The Reaction by Michael J. W. Sticklings

By the way, if you'll indulge me, this has been quite a week for Republican craziness. Over at my blog, The Reaction, we frequently hand out "Craziest Republican/Conservative of the Day" awards. Here are several from the past few days:

-- Duncan Hunter (for saying American citizens who are the children of illegal immigrants should be deported);

-- Pat Bertroche (for saying that illegal immigrants should be microchipped);

-- Kristia Cavere (for saying that it was Republicans who liberated Europe during WWII); and

-- Leo Berman (for saying that Obama is "God's punishment on us").

This is the new normal in the GOP, which now, with few exceptions, occupies a narrow ideological sliver on the right. It's a party of draconian anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and draconian anti-abortion laws in Oklahoma (and Arizona as well). It's a party that feeds off anger, fear, and ignorance, a party to which deporting American citizens actually seems like a great idea. It's a party that idolizes Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.

Hopefully voters will remember this in November.

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