With the hype for the next election building recently, I have been revisiting old editorials about the past 10 years in politics, in particular "Divided States of America" by Frontline:
It's a superb 4 hours (two 2 hour parts) that lays out in plain english Obama's rise to power, the rise of Palin and the populist right, Obama's entire term and every issue he faced from shootings to the financial crisis all the way to Trump's election. During the 4 hours, the producers regularly overlay clips of talkback radio hosts over the footage in the context of the shit that Obama was copping at the time from the hard right, and jesus fucking christ. It's only snippets but these people still easily come across as utterly batshit. Everything from the birther movement to the whining and doomsday talk about socialism and Liberal issues, It is truly unbelievable and sickening to listen to.
How did it get this bad? How did such cookie cutter fruit loops who should be shaking empty tins on the sidewalk become so....powerful within the Republican machine? Surely Sarah Palin was not so "talented" to pull off something so influential single handedly as to trigger the Tea Party and eventually Trump.
It's a superb 4 hours (two 2 hour parts) that lays out in plain english Obama's rise to power, the rise of Palin and the populist right, Obama's entire term and every issue he faced from shootings to the financial crisis all the way to Trump's election. During the 4 hours, the producers regularly overlay clips of talkback radio hosts over the footage in the context of the shit that Obama was copping at the time from the hard right, and jesus fucking christ. It's only snippets but these people still easily come across as utterly batshit. Everything from the birther movement to the whining and doomsday talk about socialism and Liberal issues, It is truly unbelievable and sickening to listen to.
How did it get this bad? How did such cookie cutter fruit loops who should be shaking empty tins on the sidewalk become so....powerful within the Republican machine? Surely Sarah Palin was not so "talented" to pull off something so influential single handedly as to trigger the Tea Party and eventually Trump.
