The Anatomy of a Right-Wing Conspiracy Campaign

[kpete]

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The Right-Wing Echo Chamber In Action:
How A Conspiracy Travels From Drudge To Obama, Via Fox News

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So how did a story that has effectively no basis in reality — and has nothing to do with a global currency — end up as one of the few questions posed to President Obama last night? It started with a blaring banner on the instigator of conservative and media memes, the Drudge Report:



Within hours, right-wing fanatic Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was demanding that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledge to never adopt a “global currency.” Soon, Fox News’ resident conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck was ranting that a U.N.-imposed global currency was the first step toward world government:

– BACHMANN: I’m wondering, would you categorically renounce the United States moving away from the dollar and going to a global currency?

– BECK: And now the U.N. is saying, you know what, we should have a global currency. It’s also a movement to tie the entire globe together into one big government.

The circle was complete when, three hours after Beck’s show, Fox News’ White House Correspondent Major Garrett asked the president whether he supported a move to a “global currency.”

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/25/from-drudge-to-fox/

[Botany]

1. barking @ the moon crazy

Bachmann, Bolten, Beck, and Major Garrett of Fox News.


And what about the 'gators in the sewers of NYC when they hook up with the trained monkeys
who are going to carry out terrorist missions against white Christians?

[underpants]

2. Yep that's exactly how it works

the fact that Congresspersons are actually uttering this nonsense is almost frightening

[Reform]

3. im sorry but

i find it a legitimate concern
Color me a Conspiracy nut or a freeper if you must and im sure you will, but its not just china asking for this, its multiple countries.
Much of the U.N is clambering for the same thing.
If you don't think this is something to pay attention to that's messed up.
Unless that is you are for a new world currency in which case id say that is even more messed up.

[Botany]

4. What part of no don't you get?

The president, the head of the Fed, and the Sec. of the Treasury all said no to the idea.

[JDPriestly]

9. Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush gave our economic

independence to China. Obama is going to have a very hard time getting it back. And I'm not sure he has the will to do it.

We will pay a terrible economic price for bucking the international tide calling for a global currency. Personally, I think we should buck no matter what the pain, no matter what the cost.

[kanrok]

5. Hey Michelle!

Where, exactly is "Kazakistan?"

[ContinentalOp]

6. I believe it's where Boratatat is from. -nt-

[CTyankee]

10. Maybe right next to Czechoslovakia. John McCain has a map...n.t

[JayMusgrove]

7. Well, these are the same people, Michelle Backmann in particular

Who said Obama is bad for America, and that some people in Congress are anti-American.

These wing-nuts are all on the same planet, and it's not planet Earth, it's really really far out in space.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

8. I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE FOX ACTOR GOT THIS IDEA