Ignorance and bigotry have been characteristics of the Republican Party for a long time. 

That the right wing controls the GOP is no surprise in the party of government of, by, and for the wealthy few, the hell with the common good.

Two recent examples serve to explain.

Senator John McCain, who once sang, "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" to the tune of "Barbara Ann" appeared on Fixed Entertainment Noise, the media arm of the GOP, saying, "I hope we will act" a suggestion that President Obama meddle in Iran's internal affairs post election, ignoring the fact that he advocated, by direct implication, killing some of the Iranian people.

This so-called GOP foreign policy guru and former GOP presidential nominee is either so dumb, or believes the lies he tells, or both, that he doesn't even know that other industrialized countries' government run health care programs coverage for all are more efficient than America's for profit system flawed and failed system.

Then we have the GOP bigots from South Carolina and Tennessee. "Over the weekend, a GOP official in South Carolina posted a comment to Facebook comparing Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla. Now, in a second instance of Republicans playing the race card against the Obamas, Wonkette notes that a racist e-mail was sent out by a legislative staffer for Tennessee GOP state senator Diane Black."

Like the Republican Party of which they are members, these three have no decency and integrity as exhibited by McCain with his lies and hypocrisy and the other two with their blatant bigotry and racism.