Let’s return to Valerie Jarrett’s interview with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, and her comment that Republicans were “becoming more and more extreme and more and more marginalized,” shall we? She cited as evidence of this that “moderate” Republican Dede Scozzafava had been “force[d] out” of the race for the NY-23.
So, Republicans are extreme for preferring a candidate who opposes abortion and believes in fiscal responsibility. And these positions are mainstream in American conservatism, which is a mainstream political viewpoint shared by, according to the latest Gallup poll, 40% of Americans.
That makes sense.
So Republicans are outside of the mainstream. Unlike former White House Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones, self-avowed former communist and 9/11 truther whom Valerie Jarrett “was so delighted to be able to recruit to the White House.” Or FCC Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd who claims that the conservative dominance of talk radio stems not from the free market, but from deliberate control by media moguls, or, in other words, the vast right-wing conspiracy.* Or Science Czar John Holdren, who advocated placing sterilizing agents in drinking water to prevent overpopulation.
Because those, Mrs. Jarrett, are all mainstream views.
