UPDATE: The wingnut faction of the new Republican Party

March 2, 11:24 AMProgressive Politics ExaminerJay McDonough

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The eight years of the George W. Bush Administration and the six years of Republican control of the Congress were just awful.  I think I can speak for many folks when I say this time was characterized by gross incompetence, a maddening sense of entitlement, a complete absence of self-reflection and accountability, and a reckless disregard for the rule of law.  Just terrible.  Infuriating.

And during that time, it wasn't uncommon to hear some folks openly complaining about the Administration.  Mr. Bush is dumb.  Or a war criminal even.  But I never saw anything like this stuff...

From Joe the Plumber yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, speaking about Congress:

Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot ‘em. And there’d be nothing said about that, because they knew it was wrong.

And, via Balloon Juice, from a discussion thread on Sean Hannity's website:

If that's hard to read, the commenters on Mr. Hannity's site are voting on how best to protest the new federal government.  "Which kind of revolution appeals most to you?"   Voters can choose between military coup, armed rebellion or war for secession.  (By the way, the latest results favor armed rebellion with 41% of the vote).

You could argue these are nothing more than a small bunch of wingnut knuckleheads spouting off.  But it's troubling that this seems to be pretty much accepted (or, worse, condoned) by the leaders of the Republican Party.  No rebukes.  No disassociations.  Joe the Plumber inexplicably represents some kind of guru to Republicans and FOX News hero, Sean Hannity, has left the thread up and running on his site.  (One commenter wrote "I'm actually surprised Sean allows threads like this to exist. Talk of sedition and murdering fellow Americans will be the rich fodder of the fringe elements who will demand the fairness doctrine, mark my words.").  While there were some outrageous things said about the Bush Administration, I can imagine the justified outrage from the right had folks on the left been openly debating whether to conduct a military coup against the Bush White House or just start an armed insurrection.

Sean Hannity ought to show some class and get this off his website. 

UPDATE:  The discussion thread noted in the post has been removed from the Sean Hannity website.