Dickens

Raw Story: Socialism" as a series of defined political systems did not emerge until the world's great industrial revolutions drove laborers to unite -- but don't tell that to Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO). Akin, according to a speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, instead believes it started much earlier. He claimed that the first group of settlers to set sail for the new world were fleeing an "unbiblical" socialism that had gripped their homeland.

What the hell kind of political party believes ruthless capitalism is God's law? Perhaps more disturbing than the revisionist rhetoric from Todd Akin is that they've been able to condition the GOP base to respond to it. The whole lot is dangerously deranged.