Tornado Alley (PROG)

[mthead]

Which begs two questions: (1) Why do Republicans consider themselves the more fiscally responsible party? And (2) how did Reagan become the poster child of conservative budget policy?

Easy answer...Republicans are insane. Frank Schaeffer wrote an article in the Huffington Post that makes it all clear.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/why-are-the-republicans-s_b_170322.html

You see the Republican "base" is living in an alternative universe. These are the folks who believe that:

Guns make you safe,

The earth is 6000 years old,

Gays are evil and dangerous,

Iraq had something to do with 9/11

Obama is a Muslim,

Obama is a communist,

Obama is the Antichrist,

Lowering taxes for the super rich would help the economy,

Deregulating banks leads to prosperity.

Jesus is coming back soon to take all the evangelicals to heaven leaving anyone who can walk in a straight line and chew gum at the same time on earth,

Sara Palin's only problem is that the "elite media" was unfair to her,

Every word of the Bible is true -- literally,

We don't need trains that work, infrastructure that functions and new energy, just Jesus...

Also see - Poll: Rank-and-File Republicans Are Insane
http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2010/02/poll_rank-and-file_republicans.php