Oh. My. God.

This story both angers and depresses me. That these people can continue to function without actually using their brain is an affront to all dead people (or to borrow one of their pet causes, an affront to all living Christians trapped in a persistent vegetative state).

"There have always been intellectuals who want to tell people how to live," Martha adds, to an almost visible sense of relief. That's it - the intellectuals! They are not like us. Dave changes the subject, to wash away this moment of cognitive dissonance. "The liberals don't believe in the constitution. They don't believe in what the founders wanted - a strong executive," he announces, to nods.

That's right, Martha. Intellectuals are not like you. Intellectuals use their intellect. My God, what a novel concept. They have brains, and they use them.

And as for our Founding Fathers, I do believe that a strong executive was exactly what they didn't want. What part of "representative government" do you not understand? More to the point, what part of the Constitution have you read?

Fucking morons.

Hey, all you Republicans with brains (I know there must be a few of you out there), these people are making you look bad. The more and more of these people I see, the less and less I think of your party as a whole. I know that every group has an extremist wing that regularly causes embarrassment, but this is getting ridiculous. When Arlen Specter is suddenly your party's voice of reason, you know you've crossed the Tiber. [Ha ha, get it? I made a religious joke, too.]

Anyway, thanks to the inimitable Boing Boing for the find and Alternet for carrying the article from the Independent UK (of course it took an English news source to capture a story this telling).