Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton - Insane Batshitery is Now the GOP Normal

Sen. Tom Cotton - traitor or brainless idiot?

In the wake of the infamous letter to Iran signed by 47 Republican Senators, all kinds of accusations of treason and lesser offenses are being thrown at the Republican cretins who signed the letter - most probably in a quest to prostitute themselves to the white supremacist base of the party.   Meanwhile, even more focus is coming to bear on Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton who was behind the letter in the first place.  And the picture of Cotton which is emerging is not pretty.  Deliberate lies, extremism and a disregard for truth and veracity seem to be the norm for Cotton.  As The Raw Story is reporting, Cotton even told one uninsured constituent not to sign up for coverage under the Affordable Health Care Act because, if she did, Russian mobsters would steal her identity.  Here are story highlights:

Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton has been in the news for spearheading a coalition of 47 Senators who are trying to kill any deal with Iran by warning its leadership that Obama is only in office for another 21 months.

But long before Cotton had fame and his seat in the Senate, he was a little-known member of the House of Representatives. On November 23rd, 2013, he held a town hall meeting in his district in Hot Springs, Arkansas at the Clarion Lake Resort. The meeting was organized primarily to discuss the Affordable Care Act, most specifically the mishaps with the websites governing the health insurance exchanges.

At one point, a constituent submitted a question mentioning that her insurance plan had been cancelled and she refuses to utilize the exchanges that Obama, who she calls a liar, set up.  Rather than telling her that she has an obligation for her own health to seek insurance, Cotton goaded her on, telling her that he himself wouldn’t use the exchange website because “Russian mobsters” may steal his identity.

COTTON: I have to say I share Tammy’s concerns about her personal information. I have to buy any kind of insurance plan that I might buy through the exchange. And I am certainly not going on the exchange to shop right now. I  did in early October just because I knew that it would crash and I would prove a point. But I certainly wouldn’t put my Social Security number or my tax information in there right now until I’m 100% confident that it’s not going to be stolen by Russian mobsters and I’d have my identity stolen and sold on the black market internationally.

For a man who has railed on a supposed threat from the dangers of Iran, he is awfully comfortable subjecting his own constituents to the dangers of no health coverage.

In short, as more information comes out, it becomes increasingly obvious that Cotton is unfit to even hold a high school student council position much less a U.S. Senator.  All of which, of course, means that Cotton is perfectly fit to be a darling of the GOP base.  Once upon a time - e.g., before the take over of the GOP by the Christofascists/Tea Party - someone like Cotton would never has risen to hold a u.S. Senate seat.  Now, mental midgets and extremists like Cotton are the norm in today's GOP.  My Republican ancestors must be spinning in their graves.