The Republican 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Reagan, Ailes, Limbaugh and Trump

[andym]

The 4 Horsemen of the Conservative apocalypse remade and are remaking the Republican Party-- now the Trumpubican party in all but name.

Reagan united the evangelicals with the old-fashioned conservative Republicans-- his revolution made it OK to believe unscientific hokum like "trees were the major cause of pollution" leading to denial of global warming while setting in motion the anti-big government, ultra pro-private market bias of the GOP.

Ailes founded Fox News as a Republican propaganda network, that he thought would prevent future Nixon's from getting impeached.
Lee Atwater should get an honorable mention for being the greatest propagandist in recent American history. Fox has brainwashed more folks than just about any other source, using a mix of real news with biased news and an outpouring of noxious opinions from pundits. Ailes is the "man behind the curtain, even more so than Rupert Murdoch Fox's other co-founder."

Rush Limbaugh was king of the radio talkers and probably the most influential radio host in history. He single-handedly helped convert rural America into a bastion of right-wing bias through his humorous but ugly show every weekday.

Trump broke so many political norms, and amped-up political division to levels not seen in America since the Civil War, he politicized a pandemic leading to over 500,000 deaths and he incited an insurrection against the Capital in a bid to steal an election he lost by 7 million votes. Most Republicans support him to this day, and believe his version of reality, which is in la-la land, revolving around whatever he perceives is in his own best interests.

Honorable mention to Q, who has redirected the part of the GOP toward bizarre conspiracy theories, preparing them for the next big lie, and the one after that. Honorable mentions to the Koch brothers for the Tea Party and (as suggested by a poster) Newt Gingrich who was a politically talented hack serving as Speaker who with divisive rhetoric pushed policies that would harm the US for years.

Now only Trump and Q remain (and Q could be more than one person)-- who will replace the others?

[underpants]

1. Totally agree

Don’t skip over what really made Fox News successful- sex, T&A, it drew in the old guys and their wives didn’t get or care that it was basically a cheap thrill for him. After having the same message drilled into you all day you start believing it.

[andym]

3. Very good point about Fox using sex to attract it's male viewers

Ailes was a very experienced media consultant and the stable of "babes" at Fox News was intentional as well as for his own private consumption.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. Gingrich needs to be mentioned as well

He had almost as much to do with the demonization of liberals as Rush. Horrible human being.

[andym]

4. Good point about Gingrich

I was unsure of including him but gave him honorable mention. One good thing about him is that he lost his influence after losing the Speakership and has not been competitive as a GOP national politician since then.

[Budi]

5. Having spent her entire adult life in the politics of Democracy, She was serious in her warning.

Oct 11, 2016



‘I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse’
HRC 11/11/2016

[andym]

6. Hillary was attacked/slandered by most of the GOP provocateurs: Limbaugh, Trump, Gingrich and Q

The demonization of Hillary Clinton served the right-wing propagandists need for an identifiable target

[Budi]

7. All of the Republican provocateurs & more.

Her face, her name, her long political career of advocacy, her global generous deeds & her entire image was targeted & relentlessly ground into the dirt.

They wanted the destruction of the entire Democratic Party. The provocateurs are still at it today & it's not just the Republicans.

It is an entire cult who believed the lies they were told. They all wanted to burn it all down.

‘I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse’