So, there are a lot of questions there, but my biggest one is this: will Hoft even acknowledge the criticisms? We all know he ignores arguments from almost anyone who disagrees with him, but will he be equally afraid of debate with his fellow members of the tea party? They also suggest that Loesch should give them a platform on her radio show or on Big Journalism to respond, and I think they have a strong point.Well, I guess we now know the answer to these! A member of a conservative email list (that includes activists, politicians like Tim Jones and Susan Cunningham, and radio hosts like Loesch and Allman) sent out the version of that post that appeared on Little Green Footballs. Not only did Hoft refuse to answer any questions, he immediately demanded to be taken off the email list! Here's the text (forwarded to me anonymously):
That's a horrible dishonest piece. The fact that you sent that out in a mass email is deplorable and mean spirited.
Please take me off this list immediately.
Jim Hoft
I'm not sure what exactly was mean-spirited about it. The fact that conservatives disagreed with Hoft's claims?
Unsurprisingly, Dana Loesch was no less childish than Hoft. Here's her email:
I also ask to be removed from this list. Spreading Media Matters smears is hardly grassroots.Haha, Media Matters? What does that have to do with any of this?
Dana
Why couldn't Loesch and Hoft simply respond to the points raised in the original article critical of Ann Wagner? Oh, that's right, because that would mean that they engaged in genuine debate, which is the thing they're most afraid of.
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why wouldn't the toxic twins respond? they are only following their new rules :=)
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oh by the way, these were the rules they have been following all along!
Jim Hoft and his 90 gateway pundit accounts so he can reply to his own stories is a joke, Loesch is far worse, simply a propagandist for whoever has the most money to give her.