Posted on 11/07/2008 10:17:03 PM PST by jessduntno
Norman Lear: New Right Will Emerge November 7, 2008 Jim Meyers
TV producer Norman Lear has warned, the Republican Party will “take a hard turn to the extreme right.”
Lear, co-founder of People For the American Way, wrote: “With the right in its new role as ‘the opposition,’ get ready to see an invigorated right-wing grassroots, media and organizational infrastructure.”
Lear — whose TV shows included “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” — asserted that the The Heritage Foundation “is already digging in its heels saying they will not let President-elect Obama bring about the change he's promised.”
The e-mail predicts:
Right-wing blogs, talk radio and television outlets like Fox News will experience a boom, and new personalities will emerge.
Considering the popularity of Sarah Palin, who appealed to the far-right base, many will make the case that the best political strategy is a hard-line and unabashed commitment to right-wing ideology.
Following the passage of anti-gay ballot initiatives in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida and California, the emboldened religious right will seek to “repeat these tactics in state after state.”
The e-mail continues: “The right is already planning the revitalization of the conservative movement. They will have the energy. They will have the funding. And with the will to obstruct at every turn the change that we've worked so hard to achieve, the right is making our case that People For the American Way is more necessary than ever…
“The Clinton administration was subject to unrelenting attacks from the right — as Obama's surely will be — but too many progressives thought they could stop fighting once the election was over.
“Without a strong progressive movement keeping the wind at the Obama administration's back, our constitutional values will not be realized as policy and our electoral gains will be short-lived.”
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If you REALLY want to test your gag reflexes, check out their web. I won't offer a link; my computer might melt down.
Sounds like the old Fairness Doctrine will be trotted out pretty quick...
I wonder how Norman liked Oh-mamma getting his shows mixed up and doing an imersonation of Fred Sanford saying "I'm coming Weezy." And he looked around, wondering why everyone was going HUH??? His non-Americanness pops out at odd little times like that...no comfort with mainstream culture. Kind of an effete, Euro-trashy Plugs Biden, trying to be "one of the guys."
"Considering the popularity of Sarah Palin, who appealed to the far-right base, many will make the case that the best political strategy is a hard-line and unabashed commitment to right-wing ideology."
Oh dear, musn't have that!
Hey Norm-
You supported a candidate that wants to “spread the wealth around”
Can I have one of your 50 cars?
Sounds to me like they are really scared...
uhhh ... ya kinda forgot the 24/7 hatchet job by the left AND the MSM of GWB for 8 years!!!
At least Clinton and Bambi have most of the press to help out, Bush had Fox (sometimes) and blogs, pretty much.
Yeah, I cry a river for the treatment of those two.
Good Lord these people are hopeless. When you've been as far Left as Leary and his ilk, I'm sure even Arnold the Governator looks "far-right".
YO NORMAN .... Be Afraid, Be VERY AFRAID!!
If the Right does NOT RETURN, AlBORE and BARRY are gonna TAKE your CARS AWAY ... Global warming, ya know!!
Okay, so did I steal your tagline or did you steal mine? =)
Sounds good to me.
**When you’ve been as far Left as Leary and his ilk, I’m sure even Arnold the Governator looks “far-right”.**
Extended Family in the BAY AREA, believe that Nancy PELOSI is the Conservative among the CA Congressional delegation.
Needed 3 stitches in my tongue to keep from laughing hysterically at them.
We should all be making donations to the Heritage Foundation right about now.
I'm not sure what constitutional values he's talking about. It can't be any from the U.S. Constitution, must be Cuba's.
To quote one of my favorite people,
“You betcha!”
Calling Joseph McCarthy!
Jeez! Is that old bastard still alive?
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Pray he's right.
There is a good chance they are scared of the porcupine they decided they wanted to play with. It is not us however. It is Obama.
Relax, Norm. We’ll be extending Barry every bit of courtesy and goodwill that you’ve extended President Bush. Only we won’t have to lie our asses off in doing it.
Being polite for any reason went out the window last tuesday. Norman Lear is an asshole and I don't mind saying it. I hope he is the first one to choke on higher taxes.
Unlike the ‘far left’ base who never considered a ‘hard-line’ unabashed commitment to the left-wing ideology (for the last two frickin years).
Sir, you are cornering us all into an uncompromisible position. The result will be unimaginable in the scope of human suffering. If you thought the last civil war was atrocious, just wait until the next one.
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