It’s crazy season again.
Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle
-- warns of “second amendment remedies” if teapartiers don’t get their way
-- claims that she can’t see any physical differences between Hispanics and Asians.
Dallas Congressional candidate Stephen Broden
supports violent overthrow of the United States government if Republicans don't win the election.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann
-- wants to resurrect the House Un-American Activities Committee
-- wants the people of Minnesota to be “armed and dangerous”
-- whines about U.S. Supreme Court cases she doesn’t like, but can’t name any
-- claims to have engaged in “deep analysis” of the Constitution, yet doesn’t know what’s in the First Amendment
-- thinks she has had security clearance to see classified Chinese government plans to "take over" the U.S. government
-- thinks that scientists have created mice with “fully functioning human brains”.
Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller
objects to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
dresses up like a Nazi for fun.
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey wants to eliminate ALL taxes on corporations.
New York Governor candidate Carl Paladino has a speedo fetish and threatens to “take out” a reporter.
Thirty United States Senators voted to protect rapists and the government-paid companies that employ them.
They profess their undying reverence for the Constitution, but have no idea what’s in it AND REFUSE TO READ IT.
Many want to repeal the 14th and 17th amendments to the Constitution. That would be due process of the law for all citizens and your right to elect members of the U.S. Senate.
They demanded that tax cuts replace job-creating projects in the stimulus bill, and now whine that the stimulus didn’t create enough jobs.
They think
-- that cutting PERSONAL taxes for the wealthy will somehow magically make CORPORATIONS hire more people
-- that ACORN was powerful enough to steal an election
-- that all gays are pedophiles and that it’s contagious.
-- that the United States military is so weak and useless that our troops can't handle working with a few gay colleagues.
-- that corporate executives will always do the right thing, purely from the goodness of their hearts
-- that the president of the United States wants to kill your grandma.
These incidents would be laughable if they weren’t so pathetic , nauseating, and horrifying. Their craziness is rooted in a deep and profound ignorance of American history, law, science, and culture, along with an intense fear of education. A difference of opinion is one thing. Outright lies and terrorism are something else.
Please don’t fall for it.
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Comments
I am glad you have pointed out that there are no "crazy" Democrats running for office!! Great piece of reporting. I will cast my vote for solid "Dimocrat" and we can keep ultra-high unemployment, trillion dollar deficits and all the stuff that makes America great.
I "pointed that out"?
Really?
Where?
This is just the kind of mis-informed non-critical thinking that is fueling the crazies.
In your article you wrote:
"Their craziness is rooted in a deep and profound ignorance of American history, law, science, and culture, along with an intense fear of education. A difference of opinion is one thing. Outright lies and terrorism are something else"
Ms. O'Malley, writing such statements reveals such an intense lack of intellect on your part that I barely know where to begin in response.
1. while you might feel that the opinions referenced in your noted articles reflect "craziness" you have no conceivable ability to conclude that the opinions reflected in the articles you site are "rooted in a deep and profound ignorance of American history, law, science, and culture, along with an intense fear of education." That is an amazingly egotistical statement evidencing your overwhelming ego.
2. Including the statement: "Outright lies and terrorism are something else" in reference to the opinions in the noted articles is excessively hyperbollic and more extreme than anything found in the articles you loath. Crashing airliners into the World Trade Centers are examples of "terrorism" madam - expressing one's opinion in any written forum is not.
3. If you expect anyone to take you seriously, you need to learn how to write an intelligent and thoughtful article.
jim coster, esquire
pittsburgh, pa
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