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PatSeg

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9. Well, Roger Ailes was always a rotten

Reply to Escurumbele (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 2, 2021, 08:47 AM

Apr 2021

human being who would do anything to succeed, but I believe Boehner is referring to Ailes getting caught up in all the conspiracy theories, not just for ratings, but actually starting to believe them. I just finished the book, The Loudest Voice in the Room and Ailes did get progressively more extreme and very paranoid. Apparently he started to believe his own bullshit. The progressive transformation was similar to what you often see with dictators over time - with more power comes more fear and loathing.

I'm sure in the early years, he could have been taken for a very aggressive, results-oriented businessman, but his eventual success transformed him into a truly ugly human being or perhaps just revealed who he really was all along.

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Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia [View all] Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 OP

Never thought I'd say this re. Boehner, but this is brilliant! hatrack Apr 2021 #1

I know. I'm considering buying the book when it comes out. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #2

I was just thinking to myself, I just may read this book Skittles Apr 2021 #30

"We recruited crazier and crazier folk for fifty years and suddenly one day struggle4progress Apr 2021 #3

From 2005: JHB Apr 2021 #4

+ struggle4progress Apr 2021 #5

This. Precisely This. hatrack Apr 2021 #6

Many brilliant people have been warning us for a long time, Sinclair Lewis was one of them Escurumbele Apr 2021 #8

+++++++ ewagner Apr 2021 #15

"Until we get a government......" HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #23

Perfect! mountain grammy Apr 2021 #10

This nails it. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #13

This. This is the real story. Politicub Apr 2021 #19

Well, this paragraph is bullshit Escurumbele Apr 2021 #7

Well, Roger Ailes was always a rotten PatSeg Apr 2021 #9

I think so, here's the following paragraph after the excerpt: chia Apr 2021 #22

Yes, initially he pushed right-wing extremism PatSeg Apr 2021 #24

I read most of that book. Even with that author's objective Hortensis Apr 2021 #27

Actually, it took me a long time to finish it PatSeg Apr 2021 #28

Enormous damage to so many, that as you say will live on. Hortensis Apr 2021 #29

People do seem to be waking up PatSeg Apr 2021 #31

I'm sure there's plenty of bullshit involved. mountain grammy Apr 2021 #11

I'm sure that a lot of it is bullshit. That being said, it might provide some insight as to how the Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #14

Thing is, for those of us who grew up in the South, the GOP was always this. Always. ancianita Apr 2021 #12

Well said as long as we leave out the legacy of Neo-Liberalism. Ford_Prefect Apr 2021 #18

We didn't produce "neoliberalism." The right did. ancianita Apr 2021 #20

I don't feel 30 years qualifies as so short a time as dipping a toe suggests. Ford_Prefect Apr 2021 #25

I hear you. ancianita Apr 2021 #26

Bonheur is remarkably silent on the effect of people like the Koch Brothers & Mercers or the CNP. Ford_Prefect Apr 2021 #16

Boehner was awful. This folksy article is sour grapes about how he Politicub Apr 2021 #17

Yep, I buy your entire argument. He's not got the moral clarity or smarts, either, to see this about ancianita Apr 2021 #21

I shook the devil's hand but d_r Apr 2021 #32