Right Wing Crazies Fantasize About a Military Coup

Yes the whole "both sides do it" false equivalency has definitely ended for the rational person. You have Republicans encouraging the craziest elements out there and people acting like it's the same thing that went on when Bush was in office.

 

Newsmax is the Daily Kos of the right. Neither should have any credibility.

 

Doesn't matter - calling for a revolution and telling people to riot as a means to overthrow the gov't is a treasonous act. There are laws against sedition. I believe there is a case where a woman was investigated for being critical of Bush.

While rarely enforced, i do think this guy should be investigated at the very least as he's clearly violated the Smith law.

 

I believe we have the constitutional right to overthrow the US government should it become oppressive.

That being said.....these guys are idiots.

DD

 

right on queue:

 

These loons are telling likeminded loons that they're being oppressed and the "only" rationale to get out of their corner is to do something violent.

It's triggering the emotional core typically held by fervent gun rights nuts.

Who the hell is pulling these demagogues? There's no way they can be this focused and organized.

 

didn't know Gore Vidal was right-wing, although i will grant you he's crazy.

 

Good catch. Definitely on cue.

 

cue not queue

sigh. guess it isn't as bad as the black book/list

 

For all the bomb throwers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCjGgrewYY

 

The source of the material always matters, otherwise why investigate just execute.

 

His book (Aaron) "Burr" was brilliant.

 

I guess this wackjob was even too hot for Newsmax --

Newsmax Distances Itself From Columnist, Says We Believe In Constitutional Gov't

In a statement sent to TPM, Newsmax spokeswoman Paula Pradines said that John L. Perry -- the columnist who claimed a military coup to "resolve the Obama problem" was increasingly possible -- is just an "unpaid blogger" for the magazine.

"He has no official relationship with Newsmax other than as an unpaid blogger," she said.

On his Newsmax bio page, Perry is described as someone who "contributes a regular column to Newsmax.com." On the site's "Blogs" page, he's listed alongside other contributors including Ben Stein, Grover Norquist and Christopher Ruddy, the owner and editor-in-chief on Newsmax.

He has also written a column nearly every week since late 1999.

Pradines said Newsmax pulled the column after several reader complaints "to insure that this article was not misinterpreted."

"Newsmax strongly believes in the principles of Constitutional government," she added, "and would never advocate or insinuate any suggestion of an activity that would undermine our democracy or democratic institutions."

Besides, Perry "clearly stated that he was not advocating such a scenario but simply describing one," she wrote.

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or not

 

it is amazing what a black man in power will do to some people.

 

Apparently it will cause basso to imagine Vidal did something similar, and post an article which shows Vidal didn't do anything similar all the while trying to pass it off as an equivalent.

 

And he's only half black! They should have a section in the history books about these racist loons.

 

“One thing I have hated all my life are LIARS" - Gore Vidal

 

Add a not so hot economy to the mix and you've got a perfect storm. Things would have to get a little worse for these crazy right wing talkers to start taking some crazy actions.

 

I’m pretty confident Obama will be okay.

One thing I’ve learned about racists is that they are humongous cowards. None of them would have the balls to actually do anything.