"Here are the most outrageous statements Media Matters for America has documented this year. From attacks on women, Muslims, and African-Americans to a call for the assassination of a foreign leader to an open invitation for Al Qaeda to 'blow up' San Francisco to a claim that gay marriage would lead to unions between 'a man and his donkey,' these statements acutely represent the extreme conservative speech we found in the news media in 2005.
Former Reagan administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett: 'You could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.' [Salem Radio Network's Bill Bennett's Morning in America, 9/28/05]"
Pat Robertson: "If [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it." [Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club, 8/22/05]
Rush Limbaugh: "Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society." [The Rush Limbaugh Show, 8/12/05]
It would be bad enough if these remarks were made by your crazy uncle after one too many festive nogs but most of those quoted have some measure of credibility in the American mainstream media. Click on the link if the samples above weren't enough to turn your stomach....
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