WHAT JOHN SULLIVAN CONSIDERS A ‘FRIGHTENING TIME’…. It never ends.

The trend of controversial town halls continued on Friday when Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) questioned the authenticity of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate and referred to a White House “enemies list” at a meeting in Tulsa.

“This is a scary time in Washington,” he said. “It’s a very frightening time. I see Barack Obama is creating an enemies list of people who oppose this miserable health care plan. I think that’s frightening. That’s from a guy that can’t even show a long-form birth certificate. I think we all ought to be prepared to fight that.”

You stay classy, John Sullivan.

Soon after, a member of the audience berated Sullivan for not working hard enough to investigate the president’s place of birth. For some of the truly unhinged activists, once again, even irresponsible right-wing Republicans aren’t quite right-wing enough.

The mind reels.

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