Max Blumenthal

Interveiw with Max Blumenthal

Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

The author of Republican Gomorrah Max Blumenthal . You need to listen sitting down.

Liveblog with Max Blumenthal, Author of "Republican Gomorrah" Hotlist

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

by mcjoan from DailyKos Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party By Max Blumenthal Hardcover: 416 pages, $25 Nation Books: New York September 2009 This isn't a book for the faint of heart. The deep underbelly of the Republican right is far weirder, and far more disturbing, than most observers recognize. The corruption, the sex scandals, the lust for power--it's all here,...

Liveblog with Max Blumenthal, Author of "Republican Gomorrah"

Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party By Max Blumenthal Hardcover: 416 pages, $25 Nation Books: New York September 2009 This isn't a book for the faint of heart. The deep underbelly of the Republican right is far weirder, and far more disturbing, than most observers recognize. The corruption, the sex scandals, the lust for power--it's all here, presented in a fast-moving...

• Liveblog with Max Blumenthal, Author of "Republican Gomorrah" Hotlist - Vox Verax

Max Blumenthal: Elie Wiesel Appears With End Times Pastor John Hagee, Hagee Trashes Obama

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

During an unofficial panel of bloggers and activists at J Street's conference, I criticized Wiesel and Oren for associating with Hagee. Why is Wiesel palling around with Hagee? Why did I "mock" Wiesel?

Max Blumenthal On The Link Between Closet Cases And The Religious Right

Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

It's a bit of a dry speech, by the usual Blumenthal standards, but well worth watching. "The modern radical right, the most homophobic political movement in American history, has become a sanctuary for repressed gay men." Subscribe to Joe.My.God.

Max Blumenthal: Joe Scarborough, the "Real Conservative," Has Been Blinded by the Right

Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Before I first appeared on Morning Joe on September 22, I was warned about Joe Scarborough’s tendency to filibuster guests he does not agree with, and to do so in a belligerent manner. But to my surprise, the former Republican congressman proved a remarkably genial host, presiding over a civil but spirited discussion of my [...]

Max Blumenthal's Advice to Disillusioned Obama Supporters

Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

Author, journalist, videographer and blogger Max Blumenthal was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times this past week. The interview was published Friday . Although many of the TV, radio and print interviews with Max this late summer and early fall, while he has been on tour promoting his recent book, Republican Gomorrah , merely ask the same questions again and again, the LA Times Q&A session,...

(VIDEO) Joe Scarborough Exposes Max Blumenthal’s Radical Partisanship

Founding Bloggers (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

[via Hope For America] Check out this video of Joe Scarborough peeling back the layers of partisan hypocrisy oozing from every talking point made by Max Blumenthal. Click image below to go to video Max Blumenthal completely collapses at about the 5:30 mark. Enjoy.

Max Blumenthal Battles Joe Scarborough over "Conservatism"

Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

This morning, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," author and honorary Alaska blogger, Max Blumenthal , battled host Joe Scarborough over the difference between what Scarborough thinks is the legacy of recent American "conservatism," and what Blumenthal has uncovered to be what that "conservatism" has actually become, in terms of GOP power: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking...

Max on the Ed Show - "Going Off The Rails On A Crazy Train"

Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

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Daily Beast's Blumenthal Catches Ratigan Flu, Shouts Down Scarborough on 'Morning Joe'

NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

It isn't often that one can see two decades of history re-written in under ten minutes. But such was the occasion on this morning's episode of Morning Joe. Max Blumenthal, author of "Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party," spent his time on the show demonstrating the combined power of cognitive dissonance, wanton ignorance, and a willingness to re-write...

Republican Gomorrah: Max Blumenthal

Newshoggers (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

... people like Dr. Dobson, continues to this day. This snip is part of an hour-long presentation by Max Blumenthal summarizing his book Republican Gomorrah . I'm not going to read it because I already know what's there. The tragedy is that the very people who should be hearing this lecture or reading Max Blumenthal's book are not likely to read or hear the message. It makes me sad to...

Scarborough Schools Max Blumenthal on Extremism

Ace of Spades (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

Worth watching. There are two cool things here: 1. Scarborough's tone is pitch perfect. I get a little annoyed when conservatives are too often in outrage mode, particularly when it involves personal slights to leaders. The reason I'm annoyed is...

Max Blumenthal's Seattle Town Hall Address

Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

Max Blumenthal , who was hosted in Anchorage on September 26th and 27th by Alaska's progressive bloggers, gave a similar talk in Seattle's Town Hall, on September 24th. It got posted on YouTube this weekend:

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Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

In this discussion with Republican Gomorrah author Max Blumenthal, Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough tries to portray the Glenn Beck/Michelle Bachman/wingnut tea-bagger fringe as acceptable, par-for-the-course manifestations of political dispute. And the acquiescent timidity shown by Mika Brzezsinski and Tom Brokaw, obviously uncomfortable with the concept of calling a spade a spade, is, to me,...