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Conservatives and the Republican Party have been hijacked by the far-right wing, as evidenced by the high profile of personalities like Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and most especially, Rush Limbaugh. Some time during the Clinton Administration, these types of fringe voices began getting more mainstream coverage, and an 24/7 outlet in already-established talk radio, and the birth of FOX "News."
Nowdays, it would be hard to find a "far-right" personality that is not regularly portrayed in the mainstream as a legitimate conservative/Republican voice. The lunatics are running the asylum. And the more level-headed (which isn't saying much in comparison) conservatives have had enough. Conservative writer David Frum has begun to fight back, and to his credit has not knuckled under after being vilified for stepping out of line. No, he stepped up his argument, with a cover story in Newsweek that is guaranteed to turn Frum into a target.
I don't use that word lightly. I've been concerned for some time now about the rhetoric coming from the far right. They are energized and angry, but with vague and fuzzy underpinnings to their rage. "Socialism," "Marxism," "communism," "fascism." All of these words are being bandied about by conservatives, but they're used as carelessly and cluelessly as "freedom," "liberty" and "democracy" were in the past eight years. It's never good to rile a mob, but even less so to rile them with scary, ill-defined words. Mobs are already nearly mindless. This one is utterly brain dead.
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NEWSWEEK Cover: Enough! A Conservative's Case Against Limbaugh
David Frum on the GOP and Impact of Rush Limbaugh: 'From a political point of view, Limbaugh is kryptonite, weakening the GOP nationally'
'We are accepting the leadership of a man with an ego-driven agenda of his own, who looms largest when his causes fare worst. . .'
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