Gohmert Trades Ideas With Conspiracy Theorist, Says Obama Health Plan Will ‘Absolutely Kill Senior Citizens’
Gohmert Trades Ideas With Conspiracy Theorist, Says Obama Health Plan Will ‘Absolutely Kill Senior Citizens’
Last Friday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) joined radical conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his radio talk show for an interview. Jones has made a name for himself propagating conspiracies ranging from the claim that Bill Clinton planned the Oklahoma City bombings to the idea that the attacks on 9/11 were orchestrated by a cabal of American and Israeli government officials.
During the 30-minute interview about “nation ending stuff,” Gohmert used his opportunity on the Jones show to showcase his own odd anti-Obama conspiracy theories:
GOHMERT: We’ve been battling this socialist health care, the nationalization of health care, that is going to absolutely kill senior citizens. They’ll put them on lists and force them to die early because they won’t get the treatment as early as they need. [...] I would rather stop this socialization of health care because once the government pays for your health care, they have every right to tell you what you eat, what you drink, how you exercise, where you live. [...] But if we’re going to pay 700 million dollars like we voted last Friday to put condoms on wild horses, and I know it just says an un-permanent enhanced contraception whatever the heck that is. I guess it follows that they’re eventually get around to doing it to us.
The outrageous claim that a public option in health care will kill people is becoming a popular meme within the GOP caucus, used also by members such as Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA). But not to be outdone, Jones offered the congressman his own set of conspiracy theories and outlandish statements, many of which Gohmert agreed with:
JONES: Did you hear about the WH science czar calling for putting stuff in the water to sterilize us?
GOHMET: No, I had not heard that. [...]
GOHMERT: People are always willing to give up their liberty to get economic stability.
JONES: Look at Hitler.
GOHMERT: Absolutely. Boy that’s the best example, maybe the best example. […]
JONES: As the Time magazine headline said, we’ve almost got national health care. They’ve almost got eugenics control grid over us. Can you speak to your website, how we help you. In closing, the youth brigades, national service compulsory in a group outside the military under the Democratic party control in the city year in the red and black uniforms? [...] In closing, and we’re going to let you go sir, the youth brigades, national compulsory service, the Democrats have introduced those bills. Your take on that?
GOHMERT: Well you just referred to that point in history where this stuff has been done before. It was done in the 1930s and its not the only place its been done. It has been done throughout history.
JONES: Mao did it.
GOHMERT: Well that’s exactly what I was thinking of. This is the kind of the thing we got to stop. We got to get back to the roots, the basics.
Listen here:
While swapping conspiracy theories, the two also traded compliments. “That shows how on top of things you are, Alex,” said Gohmert at one point, praising the talk show’s knowledge. Jones also thanked Gohmert many times and reminded him that “you’re there fighting and we’re supporting you.”
Despite his outlandish views, Jones’ influence can not be underestimated. Richard Poplawski, the young man who gunned down three Pittsburgh police officers earlier this year after professing a fear that the government would confiscate his guns, was a die-hard fan of Jones. Jones, who rants daily about Obama’s intentions to revoke the 2nd amendment, is also one of the loudest voices for the “birther movement.”
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July 27th, 2009 at 4:03 pmJONES: Look at Hitler.
GOHMERT: Absolutely. Boy that’s the best example, maybe the best example. […]
– - Sigh. Ya know, even Hitler himself would be insulted by the current jackholes in the GOP.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:04 pmAlex Jones is an absolute nut bag. I hate to see all the young people that hang on his every word.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:05 pmJONES: Did you hear about the WH science czar calling for putting stuff in the water to sterilize us?
GOHMERT: No, I had not heard that.
JONES: I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
JONES: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk… ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children’s ice cream.
GOHMERT: Lord, Jack.
JONES: You know when fluoridation first began?
GOHMERT: I… no, no. I don’t, Jack.
JONES: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It’s incredibly obvious, isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That’s the way your hard-core Commie works.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:06 pmWell wouldn’t the seniors rather die than ingest juice of dead babies and monkey kidneys? Don’t interfere, Jones.
