A crazy mixed up world in American politics -- Who can really tell left from right these days?

Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 08:52 AM

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Newt Gingrich

Read the following letter I just received and let me know where you think it has come from?

“What if I told you that the financial crisis WASN’T an accident . . .

“That it was all a part of an elaborate scheme between Wall Street, Washington, and too-big-to-fail conglomerates in order to protect their fortunes while making American citizens accountable for their mistakes . . .

“And what if I HAVE PROOF that the last four years of economic hardship is only the beginning of what experts are calling The Final Turning.

“Newt Gingrich, Lou Dobbs, Larry Kudlow, John Bolton, Dick Morris, and other champions of freedom have united together to reveal the truth about what happened behind closed doors on Sept. 18, 2008 . . . and how we are in for at least 15 more “years of financial reckoning.

“Hear their testimony, see the evidence, and prepare for the UNTHINKABLE.”

What is amazing to me is that I was sure it was some left wing organization until I got to the names at the very end.

In fact is it is from the publisher of the right wing Newsmax magazine.

Amazing isn’t it that left and right are sounding so similar these days?

The attacks on Mitt Romney during the election from Republicans such as Texas governor Rick Perry were on him being a Wall Street capitalist vulture who preyed on damaged companies.

It is a crazy mixed up world out there where right is left and left is right or so it seems.

Now all we need is a Democrat attacking Obama from the left and the circle will be complete.

Denis Kucinich anyone?

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eiriamach | May 03, 2012, 06:59 PM EDT

You can always tell people who've had to deal with, or bail out, Wall St-- their savings, homes, and pensions have disappeared. Private profit with risk indemnity, paid for by the rest of us. "The rich have been doing it to the poor since the beginning of time. The only difference between the Pyramids and the Empire State Building is the Egyptians didn't allow unions." Carl Fox shouldn't have mentioned unions, because they're fast disappearing now too. No regulation, no ethical constraints, no sharing of power or profit.... laissez faire capitalism, ain't it fun?

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BrianO | May 03, 2012, 12:48 PM EDT

you can always tell people who haven't had to deal with government regulation.

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eiriamach | May 02, 2012, 07:42 AM EDT

I'm from Wall St., via Newsmax, and I'm here to take you to the cleaners. Unless some danged gov't regulation gets in my way!

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BrianO | May 01, 2012, 10:52 AM EDT

I'm From the government and I'm here to help.

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eiriamach | May 01, 2012, 10:47 AM EDT

We needed another conspiracy theory? Conspiracy theories are too simple, based too completely on ignorance (There must have been a conspiracy, the conspiracy theorist argues, because we have no other explanation), and too attractive to those who are suffering the effects of the recession (it always feels better to have a group to blame). There are cogent explanations of the global financial crash, but they're not simple. You find them in the research of economists like Krugman. They focus not on telling you who's to blame, but on explaining problems that need fixing. Newsmax's conspiracy theory is focused on selling Citizens United's "Generation Zero" propaganda DVD, along with Tom Hutchinson's dodgy newsletter. By predicting "financial armageddon" within 15 years, Newsmax hopes to keep the GOP empowered to continue dismantling the social safety net. It's a "control by millionaires" politics that they claim will hold off doomsday. The fools at Newsmax think Americans can still believe that corporations are our Saviors!

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