Joan of Arc was likely a schizophrenic.  She did, however, restore the Dauphin to the throne of France.  Moses is quite possibly a myth.  Churchill was the product of a dysfunctional family who had great timing at the end of his political career.  I doubt anyone has any clear idea what the historical Jesus was like, but by all accounts he was a charismatic faith healer who scared the bejeebus out of the Romans or they wouldn't have had him crucified, a death reserved for slaves and criminals.

What any of them have to do with modern conservatives is beyond me.  But then I've never found delusions of grandeur particularly appealing.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

But even the defeated never lose - even when they do - if they preserve that core of self deep within that no one but our Creator can touch.

How'd that work out for the National Republicans and the Whigs?

The Underground Railroad

My deep is still asleep.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

From an old punkrock song from my old punkrock band, "Jesus Was An Athlete":

Jesus was an athlete
even though he wouldn't compete.
As a man he was complete.
Jesus was an athlete.

He walked on the water and he walked on the land.
He never took money to endorse any brand.
He didn't care about Rosie Ruiz.
Every loser was a friend of his.

Jesus was a....

Sort of to the tune of "Louie Louie". There's more, but I'll spare you.

Well, here's the REALLY nutty part of that post:

(By the way, I think there are parallels with Sarah Palin, who was despised by insiders for her appearance and demeanor and lynched in a media show trial. And Palin, unlike her persecutors, actually accomplished things worthy of praise and, I feel, has good insights for going forward!)

Sarah Palin, our new Joan of Arc!

I swear those old wingnuts inhabit a universe different from the one I live in.  I think their brains are energized by some kind of alien vibrations, a strange music of the spheres which I can neither decipher nor appreciate.

Imagine, spending time and money on that bizarro ticket of the angry old man and the unfeeling and ignorant turkey woman.  Can these wingnutters really be serious?  How do we solve our many problems at home and abroad with citizens whose intellects function so differently?  Truly, I am at a loss on how to educate them.  Perhaps, a trip to Ox in search of a brain from the mighty wizard.

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

My bad, Oz not Ox.

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

Jimi Hendrix was a nigger.
Jesus Christ and Grandma, too.
Jackson Pollock was a nigger.
Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger,
nigger, nigger, nigger.
-Patti Smith

tweety is in for pa senate

ill go out on a limb here and predict he wins

For every Joan of Arc there's a Heidi Ingraham. For every Moses, there's an Ivan Leopoldovich Lubinov. For every Churchill there's a Moishe Lefkowitz. For every Jesus, there's a Brian.

Brian you may have heard of, but who are Heidi Ingraham and Ivan Leopoldovich Lubinov and Moishe Lefkowitz? Exactly. They are losers not of the caliber of Joan of Arc or Churchill, let alone Moses or Jesus. You know. like most of the wingnuts who mistakenly think they are of the caliber of Jeanne d'Arc or Churchill.

No, wingnuttery is the kudzu of ideologies. Its only virtues, if that's what they are, are its ability to spread,, its resistance to being killed off, and the threat of overwhelming and killing off any ecosystem it insinuates itself into unless it's monitored vigilantly and beaten down at the earliest opportunity.

I for one welcome our new Twitter overlords. @Omir55