The Right Network is a media attempt to give credibility to right-wing hate and fear-mongering, conservative bigotry, and Republican talking points.
Crescendoing in silence, the biggest launch of a new TV network that no one seems to have heard about, after a late premiere and zero buzz, The Right Network opened for business today. And flopped.
With philandering poster boy Kelsey Grammer as its mascot and money source, the Right Network, whose tagline is “All that’s right with the world,” is exactly what’s wrong with the world, and especially, wrong with America.
Grammer, in an introductory video, of course, with a Chuck Norris mention, cries out to say, “We give status quo a case of the flop-sweats. We offer a one-way ticket out of town, to pretension, posturing, Pelosi, and poppycock.”
Right…
In an AP press release, Grammer is quoted as saying he launched The Right network, “to stop allowing people who hate us to define us.”
Right…
The Right Network, apparently available on “on demand” only, and on just three carriers (Verizon FIOS, Sky Angel, and Blue Ridge,) reportedly had claimed to have the backing of media giant Comcast earlier this year when it announced its “summer” start-date. (Comcast immediately said, “No,” and says they have nothing to do with the start-up.) Already late out of the box, and without much fanfare or a large network to help it in its infancy, the only thing the Right Network has on its side is that it’s based in America’s new favorite past-time: division and hatred.
Perfect for Tea Party nobodies, The Right Network offers shows like, “Running,” which is,
“A reality series that follows first time candidates as they run for office. In this pilot episode, we meet John Dennis and Ari David as they run for Congress in California against incumbents Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman.”
Right…
Then there’s “Do As I Say,” billed as a documentary. “Hypocrites come in all shapes and sizes. And when it comes to politics, hypocrisy is just part of the game. But the press only tends to cover half the story.”
Right…
“Multiculturalism: The New Tyranny,” and “Thank God for Market Capitalism,” are two of its website’s premiere “articles.”
“Multiculturalism, written by none other than National Review columnist neocon and fervent George W. Bush supporter, Victor Davis Hanson, begins with the premise that “Multiculturalism is now the final arbiter of all liberal sensitivity,” and asks the burning question, “What are the wages of this new tyranny of multiculturalism?”
I’ll let you give that one some thought. Oh, wait, um, well, there’s equality, tolerance, understanding, unity, education, sharing, efficiency, culture, growth… Oh, yes, all those things the Tea Party hates!
What’s truly amusing is that The Right Network thinks its core audience, presumably older, white Americans — yes, the Tea Party — will actually take time to read and comprehend the likes of Victor Davis Hanson. Fortunately, they’ve included plenty of fluff, like “Right2Laugh,” featuring the stand-up “comedy” of Evan Sayet — “Personally, I’m not as upset with Barack Obama as others are… Isn’t it possible he didn’t bow to the Saudi king, but the teleprompter fell over?”
Right…
Of course, The Right Network is on Twitter — with a whopping 1396 members as of this writing. But they can count Bush sycophant Karl Rove as among their first followers, but not former First Lady Laura Bush or her husband.
The one good thing I can think of about Grammer’s “Right Network?” His stance on marriage equality:
“Am I pro-my friends who love each other getting married? Yes — gay, straight or otherwise.”
Expect The Right Network, if it survives, to become FOX News meets the Tea Party’s gardening club. Sidearms, Obama-hate, and ignorance, mandatory.
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I had no idea that Kelsey Grammer is a right-wing extremist. How very disappointing.
He's not gay? Yet?
You lose credibility with people like Chuck Norris and making statements such as this "“We give status quo a case of the flop-sweats. We offer a one-way ticket out of town, to pretension, posturing, Pelosi, and poppycock.”
Mr. Grammer should stick to acting and voice acting. I like his acting and voice acting, but I do not appreciate his politics. I'm happy, however, that he's pro-equality for gays. But, that's beside the point when one takes into consideration his entire view on politics.
"WHEN ONE TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION HIS ENTIRE VIEW ON POLITICS" A FAIR MINDED PERSON WOULD THINK HE AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS A RIGHT TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY CHOSE. HIS VIEWS ARE NOT WRONG JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO COINSIDE WITH YOUR CLOSE MINDED VIEWS!!
I have lost all respect for Mr Grammer now, oh well there are plenty moer great actors out there.
