Thursday, December 30, 2004
The Worst of the Worst
It's time for the finals of the Most Loathsome Conservative of the Year contest. The survivors, having made it through the quarterfinals and semifinals, are:
If you don't have a strong visceral reaction to either contestant, or--more likely, I think--if you have an equally strong visceral reaction to both contestants, here are some links to help you decide who is more loathsome:
It's time for the finals of the Most Loathsome Conservative of the Year contest. The survivors, having made it through the quarterfinals and semifinals, are:
--Sean Hannity and Fox News generallyI realize that by straying from my original post on the subject and lumping the rest of Fox News with the loathsome Hannity, and other radical clerics with the loathsome Dobson, I have watered down the contest a bit. Nevertheless, you still have the chance to pick the poison you find most offensive--baldfaced propagandizing or hypocritical moralizing, each in the service of untruth.
--James Dobson and the radical clerics
If you don't have a strong visceral reaction to either contestant, or--more likely, I think--if you have an equally strong visceral reaction to both contestants, here are some links to help you decide who is more loathsome:
Media Matters' year-end review of Fox News' falsehoods, distortions, and smears.The winner will receive absolutely nothing except the opprobrium he deserves. Vote now.
A review of Hannity's 2004 book, Deliver Us From Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism .
People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch fact sheet on Dobson's Focus on the Family organization.
An old but still useful site called "Know Your Enemies," which summarizes the activities of many major groups and figures of the religious right.
