CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary.
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Is that that geek Grover?
March 4th, 2007 at 2:36 pmMax, you got balls. Give’em hell.
March 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pmBrilliant, and why is Ann Coulter such a bitch?
March 4th, 2007 at 2:46 pmMax showed the real right wing at cpac.I like when MM ran away,showed her real convictions.Then you get Horowitz’s lies great. Thank you Max.
March 4th, 2007 at 2:49 pmlol @ “curiously pale black republican.”
March 4th, 2007 at 2:53 pmbrilliant!
March 4th, 2007 at 3:03 pmMM’s reaction is typical.
they all seem awfully nervous when confronted.
Max, I think you got a shot w/Ann.
she seemed to fancy you.
“curiously pale republican”
hahahaha
March 4th, 2007 at 3:06 pmWho would you do:
March 4th, 2007 at 3:07 pmAnn Coulter or Katherine Harris?
i could only stomach the first few minutes before i simply could not hold the gag reflex back any longer… good for max… he’s a better man than i…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
March 4th, 2007 at 3:08 pmIt had to end with Ann Coulter….now I have to use some eyewash!
March 4th, 2007 at 3:15 pmGreat film.
Favorite part: Ann Coulter arguing that there is a “right to privacy.” Of course, that right to privacy is only implicitly found in the Constitution and is the basis of the ruling in Roe v. Wade. So, it seems Coulter is going against Scalia and many other conservatives in saying the right to privacy does exist. Thanks, Ann.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:16 pmI actually wish that were funnier or more apt than it is. His question for Coulter doesn’t really undercut her easily destroyed argument at all. If she were multiply divorced, sure, or if he put her public statements about her own promiscuity against her claims about marriage and fidelity, then he’d have a point. But the video struck me as surprisingly shallow, intellectually speaking, and the jokes from the same rhetorical bag that, say, Glenn Beck uses (light-skinned black men).
March 4th, 2007 at 3:18 pmMan, that was funny. The ending with Ann Coulter was hilarious. Great job guys.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:26 pmOutstanding? You’re kidding, right? I hope so! That kind of confrontational, put-words-in-their-mouths journalism is awful. It’s what the hate mongers on the right do. I’m very angry to see this on Think Progress, which I revere so much, and rely on for good, useful, info.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pmThat was great.
You know, there seemed to be as many jeers as cheers to her “faggot” remark. Maybe people are starting to understand that Coulter is not a good person to be associated with. Pointing out her hypocrisy on marriage was right on the mark as well.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:28 pmMy subscription to The Nation is safe. Thanks, Max. Nice work.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:31 pmShow them for what they are… their type cant stand the light. Let them condemn themselves in their own words and deeds.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:31 pmCrazy Little Thing = Crazy Little Troll…it was very funny. I’m still laughing 20 minutes latter. I can see if you were sympathetic to these crazies, then it wouldn’t be so funny.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:38 pmI see CNN and MSNBC are finally carrying the Coulter “faggot” remark. Did Christ call Mary Magdalene a whore, and use bigotry to escalate his faith? No. These people are phony. They are not Christian and they are not conservatives. They see faith as a toll, and the constitution as an impediment.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:46 pmOutstanding work Max!! That was very good to see. Funny, isn’t it? When confronted with examples of their hate (Michelle Malkin) or the stupidity of their hate filled comments they just fold. The light of day justs kills them. We need to see more of this.
March 4th, 2007 at 3:52 pmI wish Max would turn his spotlight on the MSM next. Lets see how they do! Not very well I think.
High 5 Max!
March 4th, 2007 at 4:07 pmWay to challange all of those right wing hypocrites.
A bit hit and miss, this video.
Confronting Michelle with a photograph of a Japanese-American internment camp and asking her to sign it was poignant and powerful. She went awfully quiet for a moment.
Other points of view from around the conference were interesting for highlighting the present problems of the conservative movement.
But the opportunity to challenge Ann Coulter was missed. It isn’t after all, inconsistent to break off three engagements but be in favour of marriage for life. Given Coulter’s rampant charlatanry and hate, Max could have come up with something better – and he risked making himself look like the mean one.
He could actually have asked her if she thought Mitt Romney would endorse her description of John Edwards and that would have made either her or him really squirm. Could have sunk Romney there and then.
