Queen of Rage

It's tempting to simply dismiss this wingnut as woefully unqualified to be president (which she is), but that's entirely irrelevant, isn't it? She speaks to, and for, the disaffected, ignorant, and angry on the right-wing, including those on the Christianist right - a group which has always existed but which has become increasingly visible and noisy, as well as influential. From what I've read, this element, incarnated in the "Tea Party", now has seized virtual control of the repubs. I hope that their radicalism and dedication to unreality will turn off the independents and moderates, but who knows?

I know it's an argument stopper to bring up Germany in the 1930's, but this situation we are in now does remind me a bit of that time. Economic depression, political turmoil, angry and disaffected millions ripe for some answer simple enough to be easily understood, resentment of minorities - well, the list goes on. Nothing reminds me so much of the angry Brown Shirts as the Tea Party rallies and disruptions of democracy, with their mindless appeals to some mythical patriotism and their violent opposition to any dissent. I hope that America's democratic traditions and ideals can withstand this assault and not succumb to the tide of irrationality, anger, and resentment so evident in people like Bachmann.