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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre the kooks taking over?
When I read "Media Matters," "Crooks and Liars," "Encyclopedia of Loons," and "Right-Wing Watch," I can't help but wonder.
Are we headed for the "Idiotocracy" world?
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Are the kooks taking over? (Original Post)
Archae
May 2014
OP
The kooks took over the GOP many, many years ago. And they have the DEM Party on loan.
blkmusclmachine
May 2014
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kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)1. I loaned my DVD copy of that movie to my sister and she said it scared her
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)2. When I saw your title I thought you meant DU.
Archae
(46,337 posts)4. Sometimes I wonder about that too.
I posted a thread slamming Jenny McCarthy and her desperate backpedaling on her anti-vaccination woo lately.
I didn't think we had that many anti-vaxxers here.
And don't even try to bring up the reality about GMOs. Science loses at DU all the time.
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)8. My firsrt thought too.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)3. I thought the Kochs were taking over.
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)5. Too late
They took over some years ago. The rest of us are just fighting a hopeless rearguard.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)6. The kooks took over the GOP many, many years ago. And they have the DEM Party on loan.
villager
(26,001 posts)7. +1
Not sure if the year of final kook triumph was 1963, 1968, or 1980