Fifty years ago, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower issued a warning against the rise of extremist movements within his own party. “Many prominent officials, possessing no standing or expertness as they themselves claim it, attempt to further their own ideas or interests by resorting to statements more distinguished by stridency than by accuracy.” Half a century later, in a summer of town hall disruptions and birth certificate controversies, what Eisenhower had warned against has come true: that the Republican Party has been captured by its extremist wing. At least that’s what award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal argues in his new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party. Full Transcript LINK Here.
Part ONE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzxElQv11l4
Part TWO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9y4hhxiliQ
Part THREE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqo8TdfDosE
This interview is in three parts. It is absolutely fascinating because it explains things so well – WHY was Palin the face of the GOP now? How did the party get here and it examines at how dangerous the party is to progressive ideals and agendas. He is critical of Obama’s attempts to try to work with bipartisan methods, when clearly the GOP has NO intent at all of cooperating. Dobson plays a big figure in where the GOP is at now. He also describes Howard Ahmanson’s influence in the California Prop 8 vote. Details are complete with the loss of his father at 18, subsequent mental break down and Dobson moving in as a surrogate father figure for Ahmanson who spends millions of dollars supporting Dobson agendas. There is a culture of child abuse and a culture of personal crisis that has shaped current GOP ideals and has created a new generation of Republican Shock Troops that assail democratic freedoms of our nation. S&M practices run deep in the shadows of the current GOP party. View all three. The author is extremely well-spoken and clear about the subject matter.
Blah, blah, blah, blah… what the hell is this guy talking about? Midgets and hippies and Timothy Leary and Betty Crocker all part of the extremist vast right wing conspiracy that’s in control, but not in control, but dominating, but not in charge. He’s ripe for Saturday Night Live.
Hello Martha and welcome to OJ!
You must not have bothered to even view any one of the videos or even the transcripts. No wonder NO ONE is commenting on your blog. You’re just shooting blanks.
We DO appreciate you participation, but it would be nice if you stepped up your game a bit!
Happy Labor day Rv- –
I heard enough, and it was ridiculous.
I think it was sensible. Becuase Sarah Palin may of gotten the base to get excited, but she depressed the independent voters and the moderates away from the party which helped Obama win by 6 percent and many key states.
Hello Matt. Thanks for your comments. The Republican party, what is left of it, is full of racists cloaked as do-gooders for corporate interests.
Sarah Palin was tapped by evangelical Dobson and other strategists, over McCain’s choices for VP. This was telling on just how far out that party has gone.
I go back and forth, between wanting the GOP to rediscover whatever conscience and sanity it once had, and wanting it to keep getting more extreme and shrivelling up. I think we need a little more of the latter, at least in California for a couple more cycles, so we can hit that 2/3 mark in Sacramento and get the state half functional again.
On the other hand, there are way too many corporate whores in my Party.
(Hey you’re right, RV! This is four months later, and this libertarian Martha still has zero comments on any of her posts. Zero, zero, zero. Lots of reposted rightwing videos though.)