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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFear Of The Black President Reaches A Paranoid Zenith Among Texas Republicans
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/26/fear-black-president-reaches-paranoid-zenith-texas-republicans.htmlThe quotes above reflect a collective crazed state of paranoia that has no basis in fact. What is happening in Texas is the logical byproduct of years of conservative media hate and fearmongering against President Obama. Republicans have spent so long inside their media bubble where they have been told daily to fear this president that they are extremely susceptible to conspiracy theories.
The talk of military takeovers and Nazi Germany sounds just like vintage Fox News era Glenn Beck and conservative talk radio. This sect of Republicans wants to believe that they are special. In their hearts, they know that President Obama is after them. They have been told by Fox News that they are the enlightened ones who know the real truth.
As the rest of the nation looks on in disbelief at the level of crazy among some Republicans in Texas, it needs to be understood that the insanity over Jade Helm is not unique to Texas. The Republican Party has been gripped by paranoia. Republicans are paranoid, and they elect candidates who legitimize and indulge their taste for conspiracies.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Obama created the floods and tornados as a pretext for sending in the military, who will confiscate their guns and force them into mandatory gay marriage. Shhhh, the secrets just between us....
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Stallion
(6,474 posts)going to have to wait for them to dry up before we can start FEMA death march of conservatives to concentration camps
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)DEFCON Reference Chart
DEFCON Level Reference Guide[1]
DEFCON Level Level of Readiness Historical Precedent
5 Normal peacetime readiness; General "baseline" level during times of peace
4 Increased intelligence-gathering and security measures Sporadically throughout Cold War, War on Terror
3 Armed forces readiness increased above normal levels; Air Force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes Post-9/11 Attacks (2001), Yom Kippur War (1973), Operation Paul Bunyan (1976), Post-Four Power Talks (1960)
2 High readiness; armed forces ready to deploy in six hours Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
1 Maximum readiness; all forces ready for combat; nuclear war imminent or likely
I wish the nutty, banana fruicakes would just implode and do everyone a favor.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Just say you never met me
I'm running underground with the moles (digging holes)
Hear the voices in my head
I swear to God it sounds like they're snoring;
But if you're bored, then you're boring.
The agony and the irony: they're killing me (whoa).
Such a great song:
Skittles
(153,153 posts)yup