/snark
He’s right, though. Let’s go back to the roots, the basics. All the Tribes and other indigenous peoples can reclaim their land and live as they please. We’ll take some reservations and pack in people like India.
Oops, too far?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:10 pmAlex Jones is psychotic. He hosts a radio talk show.
Louie Gohmert is a three term Congressman from Northeast Texas.
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What the bloody hell is wrong with my country!?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:10 pmMeanwhile, on planet Earth, the US Government has been providing “socialized” health care to the elderly for over fifty years. How many senior citizens have been put to death by the government so far?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:15 pmTruthfully . .
I’m glad these ’special needs’ politicians are ‘coming out’!!
Their ’special needs’ include lack of retention and when these ’sound bites are aired’ during their re-election campaigns, they’ll just be blithering idiots and do their usual ranting about ‘bashing’ . .
Keep it coming fools!!
July 27th, 2009 at 4:15 pmTalking reason with these nut cases is pointless. Yet it would be interesting to get statistics on how many seniors die waiting for health care in other “socialist” nations like Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, to name just a few, who have and enjoy national health care.
Of course what good Repignofascist would let fact get in the way of their argument?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pm‘Scuse me but aren’t our senior citizens already on socialized medicine? I believe it’s called Medicare.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pmOMG — I think I want some of whatever this raving lunatic is smoking…
July 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pmYou know, when I see what the Right Wing promotes on radio and what their elected officials try to pass on to the people who voted for them, I begin to think that the Founding Fathers are sort of mad that they didn’t tack on the word ‘responsible’ to Freedom of Speech..
July 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pmSenior citizens are already on Medicare and this isn’t happening. They’re already on a socialized single-payer program.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:17 pmChyron HR says:
EXACTLY, how stupid do you have to be to buy into this nonsense?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pmI don’t care if I sound like a tin-foil hatter—Alex Jones poisons the well. It’s a mistake to dismiss everything he says as a lie. He can have most people dismissing truth as outrageous conspiracy theory by trumpeting the truth in exactly the same way he trumpets lies. It’s an old tactic, used much by the C.I.A., KGB, and sociopaths everywhere.
This idea that the public option will kill seniors is, of course, a blatant lie. Watching Fox news and being bitter, hateful, bigoted basket cases is killing more seniors than the public option ever will.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pmSome days I don’t feel all alone living in the state that unleashed Shelly Bachmann (InsaneR-Mn.) on the country. Sorry, Texas.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:24 pm#4 chiroptera toasterhead says:…
Heh. I think you’re some kind of deviated prevert. I think Rep. Gohmert found out about your preversion, and that you were organizing some kind of mutiny of preverts.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:26 pmThis Louie Gohmert (Loser Gomer) putz , was appointed as an appeals court judge by Governor Rick Perry for the 12th Circuit, where he served from 2002 to 2003 . Gohmert gained notoriety in June 2006 for having said of Representative John Murtha “. . . thank God he was not here and prevailed after the bloodbaths at Normandy and in the Pacific or we would be here speaking Japanese or German.” This while GI Joke Gomer “served” in the US Army as a Judge Advocate General’s Corps (which is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers and who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command) ; yeah , as if you would have single-handedly gotten rid of the Japs and the Germans with all your glorious training , you typical GOP pansy .
July 27th, 2009 at 4:27 pmMe: Have you heard that 75% of the Republican members of Congress have been tested and found not to have human DNA?
You: No, I had not heard that!
Me: That’s because no one said it before I did. I just made it up so you can now say you have heard it and we can cast doubt on the humanity of the Republican members of Congress. Not that it will be difficult to cast such doubt.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:28 pmJONES: Look at Hitler.
GOHMERT: Absolutely. Boy that’s the best example, maybe the best example.
Boy you are stupid. Maybe the stupidest member of congress.. no wait a minute. You are on the top ten list of stupid House representatives
July 27th, 2009 at 4:30 pmYeah, way to support our President, gomers!!
