A RARE EVENT

Some time ago, Media Matters had a piece about Ann Coulter's extremism and gave several examples of her many outrageous comments.  I almost posted that I thought a couple of them were funny, not extreme.

Today, Media Matters reports on a true right-wing nut, Dan Riehl, and I have to admit that I think Riehl is correct:

It's been clear that Conservatism has lacked for strong political leadership for some years. Fortunately, there are several bright young stars coming up that offer hope for Conservatism's future. I'm by no means writing it off completely as a movement. But that so many conservatives, driven by nothing more than negative emotions, would allow themselves to be drawn in by a jive talking huckster with silly cobbled together at the last minute plans designed more for pizza box sloganeering, than governing a great nation, is embarrassing.

I would go beyond Riehl and also call Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich and Perry jive talking hucksters and it seems Riehl might agree:

This isn't a serious political movement right now, it's a clown show, one with which I'm coming to resent being affiliated.