Extremists and the Politicos Who Love/Hate Them
From Balloon Juice:[T]he radical [expletive deleted] on the right in Kevin's picture are somehow acceptable or less offensive by comparison. They are not- but they are not accepted into the mainstream of the Republican party, whereas Kevin's Democrats have spent years cultivating and embracing the hatred exhibited by Waters and the women above, harnessing it for their own short-term political game.
And for that, they should be ashamed.
- John Cole
Matt's Chat
Go check out the whole post. A very good point to be made and John makes it pretty well.There are extremists in both parties, but the mainstream Republicans don't generally give the radicals a stage. Democrats had Howard Dean (D-Scream) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Pluto) IN THEIR PRIMARIES this time...and the liberal activists get a lot more Democratic publicity than the right wing nuts.
Mark's Remarks
The extreme Right wingers I know still do not curse Presidents to hell (as Ms. Waters did), nor do they come up with untrue charges of desertion...I am sure some are out there, but again, as Matt said, they don't get a large audience or have as much large support as the whackos on the left. We don't hold up intolerant, racist whackos like Waters or Rangel as leaders, we call them extremists and move on. Libs love this crap, more and more; and it is sad. Quite sad.
