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Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America

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by John P. Avlon


  Davis, Jefferson

  Dean, Howard

  Death of a President (movie)

  “Death panels”

  comparisons to dictators

  Gohmert and

  Palin and

  Defense of Freedom foundation

  DeLay, Tom

  DeMille, Cecil B.

  DeMint, Jim

  Democratic Party

  history

  hunt for heretics

  “reversal” with Republican Party

  statistics on liberal Democrats

  DePass, Rusty

  DePugh, Robert Bolivar

  DINO hunting

  Dittoheads

  Dixiecrats

  Dobbs, Lou

  Dobson, James

  Doctors for Patient Freedom

  Dodd, Chris

  Donahue, Phil

  “Don’t Tread on Me” flags/shirts

  Drake, Pastor Wiley

  background

  as Birther/lawsuits

  description

  George Tiller and

  Obama Derangement Syndrome of

  religious beliefs

  Dreams from My Father (Obama)

  Driscoll, Robert E.J.

  Drudge Report

  “Echo chamber” use/effects

  Economic crisis

  Bush and

  House Democrats and

  tax issues

  “Economic fascism”

  Eden, Michael

  Edwards, James

  Eisenhower, Dwight

  Eisenhower, Tom

  Emanuel, Rahm

  End of America, The (Wolf)

  End of the world signs

  See also Antichrist; “Obama as Antichrist”

  Epstein, Peter

  Factcheck.org

  Fahrenheit 9/11 (Moore)

  Faithful Word Baptist Church, Arizona

  Falwell, Jerry

  Family Research Council

  Farah, Joseph

  as anti-Clintons

  as anti-Obama

  background

  Limbaugh and

  praying for Obama to fail

  views

  WorldNetDaily beginnings See also WorldNetDaily

  Farrakhan, Louis

  Ferguson, Ben

  Ferraro, Geraldine

  Fey, Tina

  50 staters

  51 percenters

  Finger biting incident

  Flake, Jeff

  Focus on the Family

  Foner, Eric

  “Fools arguing” saying

  Foote, Shelby

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford

  Foster, Vince

  Fox News

  about

  as “fair and balanced”

  “Obama as Hitler”

  “some say” formulation

  “Talk-Fox Complex”

  Tea Party protests

  See also specific individuals

  FoxForum

  Ashley Todd’s attack claims

  Obama death threat posts

  Frank, Barney

  Franken, Al

  Franks, Gary

  Franks, Thomas

  Franks, Trent

  Fredricktown Tomato Show Parade

  Free Republic

  Freedmen’s Bureau

  Freedom

  religious right and

  wingnuts and

  FreedomWorks

  Fright-wing politics

  Alex Jones and

  Big Lies and

  description See also Birthers; 9/11 Truthers

  Frum, David

  FrumForum

  Funderburk, Danny

  Gangster Government

  Garofalo, Janeanne

  Gasparian, Henry

  Georgia

  assault weapon bans and

  secession resolution

  Germanicus, Dalderian

  Gifford, Gabrielle

  Gilchrest, Wayne

  Gillespie, Nick

  Gingrich, Newt

  on Republicans hunting for heretics

  Value Voters Summit

  Welfare reform (1966)

  Giuda, Kellen

  Giuliani, Rudy

  Glassberg, Billy

  Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-

  Control Government (Beck),

  Godwin’s Law

  Goforth, Sherri

  Gohmert, Louis

  Going to Extremes (Sunstein)

  Goldberg, Jonah

  Goldberg, Lucianne

  Golden Age of Radio, The (record collection)

  Goldwater, Barry

  Civil Rights Act (1964)

  political views

  presidential run

  on religious factions

  RINO test and

  values of

  Goodling, Monica

  GOP. See Republican Party

  GOP.com

  Graf, Randy

  Graham, Lindsey

  Grant, Bob

  Grant, Ulysses S.

  Grassfire Nation Web site

  Grassley, Chuck

  Grayson, Alan

  Great Depression

  Greensboro, North Carolina massacre (1979)

  Gregg, Judd

  Grose, Dean

  Guevara, Che, references/ comparisons

  Gulliver’s Travels (Swift)

  Hagee, Rev. John

  Hagler, Graylan

  Hannity, Sean

  Hardball (MSNBC)

  Hart, Peter

  Hate crimes bill

  Hatriots

  definition

  health care reform and

  history of violence

  Internet and

  militia movement and

  Oath Keepers

  Operation Patriot

  plans to assassinate president

  secession and

  “TBDO” (“The Big Die Off”)

  Tenthers

  Three Percenters

  wingnut media and

  Havel, Vaclav

  Hayek, Friedrich von

  Hayworth, J.D.

