Incumbent Republican Prays God Frees America from Terrorists and Progressives

Republican Rep. Paul Broun is no stranger to derangement. He is in essence everything that is wrong with American politics and the double standard Republicans enjoy. He has many times called the President of the United States a dictator, a socialist, even went so far as to suggest the president wants to lock Christians and conservatives (Republican voters?) in concentration camps.

In January 2010 he falsely claimed health care reform was the largest takeover of liberty the nation has ever seen.  In September 2009 he ridiculously said President Obama was creating an authoritarian government to take away our liberties and guns. And shorty after Barack Obama was elected, Broun went on the airwaves to remind the nation that Hitler came to power through democracy too.

Now he's issuing a public prayer on Independence Day that God will save America from people who want to destroy it like progressives and terrorists.

"We're standing on the precipice, staring down in the deep chasm of socialism and total government control," Broun said. [...]

There are those who wish to destroy the U.S., Broun said, citing radical Islam and "progressives."

"Father, there are many who want to destroy us from outside this nation," Broun said. "Folks like al-Qaeda and the radical Islamists. But there are folks that want to destroy us from inside, the progressives and the socialists, who want to make this nation a nation that's no longer under you, under God, but a nation that's ruled by man."

As evidenced, Broun believes the president to be a socialist, a progressive, even foreign born.  He truly believes President Obama is an enemy trying to destroy America.

Those are some huge charges against the president no doubt.  But I don't care about any of that.  He can call the president whatever he wants.  The problem is this is normal every day talk by many elected Republicans.  This is their version of partisanship.  But it's not partisan at all.  It's extremism.  Anyone with half a brain knows extremist rhetoric only breeds more extremist rhetoric-- it's an epidemic that is only getting worse.

Just the other day Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) said liberalism means you hate God.  That's just not true.  But not only is it a lie, just like Broun's hate-filled speech, it's a tolerated if not encouraged form of disagreement for Republicans.  Not that a person of a different political party disagrees with you.  The person of a different political party is an enemy destroying your country.

Even after we've seen members of congress shot and residents of their districts murdered in the streets, the Republican Party still prefers to communicate in extremist language bent on destroying the boundaries of civil society.  If you want to know why Republicans refuse to hold a routine vote to raise the debt ceiling, just look at how they really feel about the president and his Party.  They don't just view him as a ideological different.  Or even as a member of the opposition party.  They really believe he's an enemy of the state who is trying to destroy America from within.  Would you vote for someone's policies if you thought they were destroying your country? Of course you wouldn't.

How can you possibly talk policies and specifics designed to move the country forward with people who don't even acknowledge your legitimacy to negotiate on behalf of the country in the first place?