Conservatives hair on fire mix up, blame new emergency alert first introduced by Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, on "Dear Leader Obama.."

I normally don't give Rush Limbaugh much space here due to his overt racism, but this story included so many other bad actors as well. 

Scraping every paranoid corner of their enormous fear filled agenda, conservative media jumped all over Obama's plan to send out an emergency alert via mobile phones, calling him "Dear leader Obama." Media Matters:

Following the announcement of a new national emergency alert system that will alert the public to significant emergencies via mobile phone messages, right-wing media have attacked the plan, claiming that it will allow "Dear Leader Obama To Send You Text Messages." But the plan was implemented as a result of legislation introduced by GOP Sen. Jim DeMint that was overwhelmingly passed by Congress in 2006 and accompanied by an executive order signed by President Bush.

In a May 10 post on the right-wing blog Gateway Pundit titled, "Terrific...Dear Leader Obama to Send You Text Messages," blogger Jim Hoft wrote … 'Hello Gun-Toting, Bible Thumpers... This is Barry.

A top story on the Drudge Report on May 10 linked to a CBS New York article on the program under the headline, "Phones Required To Receive 'Homeland' Alerts."

The Blaze: "Mandated Messages: The President And Homeland Security Coming To Your Cell Phone." 

DeMint: "The WARN Act Is An Important Step To Help Secure America's Homeland In The Event Of A Disaster"-In a 2006 press release titled "Senate Approves DeMint Alert System." 

Note: This is a rewrite of an earlier blog post wiped out by a "Blogger" technical problem