Sunday Loon Watch: Blaming Bush recession on Obama, doubting evolution, and more

Posted Mar 30, 2009, 1:07 AM PT by Jed Lewison • First broadcast: Mar 29, 2009

The weekend was chock full of conservative wingnuts on TV — even John McCain made an appearance.

If you believed these guys, you’d think that Tim Geithner had poisoned the stock market (George Will from last week) and that the Obama Administration was engaged in a radical “power grab” (Fox News Editor Bill Sammon) and that we need to “suit up” and “fight for our freedom” (Michelle Bachmann).

You’d even think Barack Obama is responsible for Bush’s recession (Matthew Dowd).

You’d also believe that evolution was controversial, and you’d question whether should be taught in public schools (a Fox News Anchor). You’d think the media was biased towards Democrats (Republican operative Ed Gillespie), that Obama was overexposed (Chris Wallace), and that Republicans had a bright future ahead of them (John McCain) — plus a whole lot more!