Teabagger Congressional candidate advocates armed revolution against the U.S. government

If you want to see how really deranged teabaggers are, you just need to watch a political ad by Rick Barber, one of two Republican candidates for the U.S. Congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Alabama, where Barber advocates armed revolution against the U.S. government.

In the ridiculous ad, an unhinged Barberm a teabager, tells some actors dressed as some of the Founding Fathers, "And I would impeach him." It’s not clear who he is talking about.

The ad goes on with Barber sitting at a table in an empty bar saying "and if that's not enough - some of your men own taverns. Sam - I assume he means Sam Adams, but I didn’t know he was on a first name basis with one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism - you were a brewer, Mr. President, a distiller. You know how tough it is to run a small business without a tyrannical government on your back."

He then goes on to rail against the evil IRS.

The ad goes on with Barber saying, "Now I took an oath to defend that with my life," jabbing his finger on a copy of the Constitution sitting on the table. "And I can't stand by while these evils are perpetrated."

"You gentlemen revolted over a Tea tax - a Tea Tax!" he shouts at the Founding Fathers. "Now look at us." The camera then zooms in on the actor playing Washington, his chin resting in his hand in a moment of contemplation. "Are you with me?" Barber asks.

Someone should tell him the Revolutionary War was fought over taxation without representation, which we obviously have or Barber would not be able to run for office.

The camera cuts to a tight shot of the actor playing Washington with a look of disgust and anger on his face, speaking slowly and deliberately with a clinched jaw he replies: "Gather your armies."

Now, this is either Barber advocating treason or an endorsement by President George Washington.

The ad continues to try and re-write history. David Weigel of the Washington Post reports that "President Washington presided over, and approved, the first tax levied by the federal government -- the 1791 whiskey tax." "When the tax met resistance, he approved the assembling of militias to enforce the law and mobilization of agents to collect the revenue." Not only that, in 1756 the Boston Town Meeting elected Adams to the post of tax collector.

This is clearly Barber’s 15 minutes of fame. Earlier this month he forced a runoff in the GOP primary, despite only winning about 28 percent of the vote against the other GOP candidate, Martha Roby, who did not get the 50 percent necessary to avoid a July 13th runoff.

He was on Dylan Ratigan’s show on MSNBC today with a smug look, and he quickly backtracked on the ad, saying “It’s not a call to arms it’s a call to action.” That was for the sane and moderate Republicans, but the teabaggers got it.