Wow. Who new that Mr Grammer was that enlightened? You almost always think of him as Frasier but he has actual intelligence, drive and committment – principles! Who knew that someone in entertainment could or for that matter would display principled leadership? Kudos
DITTO-DITTO-DITTO!!!!!
Either he has gone for the gold or is doing the perfect troll parody of the right?
If it works he may well be rich as Limbaugh or Leno;-)
after reading your post I can only assume this network will be huge–you guys on the left love to claim nobody is watching or listening–but we all know when you say that–they are watching and listening…
OK Bob, well then, let me ask you this: Did you know about "The Right Network" before you read this? Because I'm one of the first to break the news of its launch.
And if it will be "huge," I'm assuming you're will to pony up and fork over some cash, as it's "on demand" only.
Of course, given its target audience, perhaps it will be huge. America seems to have lost much of our intelligence, not to mention ability to think rationally, oh, and and taste.
David, it just shows that you are obviously on the cutting edge………………..
And I just might "pony" up that money. As a life long conservative, I am more fired up and excited about what I believe in than ever before. I wish it didn't take the dangerous mess we are in to get me this fired up. I can't speak for all conservatives, but I have heard the "Keep your opinions to yourself" stuff for too long and I'm done. I don't care if "the left" thinks my ideas are insensitive or unenlightened or not modern or whatever. I am going to stand up for what I think is right, and good, and moral. BTW I am 32 and my wife is 29 and we are 100% conservative. So not all the people watching will be "old."
Thanks for the article David! Although I completely disagree with your conclusions, Thanks.
Well, actually, I AM on the cutting edge.
But I hope that you and your lovely bride are the kind of conservatives that my father was. He believed small government and low taxes are great, but so is doing what's good for the country and for its people, especially the ones who are in need.
My father, rest his soul, believed that taxes were the devil, but he sure as hell spent a lot of time doing them, and taught us to do our taxes because it was our duty.
Sadly, today's conservatives seem to be more about touting low taxes because they don't want to help others, they don't believe in education, and they want government to be small enough to fit into our bedrooms.
You have the advantage of youth. I hope you use it well.
Be good to others.
Thanks for letting me preach a little.
SOUNDS LIKE OLD DAVID MIGHT BE A "LITTLE BIT" CONCERNED WITH NOVEMBER A FEW WEEKS AWAY!!! THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN BUT MY (AND MY LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS) HAVE PLENTY OF INTELLEGENCE AND WE WILL RATIONALLY PUT IT TO GOOD USE ON ELECTION DAY!!
It's FREE on DEMAND Stupid
Jesus David, lighten up. It's not extremist, it's mixed with satire. Good grief.
I agree – I used to be a Dem, but I always had a very good sense of humor!
Wow, after one day on the air you come to this conclusion David and friends. That's brilliant. And, reading the comments above, seems like the very people who loved him yesterday, hate him today simply because of his political views. Who are the intolerant hate mongers? Yeah, thought so.
That's actually an interesting proposition. But on the other hand, is it normal, healthy, human to have a positive response to finding out someone you respected for one thing holds beliefs that threaten your very way of life, and beliefs?
As a country we used to never discuss politics. Now, it's almost all we discuss.
If you are on one side, it's hard to support the beliefs of the other side, because they threaten your very being.
When, for example, the Tea Party threatens gays, how should we perceive them?
When GOP platforms state that homosexuality should be outlawed, how should we react?
David –
I am a Tea Partier – but I am not against gays, so I'm not sure that you realize that we are not all Republicans. That is why we voted out the establishment R's in the primaries for people who are fiscally conservative.
I had no idea that Kelsey Grammer is a right-wing extremist. How very Exciting and refreshing!
I thing this new network idea is great!
It's so funny that the "haters"don't have ANY tolerence for anyone who don'tt agree with them. You guys are pretty pitiful, and scary. Listen to yourselves it's all hate, now I know why you hate, because you can't handle truth!!! Keep talking your angry words…it only makes YOU look bad. Maybe one day your learn a little bit of civility and maturity…..talk about issues …not character assasination.
What a bunch of commies. One day we will purge the system and all the "useful idiots" will leave us
Awesome!
Wow, followed a link to get here and wish I didn't. What a bunch of hateful, unfounded, generalizations and accusations directed at the Tea Partiers. If the Rightnetwork stands up to this kind of bigotry and intolerance of other people's views, I'm ready to call my cable company and request it. I've never heard of this David Badash, but with his attitude, I'm surprised he's not writing for a major publication so he can join others in calling most of America names. This attitude and tactic is winning so many over to your way of thinking–haven't you noticed? Perhaps this Rightnetwork will pick up popularity and I won't have to speed through the pro-Obama lines written into every sitcom on NBC. I can just stop watching altogether.
Well, JLD, let's try this. Do me a favor, read this, then tell me how the GOP and the Tea Party do not hate the LGBTQ community. Because all signs and polls point that being the case.
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/gays-do-repu…
Here's an excerpt (from the above link, from a poll taken of self-identified Republicans early this year):
Should openly gay men and women be allowed to serve in the military? NO 55%
Should same sex couples be allowed to marry? NO 77%
Should gay couples receive any state or federal benefits? NO 68%
Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools? NO 73%
Really? 73% of Republicans think we are a danger to their children? Seriously?
So, while some is not all, the numbers are pretty staggering.
I'm happy to have a conversation if you like.
I see, so this wasn't a poll of tea party members, but of self-identified Republicans and you feel comfortable just switching the label back and forth. I didn't realize that polls were interchangable like that. Interesting. So if I poll two thousand terrorists, I can tell from the results what all Muslims think? You would go along with that? Or if I poll two thousand people in Philadelphia, I'll know how everyone in the state of PA thinks, right, because Philadelphia is part of PA. Your assumptions that the tea party is one hundred percent Republican is your undoing. It is made up of Republicans, yes, but there are a lot of Independents, Libertarians, and a growing number of Democrats. The poll was also done by Daily Kos, not exactly an unbiased source.
DAVID! DUDE! CHILL! I WOULD GUESS ABOUT 99% WOULD SAY YOU ARE A DANGER TO THEIR CHILDREN BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE GAY. THINK ABOUT IT! YOU SEEM A LITTLE OBSESSIVE AND PARANOID! HAVE A BEER AND CHILLAX!!!
The research I've done on the tea parties has shown them to have three principles–reduced government spending, limited government, and lower taxes. Now I'm sure within the group fighting for those things, there are some who are pro-choice, some anti-abortion, some religious, some not, some supportive of gay rights, some not, but they aren't gathering to protest social issues. They are united on those three issues.
I would also remind you that gay marriage was voted down on the ballot in CA, a heavily Democratic state, so maybe you could do a poll of two thousand Democrats and be surprised by how many also answer NO to same sex marriage. Obama doesn't even support same-sex marriage, but I didn't see that mentioned in your blog. (continued)
RIGHT! BECAUSE DEMOCRATS NEVER CHEAT OR STRAY! CAN YOU SAY BILL CLINTON OR ANY KENNEDY BROTHER?? NOT TO MENTION THE GOVERNOR WHO WAS CAUGHT WITH A DUDE? LEWD BEHAVOIR TRANCENDS PARTY LINE SO DON'T TRY TO SINGLE OUT ONE OVER THE OTHER. AT LEAST BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.
This is going to be a great network if it bothers the liberal idiots so much! I cannot wait to see it!!!
Between this, the Fairness Doctrine, Net Neutrality, and campus speech codes its good to know where you lefties stand on Freedom of Speech. Same place as Stalin.
Whatever happend to "why don't you uptight right-wingers just change the channel"? Does that line of reasoning not apply anymore?
What exactly is a right wing extremist?? Someone who believes in small government, individual responsibility, economic freedom, self-determination, etc.?
If that is it count me in ! Long live the Tea Party!
This stuff about race haters, homophobia, give me a break. Think people who are calling the Tea Party names should look at some election results involving black americans in the south.
Couple gentleman (one Mr. Allen West supported by Tea Party) won seats in Florida and SC first time a black man been in Congress in those states since reconstruction.
Also several women won seats and governor races that never had a woman governor before.
So get your facts straight before you bash people who support les government in our lives.
Constitution was written to establish a federal government that was to be chainned down by the constitution. It wasn't written to give us our rights or they would be limited by what is in the constitution.
The peoples rights are many , those who govern us are few and defined.
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