{"id":15853,"date":"2015-08-16T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15853"},"modified":"2015-08-16T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:58:41","slug":"last-weeks-deranged-republican-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/16\/last-weeks-deranged-republican-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Week’s Deranged Republican Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, they push the envelope on just how deranged 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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Right-wing film critic celebrates fact that Jimmy Carter has cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a lovely lady, whose film criticism we\u2019ll be sure to start reading. Her name is Debbie Schlussel, and upon hearing that the 90-year-old ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner is gravely ill, the sometime-film critic, sometime-right-wing political commentator tweeted this out:<\/p>\n

\"0816schlussel_1\"<\/p>\n

Yes, she did.<\/p>\n

She even tried to make it a trending topic. It failed to trend. When the twittersphere reacted with some hostility and called her names, she was really upset. After all, she did not use vulgar language. How could they do that to such a nice gal?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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How typically Republican she is!  I\u2019m the first to admit that if Crawford Caligula were to begin a permanent vacation in the infernal regions, you would see no tears from me.  However, I would have the decency to offer polite condolences, or at least to keep my mouth shut about it until the morning period was over.<\/font><\/p>\n

This is only the fifth of five deranged Republican moments from last week alone.  Click through for the other four.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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