Tammy Bruce, 50, is a 2nd tier, syndicated LA talk host, Fox News contributor and fill-in for Laura Ingraham (who fills in for Billo Reilly).
She's been reading from the latest winger script that insists, darkly that President Obama is secretly conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood in order to give the terrorists control of Egypt, the Middle East and ultimately, the US and Europe.
This time she's tried to distinguish herself (if you can use the word 'distinguish' in the same sentence as Tammy's name without choking) from the winger herd by calling for the impeachment of President Obama, “If it is found that Obama secretly facilitated or 'encouraged' an Islamist takeover of Egypt..." She called on Rep. Darryl Issa to help out. (he's the designated Republican witch hunter in the House, who is pledged to dog the administration with bullshit investigations).
Tammy Bruce's credentials: she's “a gay, pro-choice, gun-owning, pro-death penalty, Tea Party Independent conservative” so she's got to be fair and balanced. (the gay/pro-choice part is a big problem for Tammy- keep reading).
Where she once screeched, she now tweets: (though it's hard to tell the difference)
- “If it is found that Obama secretly facilitated or 'encouraged' an Islamist takeover of Egypt, an ally, he should be impeached.”
- “Impeachment? We have a President in up to his elbows in an Islamist takeover of Egypt while he ignores a Fed Judge order to void ObamaCare”
- “The House impeaches–if there are grounds it should be done. @DarrellIssa needs to 'immediately' determine Obama’s involvement w Egypt”
- “@DocBruceP It’s more than 'losing' Egypt, if Obama 'facilitated' the overthrow of an ally in favor of our *enemy* that’s impeachment”
She, like so many of her kind (Laura Ingraham wannabes, if you can imagine) tries every once in a while to break out of the right-wing media ghetto by saying something so outrageous it's picked up by the MSM.
This didn't make it, but it was passed like flatulance through on Floyd Brown's site, a great place, BTW, to delve into the most extreme, fact-free, right-wing exhudations.
Bruce last broke through in 2009 when she called Michelle Obama "trash."
We wrote back then:
Tammy Bruce, is a truly unpleasant, LA talker who's been trying hard of late to promote her 2nd-tier syndicated talk show. She appears frequently on such Fox News stops as Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity; she'll eat the occasional kitten, and kick the occasional toddler with her nine-inch fuck-you pumps.
Her schtick is that she's a pro-choice, ex-feminist, formerly "classically liberal" (if that's not pushing the oxymoronic to the sublime) activist who saw the light and became a conservative.
She was once the president of a National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter. Now she's the go-to guy when Billo needs a feminist. Although she renounced progressive politics more than a decade ago, she's often called a "self-described liberal" by the right wing outlets on which she appears.
A reason (besides she's tonally abrasive) she's not caught-on in the right-wing world-at-small is that she self-describes as an "openly gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, progressive feminist."
Her Lesbian-ness and pro-choice-itude have certainly been factors in the slow national growth of her right-wing shriek-show which has been around since 1993. These things are high among the unforgivables on the right's litmus list for acceptable positions, and lifestyles.
Tammy Bruce can call the Obamas anything she can think of, but until she's cured of that homo behavior, and renounces abortion -- to the dittoheads, she's just another colorful California talk host -- fascinating but never to make the A-list. She can count on being dismissed, discounted, and mocked behind her back by the very conservatives to whom she's trying so desperately to pander.
The graciousness, the smarts, and the national belovedness of Michelle Obama eclipses the harpings of this harpy, but maybe her nasty mouth has again got her a few appearances on the fair & balanced channel.
They are jumping up and down over at TeaPartyNation.com about this.
The other site for The Insane is
Hillary Lovers Gone Bad
Posted by: sparky | February 04, 2011 at 05:15 PM
Could I be post-feminist and call her a c*nt? Same for the 286+ cretins over at Fox Nation who added comments in agreement?
