A little less than a month before the 2008 election, John Cole over at Balloon Juice asked if we had reached Peak Wingnut. It doesn't take much to figure out what it means. Back then, I thought some pretty crazy stuff was being said about Obama back then, but I don't think it compares to the stuff that's going on at these town hall meetings now. The news media isn't any better - the fact that there wasn't an outright dismissal over the whole lunatic fringe protesting health care reform by talking about 'death panels' (seriously, what the hell?!) suggests that they're as much to blame for not being honest reporters during this whole debacle.
Frankly, I think the irrational anger coming from the wingnuts has nothing to do with health care at all. They've been increasingly removed from reality as of late, but their latest break from the facts and from general rational thought is startling. Methinks peak wingnut has yet to be seen.
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