Liked the dolphin. Hope the College Republican girl sees the light and comes over to our side.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:23 pmWhat a bunch of high school driven mentality at work at CPAC!
These stupid f*8cks have NO CLUE what American Patriotism or decency in the name of American Virtues is about. But rather, they’re more interested in keeping LIBERAL values out of the mainstream than actually having their own agenda! LOL.
No wonder they’re so scared of losing their majority status FOREVER.
Way to court that ‘minority’ electorate (immigrants, gays/lesbians, African Americans, etc. – NOT A MINORITY ANYMORE!)
Oh, what pathetic hypocritical losers you silly little GOPers are.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:25 pmI think it was Tarpley who predicted the implosion of the Republican party. Thanks to Blumenthal, we can now watch that happen in real time, and not a moment too soon.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pmMichelle appears to be a prototype member of the GOP. I had no idea she was so pitiful. For her to write, and supposedly research a boot, and then just spout some ridiculous baloney – it was as pathetic as listening to Bush attempt to think on his feet.
Pathetic hardly describes her response.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:34 pmI don’t think we want to be like these people. How do we excise them from our society?
March 4th, 2007 at 4:36 pmhere we go laundering republican dirty money through book sales again
March 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pmI detest the right wing nut cases as much as anyone, but that was a pretty shoddy piece of work, and not worthy to be called a “documentary”. (And honestly, beneath the dignity of this site in my opinion.)
The way the opening “interview” with Michelle Malkin was edited only gives fuel to the right.
If you’re going to link to something, please make it reputable, and not something as juvenile as this.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pmMild distaste=trolling? Wow. I’ll never dissent again.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:47 pmObama told of family’s slave-owning history in deep South
March 4th, 2007 at 4:51 pmAn amateur genealogist has revealed a surprise in the family tree of the black contender in the race to be the Democrats’ presidential candidate
Obama told of family’s slave-owning history in deep South
As the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, Obama has seemed to embody a harmonious vision of America’s multiracial society. However, recent revelations have thrown up an unexpected twist in the tale.
Obama’s ancestors on his white mother’s side appear to have been slave owners. William Reitwiesner, an amateur genealogical researcher, has published a history of Obama’s mother’s family and discovered that her ancestors have a distinctly shadowy past.
Reitwiesner traced Obama’s great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Washington Overall, and found that he owned two slaves in Kentucky: a 15-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man. He also found out that Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Duvall, also owned a pair of slaves listed in an 1850 census record. They were a 60-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman. In fact, the Duvalls were a wealthy family whose members were descended from a major landowner, Maureen Duvall, whose estate owned at least 18 slaves in the 17th century.
The news comes at a time when Obama is engaged in a fierce battle with Senator Hillary Clinton to woo black voters in their bids to get the Democratic presidential nomination. It also comes ahead of appearances by both Clinton and Obama today in Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of a famous 1965 civil rights march. This is hardly the best time to be exposed as the descendant of slave owners.
ALL THE BEST OBAMA >>>>>> BETTER THAN HILARY BY MILES
March 4th, 2007 at 4:53 pmBut more edifying discoveries can come from looking at the past too. Another of Obama’s ancestors, his great-great-great-grandfather, Christopher Columbus Clark, fought for the Union army in the Civil War. As a result Obama can also lay claim to relatives who risked their lives to end slavery. ‘While a relative owned slaves, another fought for the Union,’ said Obama spokesman Bill Burton in a statement. Perhaps it is just another case of Obama’s complex past showing that he can have it both ways.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:55 pmSorry Tobey,
You’re WAY OFF TOPIC.
Way, way, way offfff…….
Watch the video above and see if you can contribute to this thread, please.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:02 pmTobey, is there actually any relevance, to this thread or to the Obama candidacy, in your “news”?
“Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Duvall, also owned a pair of slaves”
Wow, 7 generations removed, but he’s still guilty by association. He’s probably related to Kevin Bacon, too.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:07 pmOk …… I did contribute 27 … These books sales are just ways of laudering money though fictitious book sales … they all do it … nobody buys them they just pretend to buy a million ( bin them ) and launder money through be republican ????
