I just finished watching Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle's interview with Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston on his Face To Face television show and I'm still collecting my jaw from the floor.
It was one of the most stunning displays of right-wing lunacy that I have ever seen in my entire life from a Republican candidate for Federal office (at least outside of the south).
Here's a highlight reel, followed by a point-by-point summary of Angle's lunatic claims.
In order, Angle:
- Angle called for the privatization of Social Security and Medicare. (I didn't include this in the highlight reel as the section was too long to condense. Watch it here.)
- Angle said she opposed extending jobless benefits because they've "spoiled our citizenry" and kept people out of the workforce.
- Angle mistakenly endorsed Harry Reid's job's bill, having clearly never heard of it before.
- Angle said "people are afraid of their government" and that "of course" they "need to" arm themselves to protect liberties from government tyranny.
- Angle said the constitution does not create a separation of church and state.
- Angle said she opposes abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. Inexplicably, she said the only reason she wants to make it illegal is that Roe v. Wade made it legal. (I guess she meant that if it was already illegal she wouldn't want to make it illegal again, because it would already be illegal?)
- Angle endorsed making Nevada's Yucca Mountain the nation's dumping ground for spent nuclear waste because she says it has been safe. She said Nevada should stop fighting the plan to dump the nation's nuclear materials there.
Bottom-line: I never could have imagined Sharron Angle would be a worse candidate than Sue "Chickens for Checkups" Lowden. But she is. Just watch this video. She's as nutty as Marco Rubio without any of his smoothness and as a result, Harry Reid has new life. In fact, he's got to be considered the clear favorite in this race.
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