 7/2/2008 4:03 pm

Via Sam Stein, we learn that the National Black Republican Association has made another of its election year forays onto the political scene with yet another series of ads spouting all sorts of nonsense.  

They first made a name for themselves back in 2006 when they ran a few ads, with one claiming that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican and another stating that “Democrats have bamboozled blacks” and “want to keep us poor while voting only Democrat.”  And now that the 2008 election if upon the nation, the NBRA has re-emerged with a new series of ads – one calling the Democratic Party racist, the other calling Barack Obama an elitist (Stein has the video):

1. Racist Democrats and Obama

Narrator: The Democratic Party is a racist party.

Bill and Hillary Clinton played the race card against Barack Obama.

Hillary supporter Paul Begala said the Democratic Party can't win with just "eggheads and African-Americans."

Democrat Gov. Ed Rendell said a large block of white Democrats in Pennsylvania would not vote for Obama because he is black.

Hillary said her supporters are white Democrats who will not vote for a black man.

The Democrats claim all the racist Democrats became Republicans.

That's not true.

Racist Democrats declared they would vote for a "yellow dog" before a Republican because the Republican Party was the party for blacks.

Bull Conner, Lester Maddox, and George Wallace died Democrats. Former Klansman Robert Byrd is still a Democrat in Congress.

Today racist Democrats will not vote for Obama, a black man.

Learn the truth.

Visit our website at http://www.NBRA.info

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2. Arrogant Obama

Narrator: Dr. King said judge people by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

Barack Obama sounds good, but character is judged by action when no one is looking.

Obama voted no on the minimum wage bill.

Obama said no to school choice scholarships for poor black children trapped in failing schools.

Obama voted yes for a bill to kill babies born alive in a botched abortion.

Bitter is what Obama called blacks and whites who love God.

Racist is what Obama called his white grandmother who raised him and made sacrifices so Obama could get a good education and become a millionaire.

Obama's friends are terrorist Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright who said innocent Americans deserved to die on September 11th.

Obama is an arrogant elitist who turned his back on poor blacks and his own country.

Learn the truth.

Visit our website at http://www.NBRA.info

These ads raise the questions of what the NBRA actually does other than running controversial ads every couple of years and just how much of an impact the organization has within the conservative movement?  Judging by their appearance at last year’s CPAC conference, the answer to both is not very much.

This is the main hall where most of the speakers and panels were hosted:

CPAC1.jpg

This is the tiny room at the end of a well-hidden hallway where the NBRA assured a few dozen listeners that the organization was slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with because last year their website received over one thousand visitors:

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Right Wing Leftovers
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Monday 06/28/2010, 5:32pm
Sen. Robert Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92. Despite the fact that she is appearing at a conference organized by and featuring a bunch of Birthers, Rep. Michele Bachmann insists that she does not share that view. Sarah Palin headlined Freedom Fest 2010 and organizers were only able to fill about one-third of the arena. Just like that, the GOP has removed Gen. Jerry Boykin from its witness list during the Kagan hearing. The National Review endorsed John McCain over J.D. Hayworth. The Religious Right wants to know how much money Comcast makes from its... MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Monday 12/21/2009, 6:41pm
Sen. Tom Coburn said the American people should be praying that a Senator couldn't make it to cast a vote on health care reform, while a conservative blogger hopes that Sen. Robert Byrd dies. Michael Steele says Democrats are "willing to basically flip the bird to the American people" in passing health care reform. Rep. Bart Stupak's office has been coordinating attacks on the Senate bill with Republicans and Religious Right groups. Media Matters names Glenn Beck its "Misinformer of the Year." PolitiFact names Sarah Palin's "death panels... MORE >
Brody: Right-Wing Campaign Against Obama's Czars "Misleading"
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Thursday 09/17/2009, 9:27am
Others have already pointed out that the whole Glenn Beck/Fox News/right-wing crusade against President Obama's "czars" is totally bogus.  Now, even CBN's David Brody is weighing in to set the record straight, calling the whole right-wing campaign misleading: The Brody File has been researching this topic for an upcoming story to air on The 700 Club and here's a simple fact: The Czar list compiled by Fox News and other outlets is just not fully accurate. They are listing people like Cass Sunstein, John Holdren and a few others as Czars but these folks have been confirmed... MORE >
The Predictable Return of the National Black Republican Association
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 07/02/2008, 4:03pm
Via Sam Stein, we learn that the National Black Republican Association has made another of its election year forays onto the political scene with yet another series of ads spouting all sorts of nonsense.   They first made a name for themselves back in 2006 when they ran a few ads, with one claiming that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican and another stating that “Democrats have bamboozled blacks” and “want to keep us poor while voting only Democrat.”  And now that the 2008 election if upon the nation, the NBRA has re-emerged with a new series of... MORE >