Thom Hartmann: Conservatives Are ‘Powerful Strain of Anti-Americanism’
Leave it to Thom Hartmann, the liberal radio host, to assert that conservative Republicans are un-American, because apparently, unless you love Big Government, you're not very American. He not only said that on Monday's show. He asserted that if there were such a think as a “sentient deity” he would be urgently send us the message “Stop pumping carbon into your atmosphere!” Is it any wonder they can't make liberal radio a ratings smash? Here's the “powerful strain of anti-Americanism” rant: HARTMANN: There is a powerful strain of anti-Americanism that disguises itself as the Republican party and the so-called conservative movement that I think would horrify moderate conservatives like Dwight Eisenhower and even serious conservatives like Barry Goldwater, who actually believed that government can be and should be a force for good…[Neither] of them would have gone so far as Reagan did and say [that] the government is not the solution; the government is the problem. Ronald Reagan, spokesman for a “powerful strain of anti-Americanism”? That certainly sounds like it's twisted backwards and upside down. A few minutes later, Hartmann played a clip of Michele Bachmann's joke about the recent earthquake and hurricane being a message from God to get our house in order, which obviously upsets liberals who don't really believe in God. Hartmann complained:
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