Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Stalin), if this has not been said too many times here, is an outrageous idiot.

By now you have heard this statement, from a radio interview he gave: “It appears that the Republican Party leadership in the Congress has made a decision that they want to deny President Obama success, which means, in my mind, they are rooting against the country, as well.”

Translation: The GOP feels the President is headed in the wrong direction; therefore, they hate America. Sorry, but there is no other way to translate this. If you dare question the Democrats, you belong in hell, he thinks. Ein Reich, and all that.

Were the Democrats who poisoned the Bush presidency rooting against America? One supposes that Waxman disagrees.

Of course, the Czar predicts that the liberal/Democratic faction will counter this, claiming “This is no different than when Bush said ‘Either you are either with us, or you are with the terrorists.’” Terrorists accept no alternative: you live either in their house (دار الإسلام), or you are a target for slaughter (دار الحرب). Bush was spelling it out—primarily for the liberals in Europe, who must be smarter than the liberals here—that there is no safe house (دار الكفر), no middle ground, no negotiation with these new terrorists. In 2001, the terrorists declared war on freedom and they set the rules, not us—it was now time to choose sides on their terms. Not surprisingly, almost everyone took our side! One doubts Waxman believes the freaking climate bill he authored will literally slit the throats of disbelievers. So if he was attempting to draw a parallel between his intentionally complex political stunt and a genuine mortal threat to all people of the world, he merely shows he has no grasp of reality. This is as much a non sequitur as comparing a serial killer to a wonky air conditioner that refuses to start.

Alternatively, the liberal/Democrat will make yet another reference to Rush Limbaugh, who (in)famously claimed that he hopes Obama fails, even if it means America fails. Conservatives and Repbulicans both shake their heads in amusement over the recurring conspiratorial conviction that Rush Limbaugh control the GOP. Those few who listen to Rush should note, but never do, that Rush is no fan of the GOP, and speaks to a more radical libertarian audience. If Waxman was attempting to be cute, he erred in referencing the GOP.

So why did he say it then? Sadly, it seems that the Democratic party has joined the cult of personality behind Barack Obama, and tolerates no dissent. Whether it’s California assembly speaker Karen Bass regretting we ever accepted a Bill of Rights, to Waxman (again) hoping to shut down Internet blogs, or Waxman (again) claiming that Republicans who oppose ObamaCare are—ready?—rooting against America.

So in addition to everything else that is becoming Stalineque about the Democratic party, we should add that Rep. Waxman also believes the Democrats should take a more paranoid delusional direction in future legislation? Maybe paranoid is not the right word for the Obama Democrat.

In the 1997 movie Fierce Creatures, Jamie Lee Curtis’ character tells Kevin Kline’s character, “You know what you are? You’re pronoid….It means that contrary to all the available evidence, you actually think that people like you.”

Yeah, that describes them perfectly.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.