The second interviewee? You were right, in your finishing comments on the record – she did come off like a far-right crazy – because some of her stated beliefs are so far to the right they’re nearly invisible. Strangely enough, she recognizes and labels her comments as (paraphrased) ‘not based on facts, just my opinions’ – which means that she understands her opinions don’t match reality, but she just doesn’t care about that – what she thinks is reality and reality is what she thinks it is. I’d say, “unbelievable”, but sadly, it is not. I’ve run into people just as bad, and worse.

Last summer, at a Townhall with our local US Rep. Brian Baird (D-03-WA), when we left the county fairground covered arena (the only venue large enough to hold the crowd with a 14K maximum crowd size), outdoors were a group of three people waiting, with 2 ft x 4 ft. posters on sticks, of Pres. Obama, with an Hitler-style mustache printed on him. The poster-holder we came closest too was a young man of no more than 20 years. I stopped, I looked him in the eye and said to him, “Shame on you. Do you have any Jewish friends? Don’t you understand how shameful it is to use this? Shame on you.” What made me incoherent for a moment was his response, “I am Jewish”.

So now, nothing surprises me anymore. Nothing.