Right Wing Round-Up

  • In what is a first, I am linking to a conservative in the daily round-up to highlight David Frum’s post wondering just what on earth is wrong with Glenn Beck and Fox News.
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  • Good as You highlights the news that thirty-eight graduates of the West Point Military Academy publicly came out on Monday.
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  • Tips Q notes that OneNewsNow and Peter LaBarbera have responded to the recent reports that Washington, DC has an epidemic of HIV infections by calling on the “government to take action against the homosexual behavior that is spreading the deadly disease.”
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  • Sarah Posner reviews two books examining the ministries of a variety of celebrity preachers, including Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, Paula White, Brian McLaren, Rick Warren, Eddie Long, and Creflo Dollar.
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  • AU reports the Rep. Randy Forbes continues the Right’s fight over the Capitol Visitor’s Center by introducing a resolution mandating that a Bible owned by President Abraham Lincoln be displayed there and which contains language stating that the “Holy Bible is God’s Word.”
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  • Finally, Steve Benen notes that it might not be all the gaffes that lead to RNC Chair Michael Steele being shown the door, but something much simpler: poor fund-raising.