Let me cut straight to the point here: I am deeply disturbed by the number of people on my side who are willfully being played by grifters on the right. To be honest, it’s painful to watch. I don’t claim to be the only honest broker in the business but it increasingly appears that there are fewer and fewer of us who are simply here to tell you the truth and follow wherever that may lead.
Tucker Carlson heralded Darryl Cooper as a trusted and honest historian before allowing him (without pushback) to defend the Nazi’s behavior during the Holocaust and attack Winston Churchill. Cooper is not a trained historian by any stretch but has a long history of taking contrarian positions in order to generate buzz. Speaking of buzz, the windfall of media attention resulting from this interview happened just as Carlson’s nationwide speaking tour kicked off with ticket prices rivaling Taylor Swift's.
The indictment of two Russian employees of Russia Today has implicated a number of prominent conservatives with severe allegations that they unknowingly created content that was used as Russian propaganda. Many of these individuals were paid up to $400K PER MONTH to create just a handful of videos but had no intellectual curiosity to ask where the money was coming from.
There is a concerted effort to manipulate people’s lack of institutional trust into believing the Siren Song they want to be true. With every passing day, there are only more examples. Watch:
When do we get the fast and hard criticism of those on the right who have claimed to be the ultimate in conservative values who are endorsing and voting for Harris? The Cheney's for instance. Those principled conservatives who will vote for people who are openly destroying the country because they got their panties in a wad over a person who is not as genteel as they wish republicans to be. If that doesn't prove beyond a doubt that there is a particular class of republican that is less concerned for the country than for themselves, I don't know what would.
I appreciate your indignation about this pathetic episode and how it diminishes the Right.
You know what also diminishes the Right? Stupid statements like this.
“But if Donald Trump’s actions on January 6th were disqualifying, Joe Biden’s choice to sit on a beach while an American was assassinated in Rafah is equally disqualifying.” There is no moral equivalence here. None. What was he supposed to do, Send in Seal Team Two? Based on what?
I have a feeling that you see Donald Trumps narrow escape from assassination as a Divine event. Ok, you’re a religious guy. I get it. It also gave you a good reason to endorse Trump, a man you know to be morally bankrupt.
For Example, Donald Trump is also the guy who ripped off a bunch of people with his Trump University scam. And you know this isn’t the only time he’s stolen from “hard-working” Americans.