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A long time Newsmax.com columnist, possibly suffering from and acute case of Obama Derangement Syndrome, wrote a piece describing the reasons why a domestic “military intervention” would be a good idea. He tosses about “gems” like this:
Military intervention is what Obama’s exponentially accelerating agenda for “fundamental change” toward a Marxist state is inviting upon America. A coup is not an ideal option, but Obama’s radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible. (The column was removed from newsmax.com, but the full text can still be found here)
He waxes eloquent about how great it would be to have the military running things, you know like a true banana republican would. That may need a quick definition:
banana republican: A republican who’d like to see the US become more authoritarian like a Central American banana republic. They are generally fans of wars, wire tapping, torture and chest thumping military adventurism.
After a perfectly predictable tsunami of criticism erupted over what amounts to a call for a military coup, Newmax then attempts to distance themselves from John L. Perry by claiming he really doesn’t have anything to do with them. This is despite the fact that he’s been writing a weekly column for them since at least 1999. Nice try. I thought that I had become jaded and no extreme of virulent wingnuttery could surprise me. I was wrong. It’s getting weirder out there…
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