Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Must Know

The question remains, if our present crop of extremist right wingers is the most radical to date, what comes next?

AlterNet: Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party
Steve King, Michele Bachman (now a leading presidential candidate as well), Paul Broun, Patrick McHenry, Virginia Foxx, Louie Gohmert, Allen West. The Congressional directory now reads like a casebook of lunacy.

It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe.

4 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

What looks like craziness to many of us is just normal for them. How crazy is that?

Jim Sande said...

I think people are starting to catch on, their popularity is down. I know people out in Nevada that can't wait to vote them out.

Glynn Kalara said...

Don't be surprised if the Black box voting machines show how popular they have become once again and soon!

Jim Sande said...

Ah yes, good point, the computerized voting machine - friend of the unpopular and dreaded...