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Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:39 PM Nov 2014

The crazies coming into the House and Senate...

And their loony conspiracy theories.

Five Of The Craziest Conspiracy Theories That The Freshman Republican Class Will Bring To Congress

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 11/5/2014 1:55 pm

It turns out that by branding themselves as members of a party that has returned to its mainstream, center-right roots after successfully stamping out a Tea Party rebellion, even “establishment” Republican candidates are able to hold all sorts of extreme views without any consequences. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that a party that regularly endorses candidates who deny climate science and denounce evolution has moved the political center so far to the right that even candidates with radical views can still be treated as moderates. These days, Republicans win kudos simply for stating that they don’t want to ban birth control or destroy the economy by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. This dynamic has allowed any number of conspiracy theories to flourish in the GOP. Here are five conspiracy theories that newly elected members of the United States Congress will be bringing with them to Washington next year:

1) Agenda 21 is Coming!
2) Just Making Stuff Up About ISIS
3) Beware Blood Moons
4) Gay Recruitment in the Classroom
5) Identity of the Antichrist Revealed!

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/five-conspiracy-theories-freshman-republican-class-will-bring-congress#sthash.B0Ho8ECk.dpuf

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