Unhinged Republicans—In Their Own Words

Obama Hysteria

In March, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said that if Obama were elected, Al Qaeda would be "dancing in the streets…If they don't dance in the streets, I will come and apologize to you and everybody in America." 

"I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views. That's what the American people are concerned about." —Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.)

"The way to look at the reasons Obama doesn't place his hand over his heart when the national anthem is playing, or wear an American flag pin is primarily because he is not willful or spiteful, but because it just doesn't occur to him because it's not the way he's been raised. American patriotism is not imprinted on his mind or in his heart, because he wasn't raised as an American." —Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)

"I don't know why President Obama is obsessed with turning terrorists loose in America…Barack Obama is disarming America…Those of you who think like I do hope this country can hang on another 16 months." —Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.)

"Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope. I suggest to any of you who are concerned about that, who are Republican, there are some great young Republican minds in Washington." —Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

"He [Obama] has the three things that are necessary to establish an authoritarian government...And so we need to be ever-vigilant, because freedom is precious...They're trying to develop an environment where they can take over. We've seen that historically." —Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) 

"[Obama is] the star of ACORN, the lead, chief organizer." —Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) 

On Obama's national service program: "It's under the guise of quote 'volunteerism'...I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call reeducation camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums." —Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)

"Well, we just heard last week that the federal government now under the Obama administration is calling for a reordering of America's food supply. What's that going to mean? Now will the White House decide how many calories we consume, or what types of food we consume?" —Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)

"The people in our country, they don't care who the voice is, they just want someone, they want to know that someone is speaking out for them against what will certainly bring about the destruction of our great country if we continue to go down the Obama path." —Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)

"Obama's first act as president of any consequence, in the middle of a financial meltdown, was to send taxpayers' money overseas to pay for the killing of unborn children in other countries...There's almost nothing that you should be surprised at after that. We shouldn't be shocked that he does all these other insane things. A president that has lost his way that badly, that has no ability to see the image of God in these little fellow human beings, if he can't do that right, then he has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an enemy of humanity." —Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) 

"We're almost reaching a revolution in this country." —Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.)