Dep't. of Republican Implosion-Little Green Footballs: "So Long, Powerline"

By GottaLaff

This is noteworthy. According to Paddy (because I never, ever frequent these places), Little Green Footballs is a more "sane" Rushpublic hang out, whereas Powerline is the wingnuttiest of the wingnuttiest.

Footballs to wingnuts: Consider yourselves Powerlessline.

Since the people at Powerline have made a big public announcement about it, I’ll just say that I’m not the least surprised that they’ve delinked LGF. Powerline has been going in a very bad direction recently; the “all Obama-hatred, all the time” focus is bad enough, but worse are their articles supporting European extremists like Geert Wilders (who wants to deprive Muslims of the freedom of religion and ban the Koran) and outright fascists like the Belgian Vlaams Belang party.

I’ve been considering removing them from my links for quite some time because of this kind of disturbing stuff, but I was foolish enough to believe they might come to their senses. I’ve written emails to them about it (which weren’t returned), and I wrote a post laying out my case, that they completely ignored. Clearly, this is a direction they’ve chosen, so I’ve removed all links to Powerline from LGF.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Looks like they're not alone in their fed-upitude. Remember this Rachel interview with Jonathan Henke about World Net Daily?

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We don't see stories about this fraying of the Rushpublic party anywhere else on the Tee Vee Machine. However, we sure do hear a lot about how doomed the Democrats are every time there is the least bit of dissent, bickering, independent thinking, or even normal, healthy (and sometimes unhealthy) challenges within the party.

Yes, we Dems are often referred to as unherdable cats, but the GOP is apparently going through some genuine turmoil. The Little Green Footballs post is symptomatic of that.

But I guess that's supposed to be a big secret. Shhh.

Glenn Beck goes after LGF's Charles Johnson

Catfight!! At least Johnson is sane, but in this fight that may not work to his advantage. Video in question here.

Apparently he claimed that the woman in the video I posted who shouted “Burn the books!” was a leftist infiltrator. Leaving aside this claim (which is unsupported by any real evidence), I guess we’re supposed to ignore the fact that the audience at that “Glenn Beck tea party” actually applauded when she shouted this. And we’re supposed to ignore the speaker ranting about digital cable boxes being “brainwashing devices,” and spouting John Birch Society talking points. And we’re supposed to ignore the moderator, promoting the extreme right-wing/libertarian/Dominionist Constitution Party.

Never mind all that. Hey, look over there! It’s an infiltrator!

At Glenn Beck Tea Party: 'Burn the Books!'

My world is upside down. This is the second time in so many weeks that I've linked to Little Green Footballs exposing some Talk Radio Republican's insanity and calling it what it is. Total crazy talk. Even the comments at LGF are sane. Via Oliver.