The left and the media, but I repeat myself, like to argue that conservative and Republican candidates for elected office are stupid light-weights that should be laughed off the national stage. While this is sometimes true, the fact that these same people always ignore the stupidity of elected Democrats, who keep getting sent back to Washington election after election, renders those criticisms dishonest (by omission) and opportunistic.

The latest example of outrageous stupidity from an elected lefty comes from Sheila Jackson Lee, a person so embarrassing that she ought to render any leftist with a shred of introspective ability incapable of ever again tarring opponents with the stupid-by-association brush. This is a woman who has asked NASA whether the Mars Pathfinder took a picture of the American flag planted there by Neil Armstrong. This is a woman who doesn’t know how many Vietnam’s there are. And her latest brilliant insight? Repealing Obamacare is unconstitutional.

Arguing that the Commerce Clause provides the constitutional basis for ObamaCare, Jackson Lee said repealing the law by passing Republicans’ H.R. 2 violates both the Fifth Amendment’s right to due process and the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause.

“The Fifth Amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due process,” she said in a speech on the House floor moments ago. “That is what H.R. 2 does and I rise in opposition to it. And I rise in opposition because it is important that we preserve lives and we recognize that 40 million-plus are uninsured.

She continued, “Can you tell me what’s more unconstitutional than taking away from the people of America their Fifth Amendment rights, their Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the right to equal protection under the law?”

My head hurts; my heart weeps. God save this wretched country for electing such a fool.

Hat-tip: HotAir