Rep. Sullivan: Obama Keeping 'Enemies List' and May be an Illegal Alien

The Hill has an article on town halls, health care reform, and the headaches they've become for Democrats. Nerves are frayed and one dem, Rep. David Scott (D-GA), apparently lost his temper and accused teabaggers of being outsiders who "hijacked" his meeting. Unfortunately, he made the accusation after taking a question from a local. Oops...

But toward the end of it, we get an Oklahoma Republican making a more common and -- in my opinion -- serious gaffe at his own town hall:

On the other side of the aisle, 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 healthcare 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."

One audience member at the Tulsa Republican Club didn't think that was enough, berating Sullivan for not doing enough to uncover Obama's citizenship, the Tulsa World reported.

The man was shouted down by other audience members after about one minute.

Birther accusations and the "enemies list" bullshit. Sullivan's either pretending to be stupid to gain political points (a popular GOP tactic) or is an actual, honest-to-God moron. Either way, it's not the sort of thing that a responsible person would say when the wingnuts are whipped up into such a frenzy. If you want violence, you tell a bunch of angry and gullible morons that it's a "frightening time" for a country that may be led by a fake president who's keeping an "enemies list."

I think I can say, without any reservations whatsoever, that Rep. John Sullivan - Republican of Oklahoma, is a jackass.