WTF? Flipping through the radio and I heard Tim Canova on local RW hate talker Joyce Kaufman's show.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/09/129125/allen-west-hire/

Kaufman organized Tea Party rallies, helped foist torturer nutbag Allen West upon the people (and was briefly tapped as West's chief of staff), and is extremely xenophobic, Islamophobic and anti-immigrant. She once infamously declared at a tea party rally, "If ballots don't work, bullets will!"

The two didn't talk any issues of policy but instead only about Canova's opponent, Deborah Wasserman Schultz. But the interview was very pleasant and amicable, with Kaufman wishing Canova the best of luck in the race.

Either Canova is woefully ignorant of who Joyce Kaufman is (he's lived in the area for years, so he should), or he just doesn't care. And if it's the latter, something just doesn't seem to be sitting right. Because a true progressive shouldn't be getting chummy with scum the likes of Joyce Kaufman.

[Jack Bone]

1. he was just on Thom Hartmann's show too nt.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. At least that makes some sense ideologically.

But Joyce Kaufman is a huge Donald Trump supporting teabagger, gun nut and bigot.

At the very least, it's terrible judgment on his part.

[Jack Bone]

4. when your the underdog, you take the free media invites...

whenever you can.

Not much difference than a Democrat going on FOX news..

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. It's more like a Democrat going on Sean Hannity's show....

.....and not taking Hannity to task for his lies and instead welcoming his tacit support.

[Mika]

8. So he doesn't pass your purity test. Got it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Well, you just have to wonder what kind of "progressive" goes on a show like that...

....chums it up with the host, and doesn't call her out on her extremism?

[DemonGoddess]

2. ewwww

That's flat out terrible judgement on his part.

[Else You Are Mad]

5. I disagree.

Hillary has been on Fox. From the prospective of a candidate, there is no such thing as bad publicity. More people who probably had no idea who he was now know who he is.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. It wouldn't be like Hillary going on Fox.

It would be like Hillary going on Sean Hannity, and her not taking Hannity to task for his constant lies.