Ann Althouse:

There is something about the way the 2 seated men are posing as such good little boys with their hands in the I’m-behaving-myself position that demands that what I really want to see is Bill Clinton reach over and feel the thigh Kim Jong-Il, who exclaims: “No broh job!”

That is weapons-grade stupid.

And don’t forget – she’s a tenured law professor.

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This is some pretty good wingnuttery:

Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC):

Repeat after me: The scary black man in the White House is going to kill old white people (mostly in Red States).

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Erick the Red:

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: A RedState source sat behind a top aide to Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and heard the aide admit that “the increase in Hospice care which will solve the prolonging of life issue.” As you know, Democrats have been open about their desire to push seniors toward euthanasia as a cost savings option. In fact, the Democrats already have in the legislation a provision requiring senior citizens to receive instructions every five years on dying with dignity.

The black man in the White House wants to kill old white people.

The stupid. It burns.

Caitlin Flanagan was on WNYC this morning flogging some stupid shit she wrote for Time, and that made me recall the following statement:

“The Democratic party has no room for someone who opposes gay marriage, and the Republican party has room for people who support it, and that’s why we’re in Iraq.”

Caitlin Flanagan
The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC
April 20, 2006

She is the Amity Shlaes of the social sciences.  Dumber than a bag of hammers.

Teabagger and insane person Catherine Crabill:

“We have the chance to fight this battle at the ballot box before we have to resort to the bullet box…That’s the beauty of our 2nd Amendment rights,” Catherine Crabill, the GOP nominee for Delegate in Virginia’s 99th District said Wednesday, as the video posted by the blog shows.

Crabill adds, “Our 2nd Amendment right was to guard against tyranny.”

Huffington Post notes, “Crabill, who proclaims on her campaign website that “America was founded by right-wing extremists,” has already drawn fire for her controversial views. Among other things, she believes the U.S. government played a role in the Oklahoma City Bombing.”

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