QuoteMaddow ran clips of Fox News and Glenn Beck poo-pooing freedom and democracy for Egypt and said, "Had what happened in Egypt today, had it happened a couple of years ago, American conservatives might have been trying to claim credit, saying Egypt happened because Bush bombed Iraq or something, or Mubarak, we always felt about him like we felt about Saddam. Would have been a hard sell, but I could see them doing it. Who could have imagined instead of that you would have these portions of the American right just flat out siding with Mubarak and taking Egypt as a sign to hoard food because now squarely this means china is going to take over in New Zealand?" (Cue the Beck caliphate and food storage clips).
Rachel Maddow concluded, pointing out that this is how Egypt is being explained to conservatives, "In part it is entertaining to see it, but in part it is important for the country. This is how what just happened in Egypt is being explained to today's conservatives. This is how it's being explained to them. POST-BUSH, POST-McCAIN, Republican party thinking on political issues now being shaped by that." She then played a clip from Beck's go to hell rant, "You want to call me crazy, go to hell. Call me crazy all you want."
The problem with having a totally centralized party structure as the GOP had for decades is that it is great when leadership is strong, but the entire organizational structure totally collapses when the party leadership is weak. This is how right wing media and fringe conservatives are able to so easily take control of the Republican Party and steer it into such illogical and stupefying positions as arguing against freedom, and supporting a dictator in Egypt.
There is also a racist and religious component to the argument that Egypt can't handle freedom and democracy. It is interesting that this same argument was not raised when the Soviet Union collapsed. Could it be because those countries that were free to determine their own destinies were white and Christian? The roots of the belief that Egypt can never be democratic go back to the right's idea that Islam is the enemy of freedom and democracy, but if this is the case, why was the Bush administration trying to plant democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Just when you thought the virus of post-9/11 fear mongering was gone, back it comes in the form of support for an oppressive dictator in Egypt.
Rachel Maddow Blasts Fox
http://www.politicususa.com/en/rachel-maddow-fox-mubarak
Everyone sees it EXCEPT Faux news watchers. :no:
The Zone has a few Republican who watch Fox News and Glen Beck everyday. All of us who has read what they posted, you can see how warped and completely out of their minds, they are. Let us :pray: :preach: :pope: and the Holy :ghost:
Their are like Silly Putty. The Republican Party, Super Rich and the Corporations can mold these Sheeple into anything they want. No common sense or moral responsibility to the middle class of poor people of America. They even vote against self interest. Go figure. :wall: :flap: :flap: :bliss: