Perrypalooza
by digby
I’m not following the Rick Perrypalooza in detail, but the twitter machine indicates that the usual suspects are out in force. This one was a featured speaker:
That is Lila Rose professional slut shamer and Planned Parenthood hoaxster. Perry appearing with her is the equivalent of Barack Obama standing on stage with the members of the Earth Liberation Front or the globalization anarchists. It’s not that I’m saying these are equivalently wrong on the merits, but that they are equivalently at the extreme fringes of the political system. The difference is that the right wing extreme is smack in the middle of the Republican Party, warmly embraced by elected officials and welcomed into the dialog as if what they are saying isn’t a belief held only by fringe fanatics.
Dave Neiwert has documented this mainstreaming in detail, so I’m not saying anything earth shattering here. But it’s always jarring to me to see it nonetheless. Rick Perry is considered to be a very serious candidate for president. It’s possible that he is nothing more than the Frederick of Hollywood of 2012, but all the Village pundits are salivating at the prospect of his possible candidacy. This association with the most outrageous members of the religious right doesn’t even register.
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