Good God! And watch, there will be no public distancing from this wackadoodle by Tennessee Republicans, because Republicans in TN, and in this country, need this kind of bad craziness in order to win and keep power.

If conservatives today rejected out of hand this kind of paranoid conspiracy fear mongering and stuck to principles alone, they would be lucky to have 100 seats in the House, and 30 in the Senate.

In other words, they would be irrelevant.

And I know that if I posted this as a comment on a conservative site, fellow dittohead commenters on said site would jump all over me with countless examples of how the “Left”* has done the same thing - all without making a thoughtful compare/contrast commentary about why they thing what the “Left” has done is worse. They’ll just let that stand alone, as if it justifies what the “Right” has done. And it is true that the “Left” did it’s share of conspiracy and fear mongering during the Bush years.

But nothing like this. Nothing even close.

Anyway…

*Why do right wingers spell “Left” with a capitol “L?” It’s as if they are ascribing some kind of religious significance to the “Left,” in the way some christians refer to Christ as “Him.” Maybe?