I do some of my best thinking on the stairmaster at the gym, and it occurred to me that conservatives in general but to the extreme with teabaggers the condition is on a spectrum from fear to deep paranoia.

For all the bravado about how great this country is, etc, lies a deep fear that it isn't so for them and can be taken away at any moment.

Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death -- Auntie Mame
You are born naked and everything else is drag - RuPaul