{"id":10512,"date":"2013-09-05T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2013-09-05T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:27:01","slug":"rush-limbaughs-conspiracy-theory-infects-congressional-tea-party-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10512","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh’s Conspiracy Theory Infects Congressional Tea Party Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

No matter what President Obama does there will be a cacophony of lunatics leaping up to foment a delusional conspiracy theory as an explanation. The crisis in Syria is no exception. As a starting point, Foreign Policy has helpfully compiled the 5 Craziest Conspiracy Theories About Syria’s Chemical Attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rush Limbaugh’s contribution to the call for crackpot conjecture is a particularly obtuse fantasy in which President Obama is a prime suspect in the horrific gassing of Syrian civilians. But even worse, Limbaugh wonders whether poor Bashar Assad is merely a victim of an evil American regime, asking “What if Bashar is being framed?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Limbaugh:<\/strong> We could be looking here at a frame job, a pretty big setup. […] It’s the rebels nerve-gassing themselves, framing Bashar, setting him up so as to engineer a response that takes Bashar out; so that the Al-Qaeda guys win, and then we end up on the side of Al-Qaeda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Talk about your brilliant Master Plan. This scheme would let Obama join his Al-Qaeda pals in a coup that unseats Assad, the Middle East’s best friend to democracy. How did we not see this coming?<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Republicans in congress have been paying close attention to Syria and, more importantly, to Limbaugh. Several of them have advanced his theory within the halls of congress:<\/p>\n

Joe Wilson:<\/strong> Why was there no call for military response in April? Was it delayed to divert attention today from the Benghazi, IRS, NSA scandals; the failure of Obamacare enforcement; the tragedy of the White House-drafted sequestration or the upcoming debt limit vote?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course. Obama orchestrated the gassing of 1,500 innocent people so that he could divert attention from the screwball antics of Darrell Issa and GOP attempts to derail ObamaCare that have been going nowhere.<\/p>\n

Jeff Duncan:<\/strong> I can’t discuss the possibility of the U.S. involvement in Syria’s civil war without also talking about Benghazi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This appears to be an admission of some rare form of Tourette’s Syndrome that causes the sufferer to involuntarily blurt out Benghazi whether or not it was the topic of the conversation. Hopefully he will get the medical attention he so obviously needs.<\/p>\n

Ted Cruz:<\/strong> We should be focused on defending the United States of America. That\u2019s why young men and women sign up to join the military, not to, as you know, serve as Al Qaeda\u2019s air force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sen. Cruz has jumped to the front of the pack with the most offensive statement yet. He has opted to insult the members of the United States armed forces by portraying them as allies of America’s terrorist enemies.<\/p>\n

When the level of debate over a serious matter involving the deployment of American soldiers sinks to such despicable lows, it is usually with the help of rabid extremists like Rush Limbaugh. But it is especially disturbing when elected representatives take up his baton and use it to whip up irrational hysteria based on nothing more than their warped fantasies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No matter what President Obama does there will be a cacophony of lunatics leaping up to foment a delusional conspiracy theory as an explanation. The crisis in Syria is no exception. As a starting point, Foreign Policy has helpfully compiled the 5 Craziest Conspiracy Theories About Syria’s Chemical Attacks. 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