Bill Maher recently said that during the past 30 years, “Democrats have moved to the right, and the right has moved into a mental hospital.” Amen, brother. If we needed any more evidence that the far right in America has lost its collective mind, word has gotten out about a public meeting held June 30 as part of a healthcare “listening tour” by Rep. Mike Castle, a moderate Republican from Delaware. Rightwing crazies from that state turned out in force, and shouted about a laundry list of current ultra-conservative gripes and conspiracy theories. The atmosphere was like that of a lynch mob, at which the mobbers attacked Rep. Castle on the following “issues”:
“Socialized medicine” will bring down healthcare faster than the Twin Towers came down.
The cap-and-trade “tax” will destroy the American economy.
Greenhouse gas has nothing to do with global warming.
Global warming is just a “theory, like evolution.”
The swine flu virus was created at Fort Dix in order to force Americans to be infected with AIDS-infected vaccines made from “baby juice.”
And, finally, the right’s current weird obsession, President Obama is not a citizen of the United States.
This last issue practically turned the meeting into a riot, even though Obama has presented a digitally scanned image of his birth certificate that includes a raised seal and the signature stamp of Hawaii’s state registrar.
Enjoy the video below of the birth certificate issue being brought to Castle’s attention, and remember that we have goofballs like FoxNews’ Glenn Beck and radio blowhard Rush “Mr. Republican Party” Limbaugh to thank for the current madness.
This article appears in Jul 21-28, 2009.
Frank Griffin- Please. President Obama is a natural born citizen. Get over it, he is our PRESIDENT. I mean it’s one thing to disagree about someones policies, but the Obama bashing for EVERY decision he makes is disgusting. We gave Bush 8 years, 8 long years to prove himself so can we please give Obama at least a year to work out some things before extreme, crazy conservatives(yes i said crazy because that woman is proof that medication may be necessary) condemn everything he says and does.
Actually, there have been plenty of television shows and media outlets who have shown his birth certificate.
But, Mr. Frank Griffin, can you explain to me how the economy, health care, the war, education, etc will be impacted by the fact that you have finally seen Obama’s birth certificate? So when you realize that he IS a natural born American Citizen, what will happen next? I’ll tell you what will happen. You and your extreme right-winged friends will then find ANOTHER trivial issue to question and harass the president about.
We need people in this country who are about action to build our economy back and get things rolling. If your main concern is about his birth certificate… I need for you to keep those trivial issues in your town hall meetings and move over and make way for the republicans and democrats who are interested in solving the many problems this country is in.
Hey, Quelyn08, drop your straw man and answer frank griffin’s other statements. Seriously, who cares about Obama’s birth stuff. I’ve followed it, and given up. Its not going to change anything. But you’ve ignored the other things he’s charged, and I expect because you can’t dispute them. Cap and Tax is not a way to fix any environmental problem, its a socialist way to assert control. Same with socialized medicine.
Here’s a statement that has just as much journalistic integrity as this article: “John Grooms is a flippin moron for quoting Bill Maher, quite possibly the second most entally defunct people in the country, after Keith Olbermann.”
(By the way, the Democrats have actually moved so far left they’re about to fall off the edge fo the earth.)