A multitude of whackos

I would rather not run long quotes on this blog, but today Shortnews.com did a very fine job of summarizing the lunacy that seems to be growing like wildfire in our country:

"Majority of Republicans Believe Obama is a Socialist Muslim

"According to a new Harris poll, 57 percent of Republicans believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and 67 percent believe him to be a socialist. This despite Obama´s relation of his Christian faith in ´The Audacity of Hope.´

"The poll also found that 45 percent of Republicans, and 1 of 4 Americans, believe Obama was not born in the United States "and so is not eligible to be president." This 'birther' claim has even been dismissed by Fox News´ Bill O´Reilly.

"38 percent of Republicans believe that Obama is 'doing many things Hitler did,' and nearly a quarter of Republicans -- 24 percent -- believe that Obama 'may be the anti-Christ.'"

I have been a whacko-watcher for years, but these numbers are simply mind-boggling. I think we just might be going to hell in a teabag.