Objectively Pro-Taliban

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Objectively Pro-Taliban

by digby

There's been a lot of chatter this morning about Newtie's comments touting Dinesh D'Souza's absurd new book, The Roots of Obama's Rage setting forth the idea that Obama inherited some sort of African Colonial philosophy from the father he never knew. (It's in the blood dontcha know.) ...

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D'Souza's book will appeal to all those who are dying to explain their visceral loathing of Obama's blackness on something other than racism (which they just know has nothing to do with them because if they were racist they'd hate all black people instead of only the "bad" ones.) But D'Souza's agenda is actually much more interesting than that. He's the author of the book The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11 described by Booklist this way:

D'Souza once again turns his eye for social criticism to liberals, this time asserting their responsibility for the rise of anti-Americanism abroad and perhaps even the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The cultural Left in the U.S., by pressing for sexual freedom for women and gays through birth control, no-fault divorce, and support for gay marriage, has not only undermined American culture but also provoked the ire of religious conservatives in other nations, most prominently Islamic fundamentalists. Contrary to President Bush's assertions that terrorists and their supporters hate American freedom, D'Souza asserts that what they really hate is our licentious culture. He notes that American conservatives have more in common with Islamic Fundamentalists than with American liberals.

Oh my. He's also recently been named the president of The King's College, a Christian school dedicated to training students to carry forth the "biblical worldview" ...

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Not that there's any reason to worry about far right Christian extremists and their vastly wealthy funders gaining power in America. It's rude to even contemplate it as a serious problem. Still, it's interesting to see what some of them believe if only out of curiosity.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/dinesh-dsouza-objectively-pro-taliban.html

[Ramulux]

1. WTF

Newt needs to get called out on this bullshit right now. He needs to be asked point blank if he agrees with this D'Souza piece of shit, if he says yes, his career is pretty much over.

"Contrary to President Bush's assertions that terrorists and their supporters hate American freedom, D'Souza asserts that what they really hate is our licentious culture. He notes that American conservatives have more in common with Islamic Fundamentalists than with American liberals."

That quote right there is enough to end the career of any republican politician who agrees with it. If you get Newt to start making excuses like "I only agree with part of the book but I think this other part is horrible and untrue" he is going to look like a lying deceitful asshole. This guy is saying that the right wing in this county have a lot in common with Islamic fundamentalists and we have a republican presidential nominee saying how smart this guy is. If we can make a big enough deal out of this, Newts campaign can be ended before it even begins.

[Emit]

2. kick

a roo

These folks are nuts