By John Amato
ISBN-10: 0982417179
ISBN-13: 9780982417171
Overview “John Amato and David Neiwert have produced a e-book that are supposed to remain on cabinets for fifty years—long adequate to remind us that at the least a few humans understood the unusual and vile energies eating the social agreement first and foremost of the 3rd millenium. As a checklist of what's taking place to American conservatism within the 12 months 2010, *Over the Cliff* is unmatched.” —**Rick Perlstein**, writer of *Nixonland: the increase of a President and the Fracturing of the USA* “If you need to comprehend the forces in the back of the intense demonization of President Obama and the attack on innovative the USA, glance no extra than *Over the Cliff.* With witty research and thorough investigative reporting, Amato and Neiwert offer a definitive chronicle of the far-right’s speedy move from paranoia to outright violence. —**Max Blumenthal**, writer of *Republican Gomorrah: contained in the circulate That Shattered the celebration* “Over the Cliff is a really valuable cataloguing of the notable descent of the yankee correct into vicious name-calling, racist demonizing, and paranoid conspiracy-mongering because the election of Barack Obama. Amato and Neiwert do a chief task of chronicling the damaging, populist rage at the correct that pandering politicians and shameless media pundits are assisting and abetting.” —**Mark Potok**, director of the Intelligence undertaking, Southern Poverty legislation heart From the again disguise "John Amato and David Neiwert have produced a publication that are meant to remain on cabinets for fifty years--long sufficient to remind us that at the least a few humans understood the unusual and vile energies eating the social agreement at first of the 3rd millenium. As a list of what's taking place to American conservatism within the 12 months 2010, *Over the Cliff* is unmatched." -- **Rick Perlstein**, writer of *Nixonland: the increase of a President and the Fracturing of the US* "If you must comprehend the forces at the back of the extraordinary demonization of President Obama and the attack on innovative the US, glance no additional than *Over the Cliff*. With witty research and thorough investigative reporting, Amato and Neiwert supply a definitive chronicle of the far-right's quick circulate from paranoia to outright violence." -- **Max Blumenthal**, writer of *Republican Gomorrah: contained in the circulation That Shattered the get together* "*Over the Cliff* is a really precious cataloguing of the striking descent of the yank correct into vicious name-calling, racist demonizing, and paranoid conspiracy-mongering because the election of Barack Obama. Amato and Neiwert do a chief activity of chronicling the damaging, populist rage at the correct that pandering politicians and shameless media pundits are assisting and abetting." -- **Mark Potok**, director of the Intelligence undertaking, Southern Poverty legislations heart
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When accused of being a racist, he answered: Yes, I am a racist. If you consider me a racist, well [unintelligible]. Those Arabs are dirtbags. They’re dirty people, they hate Americans, they hate my kids, they hate my grandkids. And people like him [points to another supporter], more power to them. A New York Observer report from Florida told a similar story from outside another McCain/Palin event, quoting a 44-year-old calling herself “America Blanca” (White America) who said she didn’t believe the polls showing Obama ahead.
Jerome Corsi—coauthor of the “Swift Boat” hoax that played a critical role in sinking John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, and more recently the author of a book he oh-so-cleverly titled The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (get it? )—went on Fox & Friends and told Steve Doocy: The campaign has a false, fake birth certificate posted on their website.... it’s been shown to have watermarks from Photoshop. It’s a fake document that’s on the website right now, and the original birth certificate the campaign refuses to produce.
Gordon Liddy put it. As someone who isn’t who he says he is. As—let’s face it—the Manchurian Candidate, with all the evil connotations that come with it... And it’s about the disturbing role media figures like Dobbs play when they act as the bridge—as the transmitter—between the radical and the mainstream. When they legitimize the craziness, if only in the eyes of the crazies themselves. ” In that respect, the explosion of right-wing conspiracism and McCarthyite smears that followed Obama’s election was remarkably similar to the events that followed Bill Clinton’s election in 1993—the onslaught was predicated on a series of viral memes whose purpose was to delegitimize Obama’s presidency.