Gingrich’s Delusional Politics

In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich.

“I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal employees delivering the right services in a highly efficient way and then wants to get rid of those folks who are in fact wasteful, or those folks who are ideologically so far to the left, or those people who want to frankly dictate to the rest of us.”

Is there no extreme position these people are not willing to adopt to satisfy their rabid base?  And that includes positions which are in direct contravention of the law.

OSC [U.S. Office of Special Counsel] has the authority to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute claims of “prohibited personnel practices.” There are twelve prohibited personnel practices…which are defined by law at § 2302(b) of title 5 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). [...] Generally stated, § 2302(b) provides that a federal employee who has authority over personnel decisions may not:

(1) discriminate against an employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicapping condition, marital status, or political affiliation;

Combine the above with Gingrich’s call to have U.S. marshals arrest certain (liberal) judges and force them to explain their decisions in front of Congress, and what you have is an out-of-control politician who has lost sight of the Constitution and its intent.  And he’s not alone in that regard.  Perry and Santorum also called for abolishing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for being too liberal.

Fortunately, Gingrich, Perry and Santorum will never have the opportunity to implement their proposals.  Romney has a lock on this race.  But the fact that such radical positions are being adopted and spoken openly by high profile Republicans is another clear sign that this party has completely lost its grip with reality.

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