Conservative blogger written off after accusing colleagues of racism

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Conservative blogger written off after accusing colleagues of racism

By Daniel Tencer

Published: September 14, 2009
Updated -1483 second ago



Right-wing bloggers have declared a former ally of theirs persona non grata for linking another conservative blogger to the white supremacist movement.

Charles Johnson’s claims that Robert Stacy McCain, formerly an assistant national editor at the Washington Times, has links to white supremacist Bill White have been met with personal attacks against Johnson by numerous right-wing bloggers.

On Sunday, Johnson — whose blog Little Green Footballs has in recent years shifted from staunchly conservative to moderate — linked to several articles http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/34660_Robert_Stacy_McCains_Angry_Departure_From_the_Washington_Times alleging that McCain had links to White, and that he was known for engaging in loud, racist tirades at the Washington Times.

In his posting, Johnson linked to a two-year-old blog piece by George Archibald that he found via Google’s cache. The article stated in part:

-----FishbowlDC, an Internet Web site of MediaBistro, reported on August 22, 2007, a huge blow-up in the newsroom at The Washington Times involving bad-tempered white supremacist assistant national editor Robert Stacy McCain and fellow editor Victor Morton, an orthodox Catholic – with McCain angrily resigning and slamming his way out of the building through side-doors where he always went every 20 minutes to smoke a cigarette.

-----I know Stacy McCain, an ill-tempered racist who sat on the other side of my desk for many years and carried on loud telephone conversations almost every day full of racist and ultra-right comments, and often got into loud verbal fights with both reporters and editors in the newsroom.

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http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/14/right-wing-blogger-war/

[Old and In the Way]

1. If Johnson and LGF is the new Republican moderate,

you know just how far right the Right has gone.

Personally, I think there's going to be a major fracturing of the coalition, the End-timers/libertarians/racists/birthers/secessionists all breaking down into their elemental spheres, all choosing their own candidates, but not able to rally around any one - because all will have fatal ideological flaws to all of the other groups. To accept a flawed candidate is, by definition, a moderating characteristic of political pragmatism. None of these core groups can be considered pragmatic in any sense of the word.

Of course, this may also happen on the Left...I can see a cleaving of Democrats along the Blue Dog/Progressive lines. I just hope we can sustain a coalition longer than they can.

[TransitJohn]

3. Yeah, LGF hasn't moderated,

their freaking party has marched inexorably harder and harder rightward since Nixon. It's weird that they aren't aware that their party is our of step with Americans. They think their fearful sad existences are shared by all "normal" Americans....you know....white.

[WeDidIt]

2. LGF is as far to the right as you can get without dropping off into complete nutball territory

Seriously, if that's considered moderate, we're in deep shit in this country.