The continuing stream of political nut jobs that are coming out of the woodwork is starting to frighten me. It used to be that the crazies stood at the fringes of the political spectrum. Left and right wing extremists, conspiracy theorists, and the like would tout theories no one listened to, and news agencies had the good sense not to quote them, at least not any paper other than the Inquirer.
Now it seems that the nuts have taken center ring! And to keep their time on the TV, political pundits like Newt Gingrich are going to the crazy to keep up. Gingrich is now saying more investigation is needed into the socialist Muslim background of Barrack Obama. This is right up there with thinking that Bush planned 9-11 to help Cheney boost his stock portfolio.
The birthers have now given up on whether Obama was born in Hawaii. Now they’re saying that Hawaii is not legally a state. If that’s the case then neither is Alaska, so could you please take Sarah Palin back with you?
That’s not to say that the left doesn’t have their share of nut jobs. I mentioned 9-11 earlier, but there’s still more. We have the people that burn down buildings in a forest to prevent forest fires. I especially like the people who protest the World Bank because they think they’re killing poor people. I guess it doesn’t matter that the World Bank does more for peace and world hunger than any other single institution in the world.
In a time when Sarah Palin appears moderate to Christine O’Donnell, you have to ask yourself where the world is going. Sarah might think she can see Russia from her house, but O’Donnell sees mice with human brains (see http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/odonnell-mice-human-brains/ I’m not making this up). Can someone please check the medicine cabinet to see if this person is taking her medication?
Our economy sucks. That had nothing to do with the current administration. People attacked us. That had nothing to do with the last administration.
I long for the days when the worst thing we had to think about was if Clinton lied about sex. I mean, can anyone deny that the world was a better place when he was President? I’m just sayin…if we can get Bill elected again, I’ll pay for the hooker.