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Baraka, keep in mind when you post Glenn Beck vids, this is an alcoholic who just a few years ago said he couldn't support Lieberman for president because the country would then not be able to form any kind of rational debate with Iran. Within the month, he said he could support Lieberman to be tough on Iran, and had no recollection of ever having said his previous statement.
He didn't sound confused over it, he just flat out denied it, and there was a shitstorm on his show about it.
He gets press now and then, but he's not saying anything new. He is a long time addict who came up through wakka wakka morning zoo radio and became conservative when he looked at his tax bill (under Reagan, who blamed the democrats).
A couple of things to think about, under Clinton the first two years of his administration plummeted in popularity because the economy initially worsened before skyrocketing. So far, under Obama the economy has dumped like a baby on soy and his ratings continue to go up. The American people are not fomenting rebellion.
And if there's one thing we learned from the 1992-2000 era, the nut jobs do not own the better guns.
The only thing that seriously worries me about this recent concern is that media outside the US really does not get how things operate inside the US. When Clinton was elected, the hue and cry from the right was deafening. People called in death threats non stop to any agency or media outlet that would hear them. Idiots crashed Cessnas into the DC mall, people referred to Hillary and Janet Reno as Butch.
That happened from the start. It's been reletively silent this time.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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