I was also commenting on Obama ( Is this news or not ???) I have absolutely nothing against people from another race in fact I love them all they add a new dimension to life
March 4th, 2007 at 5:08 pmsomeone should dig up Coulter’s ex-fiances.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:10 pmbet they have a horror story to tell
(or 2, or 3…)
Ok I would not buy Micheal Malkens book
Ok the republican party are dying in a cess pit of their own making ( about time)
and was wondering have you had the story of Obama’s ancestry yet in America
And dont get me wrong Im no racist I love most foreigners they add colour to our lives they stop us being cloned sheep ( like most republicans)
March 4th, 2007 at 5:19 pmand was wondering have you had the story of Obama’s ancestry yet in America
I hate to sound trite, but we have “the Google” and we know how to use it. If you’d use it, you could see that we in America have the story, thanks.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:24 pmAnn Coulter would have been another hairball in the dustbin of history by now if she wasn’t an extremely well-funded tool of the Scaife/Coors/AEI/MoonieTimes, et al., empire. Romney is a lightweight to begin with (trust me on this, I’ve been watching him thrash nonsensically through his term as MA governor and when this thing heats up and he has to think on his feet….he’ll wilt), getting too close to Coulter’s satanic glow is going to make matters worse for him.
The hatred and hypocrisy of the rightwing is palpable. Thanks Max!
March 4th, 2007 at 5:34 pmStrom Thurmond is related to Al Sharpton too.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:37 pmAmerica’s a big place. So is the internet. I can answer only for myself.
Answer: NO
Followup Question: Can you explain why we should care?
March 4th, 2007 at 5:42 pmhttp://www.tarpley.net/bushb.htm
George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography — by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin
————————————————————–
I encourage everyone to download and read this free book about George HW Bush. It explains how George Junior grew up as well as all of his misgivings then and now.
It is available in .htm and .zip format
EVERY dirty little secret is revealed. It is a GREAT recent hist
March 4th, 2007 at 5:56 pmBlumenthal needs his own show.. Curiously pale black republican! Priceless
March 4th, 2007 at 6:03 pmWhat do you mean? You must explain yourself. Of course, we’ve been inundated by stories of his upbringing and his parents, but not much beyond that. What are you getting at?
March 4th, 2007 at 6:07 pmMax Blumenthal is my HERO!
Every Progressive liberal should subscribe to The Nation magazine…
I was SHOCKED to see that David Horowitz and I DO understand each other…
…I think his characterization of Progressive Liberal’s belief about saving humanity and ridding the world of all the “isms”, “if (social) conservatives would just die”…
…was right on target…
…at least for me…
…and I agree with…
klyde #43…
…Why hasn’t/doesn’t CNN replac(ed) the racist scumbag Glenn Beck…
…with a REAL investigative journalist like Max Blumenthal?
March 4th, 2007 at 6:13 pmNice work Max. You looked like a vampire slayer going through there splashing Holy water. I thought confederate flag boy would start screaming “It burns, ooohh! It burns!.
March 4th, 2007 at 6:16 pmI thought confederate flag boy would start screaming “It burns, ooohh! It burns!.
Comment by hit_escape #46
hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
I like it…
March 4th, 2007 at 6:22 pm“I made a lot of errors in my book”
She should have said “I made a lot of errors in my life”
I think in order to win the war on conservative fascism we should have locked the people of CPAC in the basement of the Washington Hotel. Romney would have flipped back to supporting gay and abortion rights and scurried away in his secret underwear (their skidless).
March 4th, 2007 at 6:27 pmFunny to hear Ann Coulter defend her right to privacy when she supports the neocons invading our privacy. It’s not at all surpising that one on wants to marry Ann Coulter.
Governor Bill Richardson for President in 2008.
March 4th, 2007 at 6:29 pmmAnn squeeling about the right to privacy just kills me. If it has to do with abortion… there is no right to privacy. But if it’s about mAnn’s personal life… there’s rights galore.
March 4th, 2007 at 7:41 pmWow, 7 generations removed, but he’s still guilty by association. He’s probably related to Kevin Bacon, too.
Comment by gorn — March 4, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
LOL… Good one.
Tobey regards people of all races like cute little children who should be seen and not heard, but really aught to be spanked because their third cousin twice removed said a dirty word 25 years ago…
Come on Tobey – you’re supposed to be our liberal voice overseas, and not act like a racist troll.
March 4th, 2007 at 8:03 pmI love the guy covering up his cofederate flag on his lapel.
