Brian Dockstader

A few weeks ago I wrote about the brazen hypocrisy with which conservatives in Congress met the revelation that a handful of ACORN employees gave stupid advice to two conservative operatives attempting to provoke them into saying just such stupid things.

We have long known that conservatives in Congress are hopelessly out of touch with both reality and the American people.

For six years the Campaign for America's Future organized the annual Take Back America conference, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country.

I have been restraining myself from writing a post about ACORN for some time now.

So I went to check out Glenn Beck's little 9/12 Project teabagger rally in front of the Capitol on Saturday and saw a great cross-section of what "real" Americans supposedly look like. First, a little background for those of you who aren't familiar with the premise of the 9/12 Project:

The reviews of President Obama's health care speech before a joint session of Congress have been fairly glowing. Most agree that the President made a strong case for health insurance reform and did a good job of explaining why the public option is important, even if he stopped short of refusing to sign a bill without it.

We have long known that conservatives in Congress are hopelessly out of touch with both reality and the American people.

For six years the Campaign for America's Future organized the annual Take Back America conference, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country.

I have been restraining myself from writing a post about ACORN for some time now.

So I went to check out Glenn Beck's little 9/12 Project teabagger rally in front of the Capitol on Saturday and saw a great cross-section of what "real" Americans supposedly look like. First, a little background for those of you who aren't familiar with the premise of the 9/12 Project:

The reviews of President Obama's health care speech before a joint session of Congress have been fairly glowing. Most agree that the President made a strong case for health insurance reform and did a good job of explaining why the public option is important, even if he stopped short of refusing to sign a bill without it.

I wrote last week about the absolutely shameful, shocking and appalling attacks from conservatives against President Obama in response to his plans to give students a back to school pep talk about the importance of education.

Well the reviews are already in on Obama's big speech on "the importance of education", and they aren't pretty. The descriptions range from "brainwashing" and "indoctrination of your children" to accusations that Obama's speech shows that he is actually Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, and of course, a terrorist.

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post entitled "Sarah Palin Thinks You Are Stupid" in which I explored her "death panel" fearmongering and what it showed about how she viewed the American people (hint: she thinks you are stupid).