There are a million totally fine reasons to dislike a politician. Maybe you don't agree with his or her voting record. Maybe you dislike his or her relationship with lobbyists. Maybe the tone of his or her speeches bugs you. But a certain sect of conservative critics has found a really, really dumb reason to dislike new House Speaker Paul Ryan. And if you guessed that it was an offensive reason, then yep, you nailed it. This comes from The Hill:

"Outside the Beltway, the right is livid with new Speaker Paul Ryan’s trillion-dollar spending deal with Democrats. Conservative pundit Ann Coulter says Ryan, just seven weeks on the job, is ripe for a primary challenge. “Paul Ryan Betrays America,” blared a headline on the conservative site Breibart.com. And Twitter is littered with references to the Wisconsin Republican’s new 'Muslim beard.'"

Uh...what? So we continue the trend of the right being mad at any speaker who decides that getting something (ANYTHING) done with Barack Obama is akin to treason, but now we add a weird Islamophobic bent to Ryan's motivations? It boggles the mind that people are actually in favor of having a Speaker who chooses inaction and constant opposition over someone who attempts to govern. And it boggles the mind further that to many people, the idea of something being "Muslim" is the same as saying "it's bad" or "it's maliciously motivated." I'd love to think that one of these days we'll stop embarrassing ourselves with this bigoted nonsense, but that sadly seems like it might just be a pipe dream at this point.