NOT
July 27th, 2009 at 4:30 pmDid they tell us in the article that this lying sack of stink rode the short bus to the interview? The people who have (R) associated with their names are the most dishonest bastards on this earth. This bald headed freak is nuts.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:31 pmmisscoleopteramolly says:
OMG — I think I want some of whatever this raving lunatic is smoking…
I don’t, it seems to be laced with something bad. LOL.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:32 pmThe party of Destruction got their extension and with it are working harder than ever to kill public health option as it will harm Obama. Listening to KGO last night on Wattenburg’s shwo, a righty, the calls were coming in from those fearful of losing some health care benefits because of a public option.
This needs to be nipped in the bud now.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:33 pmI guess we can count Gomer among those who are advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:34 pm“But if we’re going to pay 700 million dollars like we voted last Friday to put condoms on wild horses, and I know it just says an un-permanent enhanced contraception whatever the heck that is. I guess it follows that they’re eventually get around to doing it to us.”
Did he imply we want to sterilize seniors? Isn’t that a little late?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:35 pmI’m all for the sterlization of Rot-Wing whackos like these two, however…
If the government almost has that “eugenics control grid” the whole way up and running why is it that the stupid and paranoid types seem to keep on breeding?
July 27th, 2009 at 4:36 pmAnother day, another authoritarian spreading fear to gain control. Next, Obama will sprout horns and a tail.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:37 pmI’m curious. We have a lot of alarmists on the right — braying to anybody who will listen about how people are going to die, private insurance will cease to exist, we’re going to turn into the Soviet Union under Stalin, etc., etc.
It’s been pointed out that many countries already have what the wingnuts are decrying as “socialized medicine”, but the examples provided by both sides tend to be countries on single-payer systems. United Kingdom, Canada, France.
Never mind that the United Kingdom, Canada, and France aren’t planning to scrap their single-payer systems and turn the whole operation over to private companies anytime soon. And never mind that the best the wingnuts can do is provide a few isolated instances of some Canadian somewhere who had to wait several months for a knee replacement or some such scary story. Nobody has been able to make a convincing argument that any of these systems themselves are in danger of collapsing.
However, single-payer isn’t even on the table here. So why aren’t we looking at countries who have something a little closer to what President Obama is proposing? I did a little looking, and I found Switzerland — a country where public and private insurance providers coexist. Yes, all Swiss are required by law to have insurance, but they have a number of choices — from public AND private sources. And since employers are out of the equation, they’re not limited to the insurance company their employer was able to make the best deal with.
http://www.justlanded.com/english/Switzerland/Switzerland-Guide/Health/Health-insurance
Swiss law requires everybody to have insurance to cover basic services — treatment for illness, accident, maternity, and medication prescribed by a doctor. Those who wish can purchase insurance to cover additional perks or services (such as a guaranteed private room in a hospital, for example). About 40% of the Swiss opt to upgrade their insurance in this manner at an additional cost.
Even though the Swiss system isn’t exactly like what’s being proposed here, it comes closer to it than the single-payer plans in other countries. So why aren’t we hearing more about how supposedly awful the Swiss system is? Why aren’t we hearing more Swiss horror stories about how private insurers are being forced out of business? Why aren’t we hearing about elderly Swiss being left to die untreated? And why aren’t we hearing about the Swiss system collapsing because it’s not sustainable?
My guess is because the Swiss system probably works.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:41 pmWhat these ignorant teabaggers want is for the commonsense people to say F-it. They want us to be weighed down with their bs. They want us to tired of everything that’s good and decent for us. They want us fold.
AIN’T NO F-N WAY!
These teabaggers want to continue the destrution of our country.
I HATE THEM!
July 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pmgalmud says
July 27th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Boy you are stupid. Maybe the stupidest member of congress.. no wait a minute. You are on the top ten list of stupid House representatives
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You gotta admit — there’s a lot of competition for that crown…
July 27th, 2009 at 4:43 pmI say pass the healthcare with 50 and the rest can KMA.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pmHas Gohmert been hanging around Michelle Bachmann? I’ve heard that hanging around with her can cause a person to lose points from the IQ.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pmGame of Life says
July 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
What these ignorant teabaggers want is for the commonsense people to say F-it. They want us to be weighed down with their bs. They want us to tired of everything that’s good and decent for us. They want us fold.
