The distinguished Republican Congressman from from Georgia, Paul Broun:

“It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force. I’m just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism. That’s exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it’s exactly what the Soviet Union did. When he’s proposing to have a national security force that’s answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he’s showing me signs of being Marxist.”

And to think, just a week or two ago, this guy would’ve actually been taken seriously and made front page news, along with other cartoon characters such as “Joe” the “Plumber” and Michelle Bachmann. Now, he’s relegated to nutball status.

Trevor Timm is a Blast Magazine staff writer