TYT: Cenk's Take On The Insane Dunkin Donuts Story

[ihavenobias]

http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/05/29/dunkin-donuts-gives-into-insane-right-wing-boycott/

To me the right-wing blogosphere is so filled with venom and nonsense that I simply can't understand it anymore. It's like they live on a different planet. The planet where George Bush is a good president and we haven't started enough wars in the Middle East. But now they've topped themselves. They've come up with one of the most inane and insane boycotts in American history http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/28/dunkin-donuts-pulls-ad-fe_n_103859.html -- and what's crazier is that it worked!

Find out about it here (great rant by Michael Shure and Cenk):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=140049&mesg_id=140049

There are still some sane conservatives left in the country -- Andrew Sullivan, George Will, Charlie Crist (who McCain is considering for a VP spot), Ron Paul, Bob Barr and even Pat Buchanan. You can disagree with these folks, but they haven't lost their minds. For the most part they have valid and interesting opinions that are worthy of debate. But the same cannot be said of the right-wing bloggers. They sound like crazed zealots to me. I guess they probably view me the same way, and that's why it feels like we're not living on the same planet.

I leave it to you to decide who makes sense and who doesn't. I know some of the readers of this blog think the Michelle Malkins of the world are clear headed and the rest of us (progressives, moderates, centrists, etc.) don't understand the existential threat we face from Rachel Ray's scarf. I don't think I'll ever reach those people. But I take some comfort in the fact that it appears about 75% of the country has seen what this brand of conservatism has wrought -- and doesn't want any piece of it.
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