{"id":13122,"date":"2014-06-30T01:05:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T08:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13122"},"modified":"2014-06-30T01:05:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T08:05:17","slug":"last-weeks-totally-bonkers-republican-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/30\/last-weeks-totally-bonkers-republican-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Week’s Totally Bonkers Republican Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, every week they push the envelope on just how insane InsaniTEA can become.  I trust that you will believe it, when I tell you that last week was no exception.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0630timothy-ray-murray\"…Loser in Oklahoma GOP primary: My opponent is actually dead and replaced by a body double.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner in the unhinged category, although, jeez, lots of stiff competition this week: The loser in a recent Republican primary who, quite creatively, refused to go quietly.  <\/p>\n

For out and out bonkers, no one beats Timothy Ray Murray, who lost to Oklahoma Representative Frank Lucas in the GOP primary, and responded to this loss by saying his opponent was actually dead and has been replaced<\/a> by a robot. Naturally, this would disqualify him for office. It’s in the Constitution. No dead people, or robots may serve in the government.<\/p>\n

Timothy Ray Murray posted [Bagger delinked<\/em>] a press release \u2014 addressed to \u201cNews Person\u201d \u2014 in which he demanded the Oklahoma Board of Elections shift votes from Rep. Lucas to him on account of the fact that \u201cit is widely known Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed [sic] by a look alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray further explained that Lucas had been \u201cexecuted by The World Court on or about Jan. 11, 2011 in Southern Ukraine. On television they were depicted as being executed by the hanging about the neck until death on a white stage and in front of witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wow, that was more than three years ago. You would think people would have noticed that the guy is dead by now.<\/p>\n

No, Murray explains, because he has been replaced by a body double. "It is possible to use look alike artificial or man-made replacements,\u201d such \u201creplacements\u201d are not human, and therefore ineligible to serve in office. Murray went on to assure the board that he \u201cwill NEVER use Artificial Intelligence look alike to voice what The Representative\u2019s Office is doing nor own a robot look alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, that is very reassuring indeed\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Listen to Dr. TomCat (famous for the $.50 CatScan)! Smoking, drinking, or even thinking InsaniTEA is hazardous to your brain.<\/font><\/p>\n

This is just one of six totally bonkers Republican statements from last week alone. Click through for the other five.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, every week they push the envelope on just how insane InsaniTEA can become.  I trust that you will believe it, when I tell you that last week was no exception. …Loser in Oklahoma GOP primary: My […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}