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I suspect that’s probably what happened in 1993. There weren’t enough people hurting enough and outraged enough to keep up the fight.
Times are different now. There’s plenty of hurt, plenty of desperation, and plenty of outrage. With more and more people being priced out of the insurance system every day, there will be no rolling over as there was in 1993. And if there comes no significant relief, look for representatives and senators from BOTH parties to get kicked to the curb.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pmGohmert Pyle, USMC. (United States Mental Case.)
July 27th, 2009 at 4:48 pmOh, and I must have missed the one that was floating around about Clinton planning the bombings in Oklahome City. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that one before.
Whack-Jobs.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:50 pmGOHMERT: People are always willing to give up their liberty to get economic stability.
And the ultimate irony is that the original quote is that people are willing to give up their freedoms / liberties ……
Wonder what prez took away our constitutional protection ? Perhaps from the same state as Gohmert ????
And remember, these are the level heads enacting laws for us.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:53 pmWhat is going on? Is today like a theme day at TP or what? All things crazy…
July 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pmAs a Texan, I apologize for the imbecilic lunatics we have as our elected officials. Unfortunately, there is a vast right-wing conspiracy that keeps getting these idiots elected.
Perhaps in a few years those of us living in the urban “blue” areas of the state will out-reproduce the rural populations and we can cancel their votes. Until then, it’s Loony Tunes as far as our politicians are concerned.
Again, sorry about that.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:02 pmWhen I see an ass clown like this from Texas the first thing that pops into my head is A&M. Sure enough this clown was class president at A&M and was in the military corp. He is one of the people who make Texas Aggie jokes so real.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:02 pmWTF!! Older people are mostly on Medicade or Medicare. They are totally different! So, I guess the young people who don’t have it or are underinsured are worth less? Is That what their implying. No offense, but my daughter who is 22 doesn’t have insurance although she works a full time job. So she isn’t worthy enough because she isn’t older and votes more often. That’s what it is boiling down to. For years politicains always pandered to the older generation because they vote in record numbers AND they are more Conservative. Must be nice.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:03 pmAs a resident of Austin, I see and hear Alex Jones and his fans almost every day. I happen to get a big kick out of listening to Alex’s rants…though perhaps I shouldn’t admit it.
I used to go around debunking Alex, until I realized the best way to debunk Alex Jones is to quote Alex Jones.
And I quote: “The government keeps giant, honeycombed hives of toddlers drugged on lithium.” Just one of many.
There is a blog–with the delicious name LEAVING ALEX JONESVILLE–devoted to discussing/debunking Jones’ wild and woolly claims:
July 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pmhttp://leavingalexjonestown.blogspot.com/
I’ve got a big, fat fact for these big, fat idiots: Chances are the seniors are going to die before the majority of the remaining population. But I don’t think it’s Medicare that’s going to kill them.
However, of the remaining people who die before they become seniors, not having health insurance will be a leading cause of death.
Therefore, you pigeyedsacksofshit, I can honestly say that “not passing Obama’s plan will absolutely kill non-senior citizens.”
PEACE
July 27th, 2009 at 5:21 pmThe government doesn’t keep “honeycombed hives of toddlers drugged on lithium”, unfortunately there has been a trend of diagnosing toddlers and infants as bipolar then prescribing them mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics. The true damage done by this well poisoning, is that serious issues get blown out of proportion, then blown off the radar.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:22 pmI keep thinking Gohmert’s last name would more appropriately be Gomer (or Goober).
July 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pmJust where are all our “majority” Democraps on any of this? My own are silent. They should be trying to get on every newscast (broadcast and cable) everyday. But no–crickets.
The only plan that will work is single payer, but Obama is too weak to demand it, the dems are too lame to require it. Do we need 80 in the senate to get anything done? Or do we need to start over?
July 27th, 2009 at 7:56 pmAlex Jones must not have read the story about the boy who cried, “Wolf!”
Mr. Jones is quick to complain about any and all things, but never has any answers to solve any of those things he complains about. Why is that?
