Pity America, for they are ruled by religious zombies

If you ever find yourself wondering why nothing of relevance ever seems to get done in Congress, look no further than this excerpt from the Rachel Maddow Show from December 17, 2009 when senators from both sides debated on how to resolve that troublesome Healthcare Reform issue. Democrats were squabbling over the trimmed, truncated and diluted version of what was left of the bill once everything that actually made it worth it had been taken out (public option, Medicare expansion, abortion coverage, etc.), and as for Republicans …

Well, once again, they successfully managed to turn the center of the United States government’s legislative body into little more than a circus act.

How can anyone possibly be that completely devoid of self-awareness? How can they not realize how utterly fucking ridiculous they look, calling to their fictional sky-daddy like that to smite down healthcare reform for them? Even more worrisome: how could sane voters possibly have put these mindless dogmatic morons in office?

(via Pharyngula)