BLOW, ME

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“ Pitchforks and Pistols by Rick Moran His name is Charles Blow - no really, it is. I don't know exactly what he does for a living because this op-ed that appears in the New York Times today doesn't give us a clue. Perhaps he is the official liberal hand wringer. Or maybe he is the designated hysteria monger for the left. Whatever he does, it is apparent he needs a change of underpants after trying to scare the crap out of the left with visions of bloody revolution, right wing terrorism, and conservative mobs running amuck: Lately I’ve been consuming as much conservative media as possible (interspersed with shots of Pepto-Bismol) to get a better sense of the mind and mood of the right. My read: They’re apocalyptic. They feel isolated, angry, betrayed and besieged. And some of their “leaders” seem to be trying to mold them into militias. At first, it was entertaining — just harmless, hotheaded expostulation. Of course, there were the garbled facts, twisted logic and veiled hate speech. But what did I expect, fair and balanced? It was like walking through an ideological house of mirrors. The distortions can be mildly amusing at first, but if I stay too long it makes me sick. But, it’s not all just harmless talk. For some, their disaffection has hardened into something more dark and dangerous. They’re talking about a revolution. What sparkling analysis! What scintillating observations! What wit! What insightful reasoning! What a crock. Mr. Blowhard is a liar. If he read more conservative commentary than what he has linked above, I will eat my William F. Buckley Memorial Skimmer. If he had, he would not have had a column to write. No one at NRO has called for a "revolution." No one at The Weekly Standard has written anything remotely resembling a tract that pronounces conservatives "isolated, betrayed, and besieged. I haven't even heard Rush Limbaugh ....  ” Charles Blow has the second best media name after Peter Schmuck.  But Schmuck isn't, whereas Blow does.   His big mistake (lie) is that he's been perusing reckless conservative blogs run by ersatz european monarchs, and still getting it wrong.  They're not calling for a revolution unless the secession movement fails.  The GOP establishment media would never be so bold as to call a spade a spade. PS Rick - If Glen Beck ran in a (open to all registered Republicans) plebiscite,  against GOP leadership like that which forced the VA GOP Chair to resign because he  wanted to " pursue an agenda dominated by conservative social issues," rather than  " reach out to more moderate voters," I think Beck wins, or ought to.