8/11/2004

Let's read about

John Corsi, the guy who wrote "Unfit for Command" for the Republican part... I mean George W. Bu... I mean "Swift Boat Veterans for Falsity." Wingers always get huffy when you accuse them of being intolerant of various people and things. For instance, Michelle Malkin, who is respected as a commentator in winger circles, is now an advocate for internment camps (read: concentration camps) for Arabs/Muslims. She points to the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII as an instructive and positive example. I really don't give a crap about her point, because I don't think that a liberal, pluralistic democracy lik the United States has any business interning people based solely on their ethnicity or religion. (Guilt by association alone). Anyway, back on track, it's interesting that Corsi is..well, lots of things. He is/was a regular poster on the right wing jihadist website, freerepublic.com. Here's how James Carville introduced a story about Corsi on Crossfire:
John Kerry, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, Katie Couric, CBS, NBC are all communists. Hillary Clinton is a lesbian fat hog with fake hair. Al and Tipper Gore are terrorists who are part of the Taliban. The pope is senile. And pedophilia is fine with him as long as it's not reported in the liberal press. If you think all this sounds nutty, well, it is. According to the organization Media Matters For America, all this has been written by Jerome Corsi. Why do we care what Jerome Corsi says? Well, we don't. But as co-author of the book "Unfit for Command" about John Kerry and his service in Vietnam, some people are making the mistake of taking him seriously. In the world of putrid right-wing pond scum, Corsi is one of the biggest bottom-feeders of them all.

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