Has the GOP gone insane? And if not, at what point or criteria might we safely say it has? (Harry Reid, Putin)

[PedroMartinez]

I believe the people who are die hard partisans are the real nut jobs.

[pnwmdk]

Originally Posted by mateo45

Is it finally time that we ask the increasingly obvious question, namely…
Has the G.O.P. Gone Off the Deep End?

Or as Mike Lofgren, a staff member for 16 years on the Republican side of both the House and Senate Budget Committees, writes…

"The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe."

And is this really such a preposterous question, when over 40% of Republicans are still "Birthers", and over a third actually believe the POTUS is a muslim? And that's not even counting all the ones who think Obama is an alien lizard, the anti-christ, hell-bent on "turning the U.S. into a 3rd world country", etc.! And if all that doesn't qualify as "insane", then what does?

BTW, here's "Exhibit B", seriously, from none other than former GOP Prez. candidate, Newt Gingrich…

"What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich asked. "That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior."

Obama's Citizenship - July 2014 Rasmussen Poll

This is pure nonsense.

[mateo45]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

I believe the people who are die hard partisans are the real nut jobs.

By 'partisans', might that also include the "preppers" and religious nuts?

[pnwmdk]

Originally Posted by lycos679

I called the GOP insane and got called a liberal. Ergo, the writer must be a liberal, so we don't have to listen to him.

You carefully left out the relevant information... that, too, makes you a liberal.

This is what gets you called a liberal:

The only people left in the GOP are the crazies,

Only liberals never defend their beliefs and just attack everyone who disagrees.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by mateo45

By 'partisans', might that also include the "preppers" and religious nuts?

Sure, I don't mind putting you in the same category as them if that is your desire.

[Versatile]

Originally Posted by xboxmas

How about the Democrats who think Bush did 9/11 and not the terrorists?

You talk all DEMOCRATS do this.. I don't know ant Democrats that ever said that.
People that are ate up with the conspiracy stuff are usually conservatives.

[Old Gringo]

Yes, they've gone coo-coo for coca puffs.

When they've lost the support of an old white guy like me, who voted GOP for decades, you know they've jumped the rails.

Carry on.

[xboxmas]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Yes, they've gone coo-coo for coca puffs.

When they've lost the support of an old white guy like me, who voted GOP for decades, you know they've jumped the rails.

Carry on.

I doubt you were ever a Republican in the first place and just saying you used to be to make the GOP look bad.

[xboxmas]

Originally Posted by Versatile

You talk all DEMOCRATS do this.. I don't know ant Democrats that ever said that.
People that are ate up with the conspiracy stuff are usually conservatives.

Statistics don't lie:

Republicans Have Birthers, Democrats Have 9/11 Truthers

Paul Ryan's Democratic Opponent Is Alien Conspiracy Theorist, 9/11 Truther | Mother Jones

Fully 35 percent of Democrats believe George W. Bush had advance knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fully 28 percent of Republicans believe Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.

Both Parties Have Their Fanatics | RealClearPolitics

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by xboxmas

I doubt you were ever a Republican in the first place and just saying you used to be to make the GOP look bad.

Your doubts don't change my voting record.

Carry on.