Right-Wing Republican Rhetoric

"Barack Obama has systematically, in every single way, tried to destroy the very foundational elements of our country..." Rick Santorum in a speech in Plano, Tex. Wednesday night.

"How does a nation that's blessed by an extraordinary supply of American exceptionalism submit inch by creeping inch to the totalitarian state that is descending upon us? How do we submit to something called Obamacare?" Rep Steve King in a speech at CPAC convention.

What I'd like to know is, how do Republican politicians get away with saying things that are so delusional that, under any other circumstance, in any other sphere of society, would brand someone as a deranged crackpot?
Would you trust a lawyer or a doctor, or even an auto-mechanic if they appeared as unhinged as these mainstream Republican politicians?
Can you imagine if your doctor advised you to buy your drugs on the black market because the FDA's regulation of prescription medicine was an assault on your liberty? Or if your mechanic insisted that you let him disable your air bags so as to thwart government control of private industry? How long do you think a person like that would last in his or her profession?

But in the alternative universe of far-right conservatism, the nuttier the rhetoric, the more successful and popular the politician.

Merriam-Webster definition of DELUSION:

"b : a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also : the abnormal state marked by such beliefs "

Over the years, Rep. King has proven himself to be a jerk-off of the first order. He can be credited with enough asinine and imbecilic statements to fill a book. He is also a perfect illustration of just how delusional these right-wingers are.
His CPAC speech included a rant on one of the conservatives' favorite fairy tales:
The government has banned
incandescent light bulbs!
This treacherous act of oppression is routinely used as just the latest example of Obama's evil plan to destroy the Constitution and rob us of our freedoms.

King went so far as to liken Capital Hill janitors to "Stasi troops" (the East German communist secret police) for their complicity in the Democrats' plan to abolish freedom by banning incandescent light bulbs.

Just for the record, the U.S. Congress passed energy legislation in 2007 by broad bipartisan majorities. President George W. Bush signed it into law. The legislation did not ban incandescent light bulbs. It set new efficiency standards for general purpose lighting. The law requires that new light bulbs be 28 percent more efficient than previous conventional bulbs, which wasted 90 percent of their energy throwing off heat.
The new standard only applies to new bulbs being manufactured, not the old ones.
You won't get sent to a concentration camp if you continue to use the older bulbs.
According to a letter to the editor of the Pierce County Herald,
"Philips, GE and Sylvania have already beat the law’s deadline and have introduced incandescent products that meet the law’s requirements. The new bulbs have that familiar light bulb shape and deliver the same amount of light and produce the same warm coloring."

Having the "Stasi troops" install them in Capital buildings was intended to save money, thus cutting the cost of government, something I can recall hearing conservatives rage about at least once or twice.

Last night I heard a tirade by Santorum where he said that of all the countless acts of anti-American/anti-freedomism that Obama has committed against us, Obamacare is the worst.

Both Santorum's and King's ability, which they share with many of their fellow conservatives, to completely ignore, or to be totally unaware of, certain important facts, is truly astonishing.
These facts, in turn, have an astonishing ability to make these far-righters look like, to borrow an adjective from Mitt Romney, "severe" assholes.
King wants to know how this nation could submit to the totalitarian state of Obamacare.

Well Steve, you see, we have this thing called Congress, whose members are elected by us, the voters, in order to represent our interests.
But just because you're a Congressman doesn't mean you'd know anything about that.
Well, after a long period of debate and deliberation, a majority of those members, in both the House and Senate, voted to pass the legislation that you call "Obamacare".
Then the President, who was also elected to office (by a 53% majority of the popular vote) and campaigned on the issue of healthcare reform, signed the legislation into law.
These powers are given to the President and our representatives by the Constitution, which was written by the Founders of our nation.
So Steve, I guess you can blame the Founding Fathers for our nation's submission to totalitarianism.
Ironic, isn't it?

Here's another bit of irony for you, Steve.
During that healthcare reform debate the majority party (the Dems) wanted to introduce a Public Option.
All the polls had a large majority of Americans in favor of it.
However, the minority Republicans vowed to filibuster.
The Dems would have had a filibuster-proof majority except for a couple of dickhead Dems who refused to go along.
So the Dems gave up and decided to settle for a piece of garbage (a wasteful taxpayer subsidy to a seriously flawed private health insurance system) that is based on a plan devised by the Heritage Foundation, a longstanding bastion of Conservatism.
That's right, Obamacare is the brainchild of Conservatism.
This plan, including the individual mandate, was used by Republicans in the 90's as a counter to Hillarycare.
It was endorsed by numerous conservatives including Gingrich.
And of course Romney adopted it for Massachusetts.

Read this great online article from Forbes.com for all the delicious details. It includes an hysterical exchange between Romney and Gingrich during one of the debates, it's a hoot:

Click here: How the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative Think Tank, Promoted the Individual Mandate - Forbes

So anyway, let's recap:
A minority of representatives, the Republicans, decided to thwart the will of the majority of Americans, thereby, unintentionally, causing the Dems to pass a conservative healthcare plan, that the Republicans now decry as unconstitutional and the worst act of totalitarian oppression committed so far during the Obama administration.

Give me a moment while I see if I can formulate the right question.
OK, i think I got it.
Would it be correct to say that, according to what modern mainstream Republicans say they believe, not only were the Founding Fathers total failures, but The Heritage Foundation is responsible for destroying the very foundational elements of our country?
Wow!