economic catastrophe to the apocalypse itself, none of which has happened.One would hope, after seven straight years of being thunderously wrong, the paranoid right would take a hint and dial things back a little for the last year of Obama’s presidency. But of course, that’s not how these things work. Early indications suggest that the nuts are going to go balls out this year with the lurid fantasies of an imminent Obama takeover in the next few months, using Obama’s eminently reasonable executive actions on guns as an excuse. To make it all worse, the mainstream media is seeding their paranoia with irresponsible coverage of the guns issue.
Obama isn’t coming for your guns, but mainstream pundits like to wink at the conspiracy theory
">Stop validating nuts like Alex Jones: Mainstream conservatives give credence to conspiracy theories about Obama and guns
We have one year, plus a week and a half, before Barack Obama and his family pack their bags and move out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. During the past seven years, we’ve had to endure an endless barrage of paranoid right-wing conspiracy theories about how his presidency would induce everything from economic catastrophe to the apocalypse itself, none of which has happened.
One would hope, after seven straight years of being thunderously wrong, the paranoid right would take a hint and dial things back a little for the last year of Obama’s presidency. But of course, that’s not how these things work. Early indications suggest that the nuts are going to go balls out this year with the lurid fantasies of an imminent Obama takeover in the next few months, using Obama’s eminently reasonable executive actions on guns as an excuse. To make it all worse, the mainstream media is seeding their paranoia with irresponsible coverage of the guns issue.