“This organization is so sinister that it doesn’t even exist!.. What else is [Hagel] hiding that hasn’t happened?… What are his ties to the Dead Poet’s Society? And why are they dead? Did they know too much about Benghazi?

“President Obama, you must withdraw Hagel’s nomination, or you will lose the support of every moderate Republican, another group that doesn’t exist!“

– Stephen Colbert Taking Apart Breitbart for ‘Friends of Hamas’ Debacle

 Meet Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com:

The Sacramento Bee is now reporting that Shapiro will be speaking at the California Republican Party convention. Karl Rove’s slot had to be moved due to a scheduling conflict, so Breitie Ben will be taking his place.

Yes that Ben Shapiro.

You can stop laughing– or crying– now.

As my friend and Twitter pal @Jazzcattrio (h/t for the link) tweeted me just now, “I guess his speech won’t be titled ‘Journalistic Integrity’.”

To refresh your memory, here’s a recap of the utter insanity and lies that pass for Republican politics these days, from Raw Story:

Those wacky, zany smear mongers on the right just don’t know when to quit. They’ve become quite the laughingstock, yet persist in their nasty, delusional little ways. So now the GOP is anticipating Breitie Ben’s California convention antics with glee, blissfully unaware of the immense hole they’re continuing to dig for themselves.

If this is what they meant by reinventing the party, then by all means, please proceed.

H/t: Jazzcattrio