Centrist writer John Avlon, who wrote the must-read book Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics — a book that documents how centrists and moderates can indeed be passionate and do indeed take political stands — has awarded his latest Wingut Of The Week awards on CNN to two worthy candidates, on the left and right: Ted Rall and Tom Tancredo.
The former chief speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, now a columnist on The Daily Beast, begins his explanation of his televised segment on CNN on CNN’s blog this way:
In the wingnut view of the world, there is no accusation too extreme and no problem that can’t be solved with a demand for the president’s resignation. Need new proof? Take a look at this week’s wingnuts – Tom Tancredo and Ted Rall.
Go to the link to read his whole post. Here’s his full CNN segment on presenting these highly coveted awards to people who truly earned them:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.