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Freethinkers are used to dealing with the blind dogmatic irrationality of religious fundamentalists but it's pretty obvious that fundies come in many varieties. Economic fundies, political partizan fundies, GW denial fundies and so on. The third definition of fundamentalist in one dictionary gives:
"strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles: the fundamentalism of the extreme conservatives."
American Heritage gives as primary:
"A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism"
Oh, I see why that other dictionary used "conservatives" in its example.
In this following example Tom Delay is so sure that reality is whatever he wants it to be, he denies writing something in his own book, and then when shown, continues to deny, spin and obfuscate. Really quite amazing. Blurb:
"I'll skip right over his mangling of current GOP talking points ("Clinton fired 20 or 30 US Attorneys") and get right to the point when even Chris Matthews became amazed at DeLay's mendacity... Matthews grilled DeLay about passages in his book where he apparently ripped into fellow corrupt Texan Dick Armey, eventually asking the Hammer about describing Armey as "drunk with ambition." DeLay denied writing that. "I wrote that he was 'blinded by his ambition.'" Matthews starts flipping though the book and finds the "drunk with ambition" quote and reads it to Bug Man. And DeLay keeps denying it. Finally, Chris hands the book to Tom and tells him to read it himself. DeLay looks down, pauses, and says "I don't have my glasses."
video clip at Daily KOS
"I have never really been able to figure out if Tom DeLay is truly delusional or just your typical sociopathic Republican liar. After today's Hardball, I am convinced he is a little of both."
And:
"Then we move on to DeLay's sordid past. In his new book, DeLay apparently details his years of alcoholism and infidelity before he was saved by a James Dobson video tape (how special). The former bug killer actually admitted today that he would sometimes drink up to twelve martinis and then drive home. In other words, DeLay admitted that he committed multiple DUI/DWIs while serving as a member of Congress."