Never a Crackpot With a D Next to Their Name...

Conservatives Open Their Hearts to Crackpots

Apr 24, 2014 2:43 PM EDT

By Francis Wilkinson         

Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher. Sarah Palin. George Zimmerman. "Bette in Spokane." Cliven Bundy. Every few months or so, conservatives elevate a new Everyman or Everywoman to embody their crusade.

I have a simple question for the likes of Francis Wilkinson. 

Are any of the following people what you would consider a crackpot? 

1) Alan Grayson, 2) Wendy Davis 3) Bradley Manning 4) Sandra Fluke 5) Howard Dean 6) Leland Yee 7) Marion Barry (whoops sorry, he's a crackhead) Al Franken 8) Rod Blagojevich

I'll stop there in the interests of time.  Any of them?