Still Crazy

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It is hard to know if the repugs were always this crazy or is the press is now more willing to cover their more bizarre statements. It seems as though now the Republican party is now relegated to minor party status, the lunatics are coming out of the woodwork and have become the Republican brand (since when did political parties become brands, like washing detergent). You have the Virginia Foxx, a Congresswoman from North Carolina, saying that the Mathew Shepard murder was a "hoax," you have Michelle Bachman who is always good for some copy, you have Michael Steele who every time he opens his mouth says something ridiculous, the list could go on and on. How these people can have assumed any position of power is beyond me. As the Obama administration continues the rhetoric on the right becomes more and more hyperbolic, as they try different code words to inspire fear, hoping one will stick - Obama the socialist, Leninist, Stalinist, Marxist, Muslim, weak kneed, dictator, etc. These comparisons are from elected officials, so called commentators and the like. The rhetoric from the gun crowd or the secessionists is even more extreme. The repugs watch in a daze as his approval ratings stay pretty much the same.