all end-of-life counseling from the health care bill. that really is how powerful this misinformation can be. it actually affects legislation. reporter: eric burns is the president of media matters for america, a liberal group that promise s the national media. burns says that rightest media, particularly fox news host, glenn beck, plays an active role the motivating and riling up the angry right. beck, who has called president obama a racist, is a hero to the right. he can get down to the level of people. he s not using big words, he s using everyday words. he s making valid comparisons with things that happen in our everyday lives. he seems to be the only one in the media right now that s saying the things that we ve been saying in our meetings, but we haven t been hearing from our leaders. he uses extremely aggressive, revolutionary, antagonistic, sometimes even violent language
america or anti-america. congresswoman balkman echoes the wild charges that were flung in the early 1950s by senator joseph mccarthy. even if there is only one communist in the state department, that would still be one communist too many. our job as americans and as republicans is to dislodge the traitors from every place where they have been sent to do their treacherous work. the roots of the new right lie in the anti-communist conservative groups of the 1950s. fundamentalist preacher billy james hargis s conspiracy minded christian crusade was broadcast on hundreds of radio and tv stations. i have just signed a contract with one of the biggest record companies in america. i m producing three anti-communist albums for them in the next 12 months for national distribution. and in the late 1950s, a group of citizens banded together to weed out communists from american society.
the united states knows and respects and appreciates the constitution of the united states. a strong statement given that obama dedicated himself to constitutional law at the university of chicago. but it s a consistent drum beat on the new right. politicians this president especially don t respect our constitution. i think members of congress ought to have to read major bills. but i d be just as happy if some of them read this, a little more often. the constitution of the united states of america. but can all this anger on the right translate into a real political force? coming up, the tea party fights to be a political contender. we need to send a loud and clear message that they need to put up candidates that actually represent conservatism. [ male announcer ] next on tastemakers.
point, she is one of the defacto leaders of the tea party movement. i think the other thing like sarah palin if she s like you or me, we re imperfect and not always going to get everything right. palin has harnered the energy of the tea part movement to rise to prominence. she s written a best selling memoir, resigned as governor of alaska and become a high profile you personality on fox news. welcome to real american stories. she is by far the most endorsement for republicans hoping to capture the new right s vote. he has the wisdom, he has the courage to lead the way. that s why i m here asking for your vote. arizona, what do you say, will you send the maverick back to the united states senate? enlisting both to palin and others on the new right, their words and language are not necessarily all that will new. let s get it together, tea party, america. let s take back our country.
reagan, the small government skirtatives that represent the core values of america. we ve come to take our government back from the special interests, from the politician who s think that the federal government is the their own personal atm. the tea partier of the moment is the republican senate nominee in kentucky, rand paul. we caught up with him on the campaign trail back in february before he was on the national political radar. there s a disconnect between washington politicians and those out here in the grassroots and that s why i m having such great success. it doesn t matter how many people oppose me. you can have presidents and ex-presidents that can be call come to kentucky and oppose me but it woeptd work. he s the son of republican texas congressman and 2008 presidential candidate ron paul. a hero on the libertarian right, well-known for his campaign against the federal reserve. i do take the position that we should just end the fed.