March 4th, 2007 at 8:52 pmI guarantee you when I wear my ACLU pin, I don’t cover
it up for anybody.
Ann Coulter had three broken engagements and has never been married.
I’m middle aged, and if my old aunts had known her they would be looking at each other and saying “Do you think she’s ? Really, she’s getting up there in years and never married and she’s not a bad looking girl. I bet she is.”
That may have been the point of Max’s question. It would resonate with people who had a hard time saying the word lesbian.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:37 pmComment 53 PS- oops, I forgot to say, “Wouldn’t that be ironic?”
March 4th, 2007 at 9:40 pmJeeeeez, 1 hour 40 minutes to download a 7 minute video. When in the HELL is wireless high-speed broadband coming to my area?
Mitt Romney rubbing with Trannie Coulter…. now I KNOW he will NEVER get a vote from me, even if he only ran for dog catcher.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:56 pm1 hour & 40 minutes just for a sick stomach.
Sorry, Uncle Ho.
March 4th, 2007 at 10:08 pmGod; apology accepted.
March 4th, 2007 at 10:27 pmHeh.
March 4th, 2007 at 10:35 pmWho would you do:
Ann Coulter or Katherine Harris?
What are you some kinda sadist? =)
March 4th, 2007 at 10:58 pmWhat are you some kinda sadist? =)
Comment by Crazy Eddie
Hmmm….? Someone say my name?
March 4th, 2007 at 11:04 pmThe right to privacy is granted only to Coulter herself, it seems. She is opposed to others’ rights to privacy, particularly when it comes to anything regarding sex, how to have it or with whom.
Right to privacy to her doesn’t come into play when discussing whether women have privacy rights when it comes to pregnancy.
As for Coulter’s privte life, she once dated Dinesh D’Souza (sic) author of the latest liberal bashing book, and she once dated Bill Maher — WTF? THAT blows my mind.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:12 pmWho would you do:
I think I’m gonna be sick. that is a good argument FOR castration as I have EVER heard.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:19 pmmissed opportunity when ann says:
“well thank you for respecting my right to privacy. theeere’s the liberals for you! there’s your liberal…”
i would’ve responded:
“ann! i didn’t know you were oh-so-concerned about privacy! didn’t you claim the new york times editors should be hanged for treason for exposing bush/nsa warantless wiretapping program?”
March 5th, 2007 at 1:25 amthat would be, “warrantless”
March 5th, 2007 at 1:27 amI appreciated getting a look inside CPAC, but I think Max Blumenthal’s behavior and comments are an embarrassment to the liberal cause. I’ve seen high school kids who are much better at challenging politician’s positions. Mr. Blumenthal looks like a shallow polished idiot who is just full of hate with comments like “Oh, you had to publish an errata?”. Auestioning Ann’s commitment to marriage by commenting on a string of engagements is very thoughtless and spiteful. There were so many more comments / questions of substance that could have been presented.
The Nation and Think Progress should be embarrassed for presenting/sponsoring this material. This just gives the right more ground to stand on when they try to discredit the left and the liberal bloggers for being full of hate.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:44 amMike Stark from Callingallwingnuts.com has done some similar work at CPAC.
Hope you can link to some of his audio.
March 5th, 2007 at 5:47 amYou’re the first that I’ve seen to put that Hater Ann “Spew Venom” Coulter in check !!! Keep up the good fight
March 5th, 2007 at 8:22 amHilarious! These conservatives outgas like punctured balloons when confronted with facts. Max rules!
March 5th, 2007 at 10:18 amThis was great, and I said so on DKOS yesterday where I took special glee in actually deconstruting the “extensive errata” of Michelle Malkin. Intellectual honesty my tookus.
Vyan
March 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pmHanding a picture of Japanese-Americans trapped in an internment camp to the loudmouth M. Maulkin: Priceless.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:35 pmRepublicans are the face of evil.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pmThis is the kind of crap that gives us liberals a bad name. You’re preaching to the choir with this kind of rhetoric. Meanwhile if you’d try to engage middle-of-the-road Republicans and centrist voters in any kind of intelligent discussion, you may actually sway some voters. Instead I find that many liberals choose to mock the Republicans, thereby alienating any fence-sitters they may sway.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:44 pmAmen, Heather. Thanks for saying that so eloquently.
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