Today's winner is . . .

The breadth and depth of the Republican party in pure craziness is staggering. It's like their selection of people to run as Republicans for Congress is done solely through the classifieds in the Weekly World News.

Today's featured whackjob is actually a former winner, Michelle Bachmann.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) appeared on Glenn Beck's TV show yesterday, to talk up her proposed constitutional amendment to stop the Obama administration from replacing the dollar with a global currency . . .

Bachmann's proposed constitutional amendment states: "The President may not enter into a treaty or other international agreement that would provide for the United States to adopt as legal tender in the United States a currency issued by an entity other than the United States."

Yes, she's actually trying to get people to believe that the President is trying to get rid of dollars in favor of a foreign currency. Perhaps the Euro. Or the Yen. Maybe Shrute Bucks.

I'm torn between utter disbelief and contempt of her disingenuous nonsense, and happy that by focusing on whackjob issues like this, she can't affect any real issues. Either way, she's demonstrated once again that she's batsh*t crazy and for this, she earns my kudos.