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December 1, 2007 at 02:13:49

Right-Wing Nutcases Laugh It Up Over Clinton Office Hostage Crisis

by Marc McDonald     Page 1 of 2 page(s)

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"Anyone care to bet the protagonist is a card-carrying member of the Democrat Party (aka nutroot) who is frustrated that Hillary hasn't personally defunded the War in Iraq yet? Might even be a member over at Daily Kos?"
---Rotarymunkey, commenter at MichelleMalkin.com



I have to admit, I never really understood the right-wing sense of humor.

Like when Ronald Reagan joked in 1964 about the 17 million people who then went to bed hungry every night in America, saying that "they were all on a diet."

Or when Rush Limbaugh called 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton a "dog."

Or when George W. Bush yucked it up over the issue of the non-existent WMDs in Iraq during a "comedy" skit in the Oval Office.

I don't know---maybe I just don't have much of a sense of humor, because I saw nothing funny about yesterday's hostage crisis, in which a distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into the campaign office of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire.

However, plenty of right-wing folks thought the whole episode was real funny. Take (please) the wingnuts who hang out at the blog of right-wing nutcase Michelle Malkin.

As of Friday night, Malkin's comments section was full of posters who were joking about the crisis and speculating about how the "liberal" media and the Democrats would conspire to spin the episode to Hillary's advantage.

A poster by the name of "Fodder Jack" seemed to find humor in the crisis, writing, "Maybe it is a last ditch effort by the press to get an interview with Hillary."

Another writer called "Reppac122" was (like many across the right-wing blogosphere) already using the occasion to attack the Clintons. "My cynical political thinking here is that the Clintons (yes, both of them) will use this horrible situation for their political benefit."

Another writer, using the handle, "RetFireman," raised the issue of conspiracy: "Now be honest...with all that has come out lately, and I am not saying it is staged, but how many people would be that surprised to find out at some later date that it was? Be honest with yourself, and consider who we are talking about."

Commenter "Eric CharlotteNC" sarcastically mocked Liberals in his post. "If our troops weren't in Iraq this never would have happened! Or maybe global warming got this guy very hot!"

"Blacktygrrrr" added his own two cents: "The bottom line is if the hostage taker is a liberal, he will be dismissed as deranged, since many liberals are deranged anyway."

"Rotarymunkey" had this to say: "Anyone care to bet the protagonist is a card-carrying member of the Democrat Party (aka nutroot) who is frustrated that Hillary hasn't personally defunded the War in Iraq yet? Might even be a member over at Daily Kos?"

And so it goes, on and on.

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The creator of the progressive site, BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com, Marc McDonald is an award-winning journalist who worked for 15 years for several Texas newspapers, including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, before he quit his day job and set up shop in cyberspace in 1995. McDonald's articles have appeared in a number of popular progressive Web sites, including OpEdNews.com, BuzzFlash.com, Crooks and Liars, Salon.com, Progressive Daily Beacon, The Neil Rogers Show and The Raw Story. McDonald's Web articles have also been featured and reviewed by various national and international media, including CNN Headline News, the BBC, the Washington Post, USA Today and many more.

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Writer/Photographer. Advocate for clean government, media reform and civil liberties. Chair of the PDA-SJ Impeachment Team and co-leader of the NJ Impeach Groups. Writer and managing editor for OpEdNews.com. cherylbirenwright.wordpress.com
Cheryl Biren-WrightWriter/Photographer. Advocate for clean government, media reform and civil liberties. Chair of the PDA-SJ Impeachment Team and co-leader of the NJ Impeach Groups. Writer and managing editor for OpEdNews.com. cherylbirenwright.wordpress.com

our own

let's be real, even opednews isn't immune to inappropriate reactions. our own resident commenter, ben "your 15 minutes are up" marble, chose this moment to declare his prediction that the "wackos would stalk HITLARY and called it a "hostate crisis."

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by Cheryl Biren-Wright (17 articles, 16 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 323 comments) on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 8:41:36 AM
 


Sandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers...

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Sandy SandSandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers...

