Wednesday, April 07, 2010

How Politics Moved From Center To Left and Right Fringes

John Avlon, author of "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America," describes RINO and DINO hunting, the purging of the parties and why it's dangerous. He talks about the fringes on both the left and the right. Avlon says today's wingnuts are more dangerous because they're more accepted. He describes "Bush derangement syndrome" and "Obama derangement syndrome," the "pathological hatred of a president." He also says extremists profit from fear mongering. I wish that all people could see that there are a lot of people making money off of their fear. Watch his interview on BookTV here.