Seriously, if anyone thinks conservatism and liberalism represent two valid points of view these days, you need a head check. Conservative has become a synonym for angry and stupid.
Posted by: redneck liberal | February 04, 2011 at 05:44 PM
Must be a slow local news day
Posted by: Dan in Auburn | February 04, 2011 at 06:36 PM
Hmmm . . . could she be posting on BW under another name? Sounds familiar to me.
I don't like her but it is always nice to know there are some free thinkers out there even if they are wrong about a lot of it. Why is she so angry? I've heard her on CSpan and I can't listen to her for long.
And what could possibly force someone to move from a position of compassion and reason to anger and emotion?
Posted by: joanie | February 04, 2011 at 06:39 PM
I'm an Ed Schultz fan as everyone on this blog should know but this is funny:
Ed Schultz-Jon Stewart Feud Breaks Out (VIDEO)
Ed should take in it good humor. He is the ordinary guy's best friend and Stewart is everybody's favorite elitist. You gotta laugh.
Posted by: joanie | February 04, 2011 at 06:54 PM
She'll never become an A-lister til she dyes her hair blonde.
Posted by: Pete | February 04, 2011 at 10:58 PM
I'm more concerned about Obama selling out the Brits and their defenses. What the fuck kind of pussy assed negotiator is he that he would sell out our number one most reliable ally to the Russians.
You people elected a real piece of shit there.
Is the guy so desperate for a win that he would drive the bus over his grandmother. Oh yes, never mind. He's been there and done that. I wonder what else the bitch has given up.
Posted by: Right Leaning and Right | February 04, 2011 at 11:35 PM
fuck, shit, pussy and bitch. What else does the party that embraces evangelicals have to offer.
Posted by: Coiler | February 04, 2011 at 11:38 PM
I want to like Ed Schultz but he comes over too much like Thing to Olbermann's Incredible Hulk. The Hulk had depth and nuance as well as anger. I miss Countdown!
Posted by: redneck liberal | February 05, 2011 at 05:41 AM
Not an evangelical. Just a fiscal conservative, social moderate hawk that thinks Obama is one of the bigger mistakes the voters have ever made. Pretty language is not important to me or the people I work and play with.
He proves me a little more right every day.
Putting Great Britain neck in Russia's guillotine is more proof the guy can not be trusted.
Posted by: Right Leaning and Right | February 05, 2011 at 08:21 AM
Social moderates don't generally talk like that. And what is a "social moderate hawk" anyway?
As for proving anyone "right"- I don't get that either. Right about what? So far, name-calling and pats on your own back are all I read.
As for Great Britain, what are you going on about? I think you don't know but are parroting something you heard but don't understand.
Thanks Coiler. I was going to point out that we hadn't heard such low-class words since chux and barf were around.
Liberal, I, too, miss Olbermann so much. It's only been the last few months that I really listened to him regularly. I became a staunch fan. I think you had to listen to Schultz on the radio for a long time to see his evolution from nice guy who would readily talk to conservatives patiently and welcomingly to someone who now admits he can't stand them. No wit or pretty talk from him. He's seeing the damage in his area of the world and doesn't like it and he's fighting back in his own way. Keith was a leader for a lot of us who are more the educated elite. But Bubba is out there for the little guy, the ninety-niners, the real patriots who wonder why their country left them. He's a true American who waves the flag a lot and promotes "made in America" every Friday.
You may not like the style, but he's authentic. And he is not dumb. In fact, he has a talent for putting issues and grievances succintly.
Hulk? I don't think I'd use that with him. He is much more than that. I bet you won't agree, but I put Keith and Jon in a camp while I put Ed in a camp with Howard and Studs and Barbara and John. Figure that one out!
Posted by: joanie | February 05, 2011 at 11:53 AM
"succinctly" - sorry.
Posted by: joanie | February 05, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Forgive me for being a teeny off-topic but did you know that oysters are now functionally extinct?
There are five places in N. America where they are still viable I guess. Anybody know how the Chuckanut Drive oyster beds are doing?
