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Jewish Group Wants Glenn Beck Dropped From Fox News
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyJewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ), a charity that campaigns for social change, delivered a petition with 10,000 signatures to Fox News Thursday demanding that talk show host Glenn Beck get the pink slip. The petition drive began in November after Fox News aired a three-part Beck special on businessman and philanthropist George Soros called "Puppet Master." The television show was deemed anti-Semitic by many in the media and Jewish groups. Beck once said that his election coverage goal was to "make George Soros cry," which is "hard to do," as Soros "saw people into gas chambers." Beck's ...
The Right Tones Down the Rhetoric
By Robert and Donna Trussell - Politics DailyFollow the Trussell cartoons on Twitter at ChaosTheoryPD ...
Can Political Rhetoric Drive a Mentally Ill Person to Violence?
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsCould a provocative political map really inspire someone struggling with mental illness to commit a violent act? Maybe, mental health experts say. But in those very rare cases, anything -- political or otherwise -- could just as easily set someone off. "What sets people off is very individual. People who have significant mental problems can fixate on things," said Stephen Morse, a law, psychology and psychiatry professor at the University of Pennsylvania. But, he said, "it's almost impossible to predict those really rare, rare events." Morse said it was "irresponsible" to blame politicians ...
Assange: 'Violent Rhetoric' Will Spark More Shooting Sprees
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warned that inflammatory rhetoric will lead to more shooting rampages like the one in Arizona over the weekend, arguing that media figures and officials who whip up hate and violence should be charged with "incitement to murder." Assange made the argument Monday in a statement put out by his anti-secrecy group shortly before he appeared at a London court as part of his fight against extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning on sex crimes charges. The press release offered "sympathy and condolences" to all of the victims of Saturday's ...
Giffords Called for Moderation in E-Mail on Eve of Shooting
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe evening before she was shot at a political rally, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wrote an e-mail about the need to tone down the rhetoric in American politics. In a note to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, a Republican who had just been appointed director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics, Giffords offered her congratulations and asked Grayson, whom she had befriended at a conference years before, for help in stemming partisan vitriol. Susan Walsh, AP Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., wrote an e-mail to a Kentucky Republican on the evening before she was shot, ...
Obama Criticized for Dour Rhetoric on Economy
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAs the debate over the President Obama's economic stimulus proposal has heated up, Obama's rhetoric on the proposal has grown more urgent, and more pessimistic. Obama has said that the stimulus must be passed to avoid an economic "catastrophe," and warned that if the bill is not passed quickly, the nation "might not recover" from the eventual economic collapse. Now, a former aide to President George W. Bush, Brad Blakeman, says that President Obama's gloomy arguments in favor of the bill have crossed the line of presidential good taste."It's not presidential. An American leader needs to be ...
Rage Against the (Political) Machine
By Dave - Politics DailyPaul Krugman Something very ugly is taking shape on the political scene: as McCain's chances fade, the crowds at his rallies are, by all accounts, increasingly gripped by insane rage. I don't know, the only insane rage I see around this election was when Sarah Palin threatened to completely knock Obama off of his pedestal. We saw lots of ugliness then. Michelle Malkin has a list of stuff like this The Republican V.P. nom would be "gang-raped by my big black brothers" if she enters Manhattan, Bernhard said. Palin is said to be making a campaign stop in New York next week. And this: And ...
McCain to Whip Obama's 'You Know What'?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThat's the boast that John McCain made to staffers on Sunday. Yep, after losing the first two debates, McCain now says he's going to whip Obama's ass in the third and final meeting. Nothing like a little rope-a-dope. Let the challenger have the first two rounds, watch him build a big lead in the polls, give the nation the impression that you're no longer talking about issues, piss off your supporters as well as your opponents, and then--wham!--come back with a massive last effort to save the day. Of course, McCain assures us that the ass-whipping will be done respectfully. "I want to emphasize ...
McCain Has a Choice
By Dave - Politics DailyThe latest kerfuffle over violent rhetoric from the McCain campaign is still yet to play out, yet we already know that it was based on one or two comments and the feverish imaginations of the left, who are eager to assign blame and culpability on John McCain for one guy in 10,000 who shouts "terrorist." The result is a pure psy-ops operation not directed at you or me or the casual John McCain leaner, it is directed at John McCain himself. What if they can get him to back down? What if they can get him to pull all the negative advertising? We already know that John McCain has a high opinion ...
Lewis Calls Out McCain, McCain Indignant
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyJohn McCain, late yesterday, was demanding that Barack Obama repudiate "shocking" remarks by Rep. John Lewis (D - GA). Lewis, you may recall, was among the 3 wisest people that McCain named at the Saddleback forum in August, along with eBay executive Meg Whitman, and General David Petraeus.AOL News has the story:In a statement issued Saturday, Lewis said McCain and running mate Sarah Palin were "sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse." He noted that Wallace also ran for president. "George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never ...
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