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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

coup coup ca choo

newsmax hopes the american military overthrows obama, but then thinks better about admitting it. thinkprogress:

in a column published on the right-wing site newsmax yesterday, john l. perry writes that a military coup against president obama is possible. newsmax appears to have taken down the column from its website this morning. media matters has archived it, however:

there is a remote, although gaining, possibility america’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the “obama problem.” don’t dismiss it as unrealistic. [...]

military intervention is what obama’s exponentially accelerating agenda for “fundamental change” toward a marxist state is inviting upon america. a coup is not an ideal option, but obama’s radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible.

unthinkable? then think up an alternative, non-violent solution to the obama problem. just don’t shrug and say, “we can always worry about that later.”
in his washington post column, former bush speechwriter michael gerson acknowledges that “military leaders seem impressed” with president obama’s decision-making process. “obama’s engaged, deliberate style has fans in the military,” he writes...

a spokeswoman for newsmax sent a statement to tpm admitting that the magazine removed the column after several reader complaints:

newsmax strongly believes in the principles of constitutional government and would never advocate or insinuate any suggestion of an activity that would undermine our democracy or democratic institutions.
tho newsmax is back-peddling, saying that perry is just an "unpaid blogger" with his own opinions, steve benen begs to differ:

earlier today, newsmax yanked the column from its site, and a representative distanced the outlet from the writer. perry, a newsmax spokesperson said, "has no official relationship with newsmax other than as an unpaid blogger."

the whole truth is more interesting.

that's not quite the wording on his newsmax biography. there, perry is described as an "award-winning newspaper editor and writer" who "contributes a regular column to newsmax.com."

he's also a former senior editor for the site, working in that role from late 1999 until october 2001.

perry has written for the site regularly -- nearly every single week -- since november 1999. newsmax was founded in 1998.
just an "unpaid blogger"? i don't think so.

on a related note, dave weigel notes that newsmax is sponsored in part by the republican national committee.

given the rnc's financial support of worldnetdaily, this isn't a huge shock, though it does point to the motley crew the republican national committee is willing to work with in order to connect with the right-wing base.
stay classy, newsmax.
posted by skippy at 9:00 PM |

1 Comments:

When you combine this with Bush-years reports of a push to place Christian Fundamentalists in positions of power in the military (the Air Force was supposedly the most compromised, the Navy the least), especially among the officer's corp, one is forced to wonder if this is supposed to be some sort of get-ready code. After all, Fundies are far more likely to be Republicans (and Authoritarians) than they are to be Democrats.
Let's hope the secret service takes this kind of thing seriously (and that it is not itself been compromised).
commented by Blogger daveawayfromhome, 9:38 PM PDT  

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