The Cantor Reminder: There's No Off Switch For The GOP Noise Machine
One of the biggest upsets in American politics was powered by right-wing media, according to analysis of last night's defeat of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), the House Minority Leader, who fell to an obscure Tea Party-backed candidate. Cantor's campaign spent nearly as much on drinks and dinners at steak houses as David Brat did on his entire primary push. Yet Brat easily defeated the seven-term Republican leader.
"The seeds for Brat's upset were sown on right-wing radio talk shows, particularly Laura Ingraham's," CNN's Brian Stelter reported. On Fox News last night, radio host and Brat booster Mark Levin celebrated the Virginia "ass-kicking." (During the same appearance, Levin urged Republicans to "stop chasing genitalia" in order to win elections.)
"There are parts of this country where if Laura Ingraham, and Ann Coulter, and Mark Levin are on the radio supporting you, that's worth a lot," Fox's Brit Hume noted. "In the right place, with the right constituency, those people hold real power."
Real power, indeed.
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The grifter pundits pull money and resources out of their party and contribute nothing but paranoia that feels good until it implodes. They never need to run so they can say and support anyone. The crazier they are the more "news" they generate. There is no incentive for them to shut up! The RW thought they wagged the propaganda dog and now it is clear they no longer do. Yet amazingly they keep feeding the beast. Citizens united destroyed the party structure of the Republican party and it is now every man for themselves. It will only get worse for all of us because idiots like Dave Brat will end up in office more and more. The more Brats in office the worse off we all are
Meanwhile the pundits will continue making bucks selling panic to the scared.