July 27th, 2009 at 9:54 pmI would like to take a hacksaw to the Mason-Dixon line and let these clowns do whatever they want. ON AN ISLAND!!! The most intellectually challenged crap that comes from these legislators are invariably spoken with a drawl. Too bad all of the good people in these states have almost no voice. I’m proud to be a college educated north east liberal.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:21 pmWatching this debate from afar (very afar I am in New Zealand) I cant help wanting to shout out to all my US friend WAKE THE F&^* UP! Even in a small country like NZ we are able to provide a level of basic medical care (along side private insurance for those who want it) that provides decent treatment no matter what your condition. I am a diabetic and I just totalled up the cost of my care to me $120.00NZD PER YEAR! That includes strips, insulin, needles/syringes and blood glucose tester. I just picked up 3 months insulin supply, my co-pay amount with the government $11.00NZD.
Yes as a high income earner I pay a little extra to visit my GP (doctor) about 50 dollars a time but I am ok with that as I go only twice a year.
I guess the biggest difference is the worry, I don’t have to. Even when I earn a six figure income I know my taxes (about 33-35 cents on the dollar) mean the government has me covered no matter what happens no matter the type, level and length of treatment I need. Ours is not the Rolls Royce of health care systems in NZ, in fact we are endlessly talking about how it can be better, but it is efficient, cost effective and free to those who need it. Yes we have waiting lists for elective surgery, but in nearly all cases if you need it you get it and quickly. Will there be isolated cases where things go wrong? Yes but no more that you have in your private systems.
WAKE UP OVER THERE YOU ARE BEING FED A LINE BY FOX AND THE GOP AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Socialised or government provided medicine is not bad medicine.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:22 pmIf national health care reform is going to be fatal somebody sign up Gohmert first!
July 27th, 2009 at 11:00 pmThe Pelosi/Obama plan to euthanize senior citizens via health care rationing is one way to save Social Security.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:16 pmMarwick is a dick-dick.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:40 amI used to like Alex Jones (9/11 stuff) but I’ve since realized he is nothing more than an arrogant, loud mouthed, right wing extremist lunatic who makes his living spewing fear, lies and moronic claims.
If you ever go to his site “Infowars” and read the comments there, it is scary! Lots of crazy people with guns out there believe Jones is the Savior, who will save our country, when in actuality Jones is a phony, a fake, who only cares about himself and his pocket book.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:50 ammarwick says:
The Pelosi/Obama plan to euthanize senior citizens via health care rationing is one way to save Social Security.
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Rounding up registered republicans and euthanizing them is one way to save our country.
Pardon my density, but is that Gohmert or Gomer?
And that Jones certainly seems to have some sort of a jones…
July 28th, 2009 at 1:07 amThere is no convincing Jones or Gohmert of anything, We need to convince the voters of Texas and Minnesota (R- Bachman) to see their idiots for what they are. As for Jones, I am glad I don’t get his radio show. They talked about condoms on wild horses…what idiots..the provision was for surgical or immosuppressive sterilzation. But people who are ignorant can say anything and other ignorant people will believe it and pass it on as fact. That is what happens in the right wing of the Republican party. We can’t change ignorant people. We can only inform others who want to vote and vote for a sane Congressman or woman. Meanwhile call or write your own Congressman/woman and Senators and tell them you are watching their voting. We need a single payer system to compete with the profiteering insurance companies to bring down costs. I am uninsured and I have worked for 36 years in health care. Now since I am a personal contractor the only insurance I can get is COBRA and that is very expensive.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:26 am9/11 was not an inside job. The government would never do that. That would be mean. The 3rd tower that fell just fell for no reason. Go back to sleep Amerika. Your government has it all under control.
Great job TP!
July 28th, 2009 at 2:30 amJ 4 lD,
What is your solution to our economic woes? What would be your approch to healthcare reform, if any? Or are you too busy with unsubstantiated claims to address the situation at hand?
July 28th, 2009 at 2:40 am.
July 28th, 2009 at 8:52 amForget immediate universal single-payer national healthcare. The “Blue Dogs” won’t allow it. Looks like we’ll have to disallow them, first. NOV 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, time to clean out the kennel.
