“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.” ― William Shakespeare, Richard III
Revisionism
David “history is what I say it is” Barton.
David Barton is a Christian historian – who simplified his life by abjuring research and turning instead to making stuff up – has declared that a woman’s right to vote is unbiblical. He bases this odd claim on the notion that a married couple is one person and therefore the woman’s vote is redundant – a sort of voter fraud, I suppose.
Two thoughts. (1) Why not then deny the vote to men on the same grounds? (2) What of single woman and widows?
Of course, I make the mistake of trying to reason with the irrational.
Some comics should stick to comedy.
Rob Schneider is a member of an exclusive group – ex-SNLers with rightist political views. He is no fan of Obama. Certainly Schneider is entitled to his own opinions, but he isn’t entitled to his own facts.
Consider this gem of imagination, “There’s not one segment of business under the Obama administration that hasn’t been hurt.” I can’t think of one that has been hurt. Corporate profits are up and the stock market is setting records. Even employment is inching up.
Nevertheless Schneider believes, “We are sliding very fast towards fascism”. Simple paranoia.
Gun crazy.
Scott Bach – “Nobody died at Sandy Hook, it was only a play”.
Scott Bach is the head an NRA affiliate in New Jersey. His take on the parents of Sandy Hook’s massacred children shines a light on the dark monomania of the gun crazy.
The vast majority of gun owners have deep sympathy for the families devastated by school shootings. But not this stone hearted zealot. He rips them as “props” in the campaign for sane gun laws.
The Civil War redux.
Somehow – no one will admit to it – a resolution to secede made its way to the floor to be considered at the Wisconsin GOP’s annual convention. If Republicans appear indefatigable in pursuing the Benghazi brouhaha – they are marathoners without equal in chasing the dream of secession.
The country may have thought the matter resolved in 1865, but it hasn’t been to those starry-eyed dreamers of the ultra-right.
However, there is a streak of common sense among the Badger staters – and they rejected the idea.
The Tabula Rasa President.
James Dobson – “Obama promotes mandatory abortions”
President Obama has become a Tabula Rasa for the whacky folk. They project on to him their deepest fears and paranoias. Primus inter pares, is the gun lobby with its dire warnings of a presidential gun grab. But nipping at their heals are the anti-abortionists.
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family – yet another group promoting family values by spewing hate – referred to Obama as the “abortion President” during a National Prayer Day event – going so far as to say, “This is something that he really was going to promote and support, and he has done that.”
Just as the gun crazies before, Dobson provided no evidence for his assertion. Apparently, for something to “true” about Obama, it is enough to merely say it. Actually, they’re consistent. Pretty much nothing they say is supported by evidence.
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