Birtherism Is Not a Joke

The birther conspiracy theory is part of the hysteria that passes for politics these days. Today, Romney demonstrated his willingness to surf this wacky wave while pretending that he's just joking.

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Birtherism is no joke. There are crackpot public officials out there that are threatening to take up arms if the 'un-American' Obama is re-elected. For them, his 'questionable' birth is the heart of his illegitimacy. If Romney doesn't apologize for this joke and unreservedly renounce birtherism, he is fostering hysteria that will lower our political discourse down so far, that a back-alley knife fight will seem genteel in comparison.

The First Tomheader

A judge in Texas, Tom Head, believes that if Obama is re-elected he will sign treaties with the UN ceding our authority to them. In response to that, per Head, real Americans will rise up and, in response to that, Obama will send in UN troops to quell the dissent. This entire theory was brought to light as the judge was being interviewed about a proposed 1.7% property tax hike. (This tax hike will in part fund the extra law enforcement resources necessary to fight the UN invaders.)

Source: www.co.lubbock.tx.us

So, as you are scraping your jaw off of the floor, I will urge you to begin thinking of American politics in a new way -- as a conflict between the hysterical (and no, I don't mean funny as hell) and the reasonable. We almost don't have any room for reasonable Liberals and Conservatives to disagree among each other -- the proliferation and, indeed, the mainstreaming of hysteria is too dangerous a trend for such luxuries and could lead to a complete breakdown in our political discourse.

Based on his impressive foray into utter lunacy, I believe that Tom Head is the perfect poster child for this burgeoning hysteria and, consequently, I would like to propose the term 'Tomheader' for someone espousing his level of 'take our country back' hysteria. Spread the word.