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pete says:
Some days I don’t feel all alone living in the state that unleashed Shelly Bachmann (InsaneR-Mn.) on the country. Sorry, Texas
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Hi all…this is my first comment here and I hate to admit it, but Gohmert is the Rep. from my area.
I feel for ya Pete. I know how it is to feel all alone in a state full of , of … I’ll use the word “loonies”… just to be nice. I’d rather scream, but wouldn’t do any good.
I at least thought I’d be able to cancel out a Republican vote with mine, but since another slimey Texan (DeLay) got through rearranging our districts, I couldn’t even do that.
Anyway, Hang in there Pete…looks like both states have our fair share of these .. people.
I’m sure some of you are like me … I’ll be eligible for Medicare in a few yrs. and since it’s gov’t run health care, do ya think I need to start picking out my funeral attire now????
July 28th, 2009 at 9:23 pmHardy Haberman: As a Texan, I apologize for the imbecilic lunatics we have as our elected officials.
Natalie, you’re among friends here. You don’t have to use an alias. When’s the new album coming out? Say hi to Martie and Emily for us.
July 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pmGovernments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
July 29th, 2009 at 4:05 pmAll you who believe the left right paradigm are fools, all you who attack Alex Jones are attacking a true patriot. Long live the Republic.
How can Alex Jones not agree with being a slave to group think Progressive Ideologies like Obama’s Science Czar John P.Holdren.
John P. Holdren co-wrote “ECO SCIENCE” and called for mandatory sterilization, sterilizing chemicals in the tap water… and you know what Alex Jones is crazy for not being progressive enough to want to scientifically alter society.
Alex Jones exposes the forces behind both the RIGHT and the LEFT.
He exposed Bush for all his crimes. And still exposes corruption on a global scale.
But somehow, group think casualties are still confined to the dis-proven, debunked conspiracy theory that the LEFT or the RIGHT are any different in their actions.
And about group think:
Think Progress claims that it is a “nonpartisan organization,” and yet it’s bankrolled by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a think tank headed by Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff John D. Podesta (pictured top), who was also head of Barack Obama’s presidential transition team after the 2008 election.
According to SourceWatch, “CAP’s Progressive Media project emerged as a major communications war room on behalf of Obama’s domestic and foreign policy agenda and CAP became a strong advocate for escalation in Afghanistan. Progressive Media is run through the Center for American Project Action Fund, the more political 501(c)4 arm of CAP. It coordindates closely with the Common Purpose Project, an effort to create message discipline among the pro-Obama organizations, with a direct tie to the White House.”
Think Progress was vehemently anti-war during the Bush administration, but since Obama took power, bombing brown people in broken-backed third world countries has apparently become a “progressive” and “liberal” virtue.
According to Center for American Progress director Jennifer Palmieri, the organization is focused around “driving the White House’s message and agenda.”
How on earth can “driving the White House’s message and agenda” be deemed “non-partisan”?
Think Progress is nothing more than an echo chamber for Obama administration propaganda – it’s the Free Republic of the left-wing. It’s about as “non-partisan” as the Communist Party propaganda organ Pravda was during the Cold War.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:19 pmWell now, a simple reciting of the facts by Progressive Eugenicist, and the urine and acetic acid boys run home to mom.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:45 pmJohn P. Holdren really is Obama’s Science Tzar. He really did write a book called Ecoscience. In that book he really did advocate putting sterilants in the water supply. Be a stupid fake uneducated liberal making fun of stupid right wing hillbillies or LOOK IT UP! like an intelligent human being.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:10 amThis article lacks a proper refutation but rather falls to childish name calling. That’s because the writer can’t handle truth in his biased partisan mind. So get rid of your blinders and see this all comes right out of the proposed new health plan and the book John Holdren co-authored. It’s not a Republican conspiracy of lies against Obama so stop falling for this divide-and-conquer trick. Forget what you know about Alex Jones or that Gohmert is a Republican and start looking at the facts. And remember truth is stranger than the partisan driven fiction.
July 30th, 2009 at 9:58 am