Posted by: joanie | February 05, 2011 at 03:08 PM
Joanie says "Keith was a leader for a lot of us who are more the educated elite."
She says that just after mentioning barf. Must be an attempt to make us all throw up.
Educated elite? Give me a break. I am certain that most of us have been to college and university's but would never presume to make such an arrogant statement. Particularly since you have posted so very little to back it up.
Posted by: Right Leaning and Right | February 05, 2011 at 07:20 PM
Funny. That's what you call us. And you remember barf? Interesting. I don't think you've been to university. Sorry.
Posted by: joanie | February 05, 2011 at 07:37 PM
In fact, I don't think you watched Olbermann. I think you are a whining fraud. How's that for arrogance?
Posted by: joanie | February 05, 2011 at 07:38 PM
I barfed after an evening with tequilia at WSU.
If educated elite is another name for over educated, under experianced in the real world snob, I might find it fits you to a tee.
You seem to be another one of those people that believes that what you think is best for the rest of us should be all that matters. Never a thought that you might just be wrong on occasion.
Oh well, it is Saturday night and I'm going to take my wife out for a little drinking and dancing with the rest of the little people that don't know what's best for us.
Carry on without me.
Posted by: Right Leaning and Right | February 05, 2011 at 08:31 PM
Ah, you obviously read every word I post. BTW, out of that whole post, the only words you could find to which to respond was "educated elite?" Obviously, you were visiting a friend when you drank yourself into oblivion.
Posted by: joanie | February 05, 2011 at 08:51 PM
Joanie's gloom and doomings last summer abo0ut the Gulf oil spill have come to nothing. A l;ot of big zero's being racked uo by her lately. Dr. Bill is reporting the water samplings are finding nothing in the way of contaminaiton six months later, due to the natural bacteria which multiplied ecponentially after the spill and ate up the oil and the methane. haha Joanie haha Joanie Tee heehee.....I'm giving you a D!
Posted by: Tommy008 | February 05, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Dr Strangelove is using what data?
Posted by: Coiler | February 06, 2011 at 08:25 AM
Honestly, Tommy. I gave you more credit than that. Guess I'll have to rethink your grade. I think I inflated it a bit.
Posted by: joanie | February 06, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Apparenntly, The good doctor gets his information from Yahoo news. It is the only place I could find such information and the last sentence tells the real story:
It is still far too early to know how much damage the spill has done — and may still be doing — to the environment. Tar balls continue to wash up on beaches.
I also found this which dates back to December. I try to stay away from BP-produced propaganda. Hard to do.
Dispersants increasing Gulf contamination scientists confirm (again)
I love that Dr. Strangelove reads Yahoo News. I guess he's really just a regular guy after all. But I am surprised that your research skills are so poor. Surely you do better than that when looking for stocks to buy.
Posted by: joanie | February 06, 2011 at 12:09 PM
More Sea Turtles Died Following Gulf Oil Spill Than Any Similar Period In Past Two Decades
come to nothing - really tommy?
Posted by: joanie | February 06, 2011 at 12:43 PM
She needs to hire someone to take a crowbar and straighten out her face.
Posted by: Nick | February 06, 2011 at 05:51 PM
Dr Bill Strangelove thinks that nuclear waste can flow into the Columbia River at Hanford because it "dissipates" within a few feet. He once set up his own gold mine and used heavy equipment to permanently remove mountaintops to access California's gold deposits at the Sunbelt Mining Company-controlled Calgom Mine near one of his residences in Plumas County, California.
"In contrast to the historic practice of panning for gold in California, Wattenburg orchestrated mountaintop removal mining to get at the gold beneath an entire mountain in Plumas County."
Dr. Bill hates any kind of regulation that has to do with the environment. A weakened ozone layer helps his tan. His statements about anything environmental should be taken with a grain of salt.
Posted by: sparky | February 06, 2011 at 08:40 PM