  Health-care reform

  Hatriots and

  left wingnuts and

  narrow party lines and

  Olbermann on

  opposition to

  “patriots against tyrants” theme

  on Republican plan

  See also Tea Party protests

  Heston, Charlton

  HipHopRepublican.com

  Hoff, Rachel

  Hoffman, Doug

  Hofstadter, Richard

  Holder, Eric

  Homophobia

  How to Take Back America Conference

  Huckabee, Mike

  “big tent” philosophy opposition

  How To Take Back America Conference

  Value Voters Summit

  Huffington, Arianna

  Humphrey, Hubert

  Humphries, Rusty

  Hussein, Saddam

  “Ideology” (Havel on)

  Independent voters

  in Alaska

  George W. Bush and

  increase in

  Limbaugh and

  McCain and

  Obama and

  Palin and

  Perot and

  Republicans and

  Indianapolis Star

  Inhofe, James

  Integration

  of armed forces

  civil rights legislation/effects

  Little Rock school

  southern conservatives and

  Supreme Court rulings See also Segregation

  International Women’s Peace Conference, Dallas

  Internet

  conservatives and

  extremism and

  Hatriots and

  right vs. left use

  wingnuts (overview) See also specific individuals; specific web sites

  Iraq War

  Jackson, Jesse

  Jackson, Stonewall

  Jackson
, Victoria

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jesus Freak hippies

  Jim Crow laws

  Jindal, Bobby

  “Joe the Plumber”

  John Birch Society

  about/views

  RINO hunting

  Wiley Drake and

  “Johnny Reb” mascot

  Johns, Deborah

  Johns, Stephen Tyrone

  Johnson, Charles

  Johnson, Lyndon

  Joker, the

  Jones, Alex

  fright-wing politics

  9/11 Truthers

  Jones, Jim

  Kelly, David

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kernen, Joe

  Kerry, John

  Keyes, Allan

  background

  as Birther

  on Obama

  King, Steve

  extremism of

  How To Take Back America Conference

  King Jr., Martin Luther

  Kirk, Mark

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane

  Klein, Ezra

  Know-Nothing Party

  Kolber, Suzy

  Kratovil, Frank

  Krauthammer, Charles

  Ku Klux Klan

  comparisons

  creation/objectives

  Greensboro, North Carolina massacre (1979)

  history of hate

  Rockefeller and

  Stormfront Web site and

  Kucinich, Dennis

  LaHaye, Rev. Tim

  Lamont, Ned

  Land, Clay D.

  LaRouche, Lyndon

  Larry King Live

  Larson, Lars

  Lawson, Dale

  League of Nations

  League of the South

  Lear, Garrett (Patriot Pastor)

  Lee, Robert E.

  Left Behind series (LaHaye)

  Left wingnuts

  attacks on Obama

  Democrat losses and

  hunt for heretics

  Obama’s approval rating and

  Leman, Patrick J.

  Lenin references/comparisons

  Levin, Mark

  “Liberal Fascism” (Goldberg)

  Lieberman, Joe

  Limbaugh, Rush

  “big tent” philosophy opposition

  Cheney and

  demographics of listeners

  dittoheads

  hoping for Obama to fail

  “Obama as Hitler/Nazi”

  Palin and

  “Porkulus”

  ratings and

  RINOS and

  style

  taking our country back

  Limbaugh Brigades

  Lincoln, Abraham

  assassination

  description of his Republican Party

  election/effects

  on government

  legacy

  as RINO

  Linder, John

  Lingle, Linda

  Little Rock, Arkansas integration

  LittleGreenFootballs.com

  Livingston, Bob

  Long, Huey

  Lott, Trent

  Louis, Errol

  Loving v. Virginia

  Lowry, Rich

  Lugar, Richard

  “Lunatic fringe”

  term origins See also Wingnuts

  MacGuffie, Bob

  Machiavelli

  Mack, Mary Bono

  Mack, Richard

  Madison County, Idaho

  Madoff, Bernie

  Madonna

  “Major-event/major-cause” thinking

  Mak, Tim

  Malkin, Michelle

  “Manchurian Candidate”

  Mao Zedong references/ comparisons

  Margolis, Dan

  Markey, Betsy

  Marshall, Thurgood

  Martinez, Mel

  Marx, Karl comparisons

  May, Bobbie

  McAllister, Lenny

  McCain, John

  advice for

  campaign technology gap

  campaign volunteers

  independence/bipartisanship and

  Lieberman and

  “Obama as Antichrist” ad

  RINO hit list and

  Steve King and

  voter demographics

  McCain, Meghan

  McCarthy, Joseph

  McCaskill, Claire

  McConnell, Mitch

  McHugh, John

  McKalip, David

  McKinley, William

  McKinney, Cynthia

  McVeigh, Timothy/Murrah Federal Building

  Media

  most trusted newsperson

  partisanship and

  trust and

  truth and See also specific individuals; specific media; Wingnut media

  Medicare Act (1965)

  Medved, Michael

  Meetup.com

  Mein Kampf (Hitler)

  Meredith, James

  Merit Financial Services

  Miller, Brad

  Miller, Katherine

  Minutemen

  Mohammed

  Moody, John

  Moore, Michael

  Moore, Stephen

  Morning Joe (MSNBC)

  Moss, Derek

  Moulitzas, Markos

  Moveon.org

  about

  criticizing Obama

 

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