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“Ya know, it’s a damn good thing I have helpers elves because there’s about five gallons more crazy out there than I can keep up with,” Juanita says with exasperation.

Scott sent me this one from a debate in Illinois.

Al Reynolds, Stunning Man

The Republican candidate for state Senate in the 52nd District said Wednesday night that black men “find it more lucrative to be able to do drugs or other avenues rather than do education.”

Al Reynolds, 65, of Danville made the remarks at a candidate forum at the Champaign City Building. The forum was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Champaign County NAACP.

Reynolds’ comments came in response to a question about increasing the number of black and Latino students at the University of Illinois.

And then in what may be the understatement of the year, the reporter writes that the audience seemed “stunned.”  Yep, ignorance is powerfully stunning.  It can stun you back sixty or eighty years.  And this dude is living proof.