Rachel Maddow slams crazy Republicans

The historical record of far-right ridiculousness has been well-documented here and throughout the blogosphere.

Who can forget Michelle Malkin's inspired cheerleader skit? Or when Rush Limbaugh mocked a guy's Parkinson's Disease tremors. What about John Boehner's public sobbing jags? Pat Robertson insisting he could leg-press 2,000 pounds. Sarah Palin's turkey geeker photo op. George W. Bush telling us that Iraq is a "peeance freeance." Remember when Bill O'Reilly shouted down the son of a 9/11 victim? Already, we're talking about a mélange of weirdness and upside-down logic suitable for the ages, and that's all prior to January 20, 2009.

But I don't think we ever anticipated that the presidency of Barack Obama would, among other things, send the far-right into a freakazoid display of shockingly deranged conniptions and outright crazy talk -- their manic hyperdrive engines, fueled by Rush Limbaugh's gesticulating arm flab, blasting them out of their political Mos Eisley cantina scene and expelling them a thousand parsecs beyond the zero barrier of insanity.

Yes, the Republicans have claimed to have "found their voice." If this is true, then their "voice" sounds exactly like Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Michelle Malkin, depending on the day. So what are these voices saying exactly?

For starters, Rush Limbaugh -- the de facto leader of the Republican Party -- said on his show Tuesday that the entire economic meltdown was actually precipitated by a conspiracy between George Soros and a cabal of billionaire liberals who deliberately sought to sabotage the world economy in order to get Barack Obama elected.

Confined to its own phantom zone of crazy, there's only so much harm this can do. After all, Limbaugh's puffy melon has been bombarded with a mountain of hillbilly heroin large enough to crush God. But I wish I could report that this was wholly the product of Limbaugh's condition. It's also a theory that was also repeated by Donald Luskin: a seriously wrongheaded economist and, go figure, former economic adviser to Senator John McCain.

Speaking of John McCain, he was pilfering extra helpings of rich, creamery crazy from Michelle Malkin this week. Senator Coburn and Congressman Boehner were doing it, too. Last month, Malkin nicknamed the president's recovery bill the "generational theft" bill, arguing that the debt it would create will serve to rob future generations. This, naturally, disregards the nearly doubled national debt and record-breaking deficits created by George W. Bush with programs that, when taken individually, were enthusiastically endorsed by Malkin (Iraq, tax cuts and so on). But there was Senator McCain on Face the Nation on Sunday talking about "generational theft." Whatever, senator, the fundamentals are strong so what's does it matter, right?

Meanwhile, Michael Steele, the newly elected head of the RNC and preemptive excuse for the next time a Republican talk radio host blurts out a racist remark, tried to tell a national television viewing audience that the government has never in the history of the United States created a job -- only "work." Yep. Do I really need to outline why this is crazy?

Former White House chief of staff Andy Card, meanwhile, attacked President Obama for violating a totally nonexistent Oval Office dress code. Republican columnist Fred Barnes cited a former Limbaugh producer named Marc Morano as his "scientific" source on global warming. FOX News is reading Republican talking points verbatim and passing them off as news copy -- typos and all. And after eight years of the smirking frat boy named George W. Bush, Malkin went so far as to accuse President Obama of being "snippy" during his prime time press conference.

Elsewhere, another far-right blogger is vowing to never again fist-bump with her friends at her tennis club. And when she's at the grocery store and is confronted by magazines with the president's face in the checkout line, she turns the magazines backwards. All of them. I'm not making this up...But if this is their "voice" and they're satisfied with it, I for one welcome the new Republican "voice" and wish them a hearty and very sincere: Good luck with that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/president-obama-is-litera_b_166152.html

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Stimulus
• package
• president
• Obama
• Barack
• john
• Mccain
• rush
• Limbaugh
• fox
• news
• republicans
• Congress
• votes
• senate
• bill
• the
• Rachel
• Maddow
• show

[Wsj1994]

I ussually hate cable news because of their innaccuracy to grasp important topics and bias, But this is absolutely fantastic.

Maddow couldn't be more on the ball

[TheSnoopy1750]

@Suzaku000 Yes food stamps help the economy. Maybe if you understood economics, you would understand.

100% of food stamp money goes into the economy. Then grocery stores can hire more people and these people then spend their wages and on and on.

That is why there is a Multiplier Effect - with additional hiring etc., every dollar that goes to food stamps actually increases the economy by $1.73.

Google "food stamps offer best stimulus" and you will see the study. 

[Apillis124]

@lovejen01 Okay.

[lovejen01]

@Apillis124 no argument there, again my point was simply hiring people.

[Apillis124]

@lovejen01 I know. And the point is that they are, and always have been by large retail outlets. It's symbiotic. Manufacturing jobs being on the rise means more production of goods for people to purchase. Where do people purchase these goods? Since the 90s the most popular place to purchase them is large retail outlets, like WalMart and Target. Which in turn makes them hire more people in order to move and sell the goods. But large retailers have always hired lots of people, irregardless.

[lovejen01]

@Apillis124 you do see the point i was getting at though, just simple matter of people being hired.

[Apillis124]

@lovejen01 Yes, I got that. But you see, the reality is large retailers have always hired more people--even more people than manufacturing jobs. Because retailers like WalMart and Target span the nation with outlets that have typically 500-1000+ employees in small towns with just a few thousand people in population to major cities with numerous outlets. They have always hired in "large numbers" since their expansive boom in the mid-70s to 80s all the way to present day.

[lovejen01]

@Apillis124 you didn't understand my comment, i said when those companies start hiring in large numbers then you will see improvement. When major retailers start hiring that means other business are hiring large or small.

[Apillis124]

@lovejen01 That doesn't make any sense largely do to the fact they have been out-hiring small businesses for over 20 years now. But, if they're hiring more people... that's a good thing. However, manufacturing jobs had been in decline starting in '97, and by the end of the last administration had been down by 29%. Within the last couple years they have been on the rise. So, again to clarify, what exactly do you see as a "real" improvement?

[lovejen01]

@Apillis124 when Wal-mart, Costco, Target or any major retail start hiring in large numbers. we won't recover if Obama is reelected. 

[Apillis124]

@lovejen01 Before saying anymore. What would you constitute as "real" improvement? More so, considering at its best we are not likely to recover from the current economic issue for about 7 to 10 years--that's if everything works beautifully from here on without obstruction.

[lovejen01]

@Apillis124 okay, but my question still was not answered. Really after 3 years no real proof of any improvement.