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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Senator Whitehouse's only declared major opponent is NUTS

I saw the lede for a piece in RI Future about Republican Senatorial candidate Barry Hinckley, the only major declared challenger to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. Senator Whitehouse will be running for re-election next year (and I hope he'll get a lot of support from Charlestown).

Hinckley was in California, raising money from conservative fat-cat Republicans. Hinckley is a Tea Party favorite and a Ron Paul devotee. He's also nuts.


Here is his pitch to the crowd of rich California conservatives. Hinckley was doing OK until about the 4:30 mark where he goes off the rails describing his vision of an America that is run like a corporation. He actually calls it "America, Inc." And we aren't citizens, we're "employees." And we don't have states, we have "divisions." But I don't want to spoil it for you. Watch it for yourself and let me know what you think.