"Kibbutz, why do you do this to yourself?", an online friend asked when I was sharing some comments and "news" from a right wing site.
I'm not a masochist, truly I'm not. I monitor right wing sites because I think they provide valuable and interesting insight on how the political right thinks, what their interpretation of events is, and to heed the warning to "know your enemies...."
The wingnut sites range from the almost civil "Redstate" ("civil" being a relative word) to the Palin-worshipping Free Republic and the racist Stormfront. "Stormfront", run by former Republican David Duke, is the least interesting - everything is the Jews fault; a one-trick pony site that is almost a caricature of a hate group.
I've personally found "Free Republic" to be a good bellwether - if the Freepers are against it, it's because Rush has told them to hate it. They are like a focus group for Serious Money Wedge Issue Idiots, and so I have been following with great interest the rise and defense of Herman Cain, the new hero of most Freepers.
There was wailing and gnashing of teeth aplenty when Sarah left them at the altar, and for a short while, the Freepers were without a Saviour. This is an uncomfortable position for most of them; they are authoritarian at heart and need a strong Daddy. They're essentially bigots, and a quick perusal of any story on crime will yield plenty of comments about how African Americans and/or "illegal immigrants" are responsible for most of it. They were intrigued by Perry but he didn't seem to hate Mexicans quite enough for them, and they quickly labeled him a "RINO". Mitt - we'll he's out of the equation altogether Mittens supporters banned from Free Republic.
And thus the road was paved for the emergence of Herman Cain. As Ann Coulter said, he's one of "their" blacks (Whoopi Goldberg commented that she was unaware African Americans were owned by either party; but the right has never gotten that memo about the Emancipation thingie). They have been outraged by the sexual harassment allegations and have been quick to rush to Herman's defense. Their comments were both horrifying and kind of intriguing:
I know, it makes me sick how easy it is for the press to destroy a fine Christian man.
Common theme noted here: Cain (like Sarah) is a True Believer, Obama is an atheist Muslim Socialist Commie Nazi.
Obama now ties Cain among men and leads Cain by twenty-one points among women, 52/31.
Oh, and this also screams for repeal of the 19th Amendment.
Another oft surfacing scream: DAMN THOSE WOMEN WHO VOTE! DON'T THEY KNOW THEIR PLACE? (Misogyny is as common on the right as you'd assume)
They are doing to this guy what FOX and all the rest of the bastards did to Palin. GOD have vengeance on them all!! Of course the majority of the sheeple will fall for their crap again!! SOMETHING needs to be done and I think EVERY CONSERVATIVE WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD FILE A FAKE LAWSUIT ACCUSING CAIN OF harassment! THIS needs to be treated as a freakin joke and make the MediaWHORES LOOK LIKE THE KKK trying to lynch a black man!! WHERE ARE THE FREAKIN ADS showing a tree and a rope?? HELL BALLESS RNC!! I’m so mad, I’m spitting NAILS!! I’m undecided on whom to vote for in our party, but this really pisses me off!! Palin redux!!! BASTARDS!!
It's interesting how carefully Daily Kos users self police to rid the site of those who urge violence and crime. On Free Republic, violence and crime are regularly promoted, as above. There is also a tendency in Wingnuts to become utterly unhinged, like an overtired toddler, when they are thwarted. Unfortunately, a more apt analogy would be an armed overtired toddler.
It makes me enraged. I’m sick up to here with this crap. Thin air accusations can bring a candidate down? Character assassinations can derail a candidacy? What decent person in their right mind would ever want to lead?
Then this country deserves what it gets if this isn’t stopped dead in its tracks THIS election cycle.
Yes, imagine using the politics of personal destruction to attack a candidate! (Thank God Obama never had to face that....)
The election IA a year away and all these baseless accusations won’t mean a thing ny the end of next month.
Accusations against a Hero of the Right are baseless by definition. This is another interesting observation I've made: The absolutes on this site are - well, absolute. You are Jesus the Savior or Judas the Betrayer; there is no middle ground, no gray area. It's Sydney or the Bush.
The law of unintended consequences will prevail and Cain will be a stronger candidate.
The left tries to smear Palin and how did that work out for them?
We won an election? Damn those who "smeared" Sarah with pesky facts!
God is in control. Obama fears Cain, and for good reason.
I am forever hearing that "liberals" fear this or that candidate. Currently (in case you are keeping score) we fear Cain and want Romney to be nominated. They KNOW this, they know it because Cain is the true conservative and a true conservative will win every time. Rush said so (he actually did. He said conservatism wins everywhere it's been tried).
Freeper comments on Cain's "women" problem
They are floundering, they are bordering on desperation, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving group.