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Big CYA

Malkin and Bill O'Reilly, too, are doing no more the a big fat lying job of CYA when they say offensive comments are blocked.

As for her book, let's lock Malkin up in an internment camp for a week and then see what she has to say about it.  And while we're at it, there are a few people who say water boarding isn't torture who should get a sip of that, too.

by Sandy Sand (133 articles, 0 quicklinks, 169 diaries, 1272 comments) on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 8:41:59 AM
 


SW Texas ultra-liberal
john riggsSW Texas ultra-liberal

Even if it was just a lone goofball

and Hitlery had nothing to do with it she is already in NH to capitalize on this. I can foresee 2 weeks of this on the lamestream (which I no longer watch) And the poor little murdering shyster hitlery will be demanding gun bans and homegrown terror bill s1959. The poor black widow is so desperate after seeing Ron Pauls great advances she will jump on anything to try and salvage a hopeless campaign. Grease up the diebolds Hitlery cuz thats the only way you will be electable.

by john riggs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 395 comments) on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 9:50:38 AM
 


Bill Cain is a professional travel photo-journalist who writes primarily for the Concord Monitor in Concord, New Hampshire. He's visited all seven continents, countless countries and his travel experiences have contributed to and are reflected in his world views.
Bill CainBill Cain is a professional travel photo-journalist who writes primarily for the Concord Monitor in Concord, New Hampshire. He's visited all seven continents, countless countries and his travel experiences have contributed to and are reflected in his world views.

Hate

It's hard for anyone with even half a brain to understand the level of hate which eminates from the right wing knuckle draggers. Everything is reduced to a rabid, virulent strain of "us vs them". Unfortunately, this mentality is rampant, and at least partially explains why the present situation in this country, and the world, is so dire.

by Bill Cain (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 271 comments) on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 11:12:24 AM
 


Author of "The Politics of Extraterrestrials...Connecting the Dots" ISBN 0-9765223-0-6
PatrickAuthor of "The Politics of Extraterrestrials...Connecting the Dots" ISBN 0-9765223-0-6

Another Intelligence operation

  "Rochester"

This has all of the appearances of another “Intelligence operation.” 

This is the same sort of stunt that Sarkozy used in France to help his political career. In that instance, several children were held hostage by a man with a bomb, and into the fracas wades Sarkozy, who then carries several children to safety; while the newsreels roll. 

That this happened in “Rochester,” New Hampshire, may be a way of  affecting the unconscious Minds of some voters, to the benefit of Hilary.

 In Politics; "Nothing happens by accident."

by Patrick (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 390 comments) on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 4:34:34 PM
 


Skin diver, spear fisher, trash collector, roughneck, scuba diver, football player, tennis player, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, husband, father, math teacher, fisherman.
Paul RyeSkin diver, spear fisher, trash collector, roughneck, scuba diver, football player, tennis player, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, husband, father, math teacher, fisherman.

Lack of Civility Begets the Same

Many developments have lead to a lack of civility in public discourse in the U.S. that is not limited to "neocons". Tasteless joking about the Clinton hostage crisis is just the offence of the day and another opportunity for people who do much the same thing to express hypocritical outrage. This kind of trash just keeps going round and round. There is no point to perpetuating it, unless the goal is to further polarize people's opinions and positions instead of encouraging discussion of important issues, and no one has a right to complain unless they refrain from doing it themselves.

by Paul Rye (6 articles, 1 quicklinks, 13 diaries, 253 comments) on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 11:17:02 PM
 


Mail carrier who drives the rest of my colleagues nuts with my politics.
ScottMail carrier who drives the rest of my colleagues nuts with my politics.

I second that

And I will remind people that a lot of hate emanates from left-wing "knuckle-draggers" as well. (Actually, I prefer the term "bong-gurgling anarchists".) This is getting tiresome. no matter what side of the fence it's coming from.

This hostage-situation news item is really just a sad sack story. Hopefully, this guy will get some appropriate help (after serving whatever legal consequences arise), and the story will end.

by Scott (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 415 comments) on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 12:49:25 AM
 

 

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