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The Republican Jaw Dropping Moment.....
For the third Republican debate in the row – it’s not what the candidates on stage said that was so troubling – but instead what the audience did. Last night’s Fox News/Google Republican debate featured many of the same barbs against President Obama – calls for lower taxes for millionaires, billionaires, and corporations – and blasts against so-called government health care. Curiously – Fox so-called News also allowed a hate group to participate in the debate. The Federation for American Immigration Reform – an organization that according to the Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group – was given a platform to ask the first question on immigration last night.
But it was when a now-openly gay soldier posed a question to Rick Santorum about the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – that the debate provided it’s most jaw-dropping moment. After this soldier wrapped up his question - members of the audience wildly booed him – seemingly just because he was gay. No candidate on stage repudiated the boos – but afterward Jon Huntsman called the incident “unfortunate” – as did a representative for Rick Perry.
So in three debates – we’ve seen Conservative audiences applaud the deaths of 234 people who were executed in Texas – we’ve seen them shout that when a sick American is without health insurance we should just "let him die" – and now we’ve seen them enthusiastically boo a soldier who is putting his life at risk to defend this nation – because he is gay. Over and over again – I’ve called this Republican primary a race to the bottom – only now do I realize the far-right Conservative base in the audience is also competing in the race…and in the words of Charlie Sheen – they’re winning.
It's a sad glimpse into the bigotry and fear that have infected America since the days of the KKK and apparently is still alive and well.
-Thom
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Time for some U.S. soul searching? Is Troy Davis' Death the start of a movement to end the death penalty?
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