The Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day:



Your daily dose of GOP conservatives showing how their party has lost their collective minds.







(This all started when a forum I frequent had political discussion, and whenever a news story popped up where a Republican politician talked about rape, insane conspiracy theories about birth certificates, fluoridated water, Benghazi (etc.), was found to have ties to some sort of hate group, denied climate change exists, or generally said something without any logic or comprehension... they would respond, "Whatever. You know both sides are just as bad."



Well, I threw down a gauntlet. I didn't believe that was the case, so I challenged the individuals who threw this argument out to go ahead and match me, crazy moron for crazy moron from either party, one a day, to prove their point. The only rules were that they had to only include people who had held, or run for public office within that past 5 years, or at the very least, helped write the party platform within that time. This ruled out most media pundits and celebrities, and let us focus simply on the actual members of the party.



And lo and behold, day one, two, three came and went, and they just whined about how it was still just as bad... but never would name a single insane person from the left. Meanwhile, as I kept profiling members of the modern GOP, and "ran up the score" into double digits, I became distressed. Because... it really was easier than I would have wanted to spot kooky conservatives than I wanted it to be. I thought it was bad... but WOW, has the party I once respected with Reagan, Dole, and the like has lost their collective minds.



With the encouragement of others who thought the, "Both sides are just as bad" argument was ridiculous, the final tabulations ended up putting it at a ratio of almost 35-1, leaning to crazy/stupid Republicans being far worse. Of the handful of Democrats we looked at, the severity of "crazy" was not as staggering as for Republicans (and with the exception of two, I was the one who profiled what Democrats were discussed, as well).



They encouraged me, though, to share the profiles of these politicians as much as I can. Because... frankly, it's shocking how overwhelming how pervasive the problem in the modern GOP is, and there really are psychos you probably haven't heard of, because they're not in your state, or not representing your district. I can only hope you read this, and reconsider your vote in elections when you see a "R" next to someone's name.)