Between Michelle Malkin Swift Boating a traumatically injured 12-year-old boy, Rush Limbaugh denigrating anti-war veterans, and Bill O'Reilly insulting black Americans, the mighty right-wing media machine is in the process of driving American conservatism right off a cliff. The stars have become the face of the Republican Party.
Honestly, the Malkin-led jihad unfolded like a parody of blood-thirsty Republican bloggers -- an Onion-worthy spoof -- the kind that even I would have been too sheepish to dream up because the premise made them seem even loonier than I thought they were. How far off the range did Malkin and company roam with their wayward attacks on the Frost family? So far that even the trigger-happy crew at Fox News refused to saddle up and join the midnight posse, out to unmask a sick kid and his needy parents.
Read the full Media Matters column here.
It's refreshing to see the spit fly though, as Rush dredges for words rancorous enough to express his fury at the fact that the liberals aren't rolling over dead.
The aftermath: Rush back on drugs, I think. Malkin will gain weight. A lot of it. O'Rielly will be arrested looking into stalls in the WOMEN'S restroom in an airport. They will all become tenured professors at Chicago University, along with Condi Rice.
I believe that a point has come when even their most ardent fans are beginning to cringe as the layers continue to be pealed off.
The rubes that these guys talk to literally believe the last thing they hear, until someone points out the lie. Until they are shown graphically that Malkin is full of sh*t, they'll continue to believe in the great MSM conspiracy to support Al Qaeda by making up violent stories about Iraq, complete with photo-shopped fake photos.
They'll keep thinking that Blackwater are victims of smear attempts as getback for trying to defend our officials in a war zone (never mind that that contradicts their other belief that Iraq is as safe as a Sunday picnic).
They will continue to think that we are "winning," in Iraq, whatever that means. That BetrayUs and poor Erik Prince were swiftboated by rabid (if only!) Dems.
Seek out the fascist posts, and post rebuttals. You're dealing with idiots, so treat them like idiots. Tell them the truth, but keep it (very) simple, so they can follow. One point at a time, and eventually they'll run out of points.
Malkin, Limbaugh and the whole crew at FBC are in for a sucky ride now.
Perhaps with a little work, I can even pity them, because a Progressive Liberal should have a reserve of compassion on standby.
We actually are the better people because of these traits. Better by a light-year.
Of course they don't agree. What else is new?
As a liberal, all I can say is there must be a God because he made these three dirt bags Republicans.
And not just Iraq. Everything is crashing down on them. Nothing is as it was. They know the end is near. They see the rats deserting the ship.
Many trolls have abandoned any pretense at argument and just insult. Others mix a little denial with their insult. But all pretense at substance is gone.
That was an accurate and insightful observation.