Shriek! Scream! Aiiieeeeeee!!!!

It begins! The hysteria on the right is already reaching a fever pitch... and most of us haven't even finished our morning coffee. (Updated below the fold)

There's nothing like the paranoia and blatant racism of the Freepers to make you shake your head. Or bust a gut laughing. This morning, I'm laughing. Why?

Well, a lot of it is schadenfreude. I'm going to gloat, and I don't care. I've been told I'm a traitor, a terrorist sympathizer, and every other nasty thing in the book for the last six years. So bite me, wingnuts.

Also, this is day freakin' one, and the hysteria is so extreme, it's hilarious. Just check out the freeper comments in this thread, sensitively titled Minnesota Sends First Muslim to Congress:

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.

Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old lawyer and state representative, defeated two rivals, television networks said, to succeed retiring Democrat Martin Sabo in a seat that has been held by Democrats since 1963.

Ellison, who converted to Islam as a 19-year-old college student in his native Detroit, won with the help of Muslims among a coalition of liberal, anti-war voters.

He advocates an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq along with strongly liberal views. While Ellison did not often speak of his faith during the campaign, awareness of his candidacy drew interest from Muslims well beyond the district centered in Minneapolis.

A significant community of Somali immigrants in Minneapolis cast their first votes for him in the crowded September primary. Ellison also was the surprise choice of party regulars.

While Muslim-Americans make up less than 3 percent of the U.S. population and have largely been a non-factor in terms of political power, get-out-the-vote efforts in several Muslim communities could indicate they may become an emerging force.

Roughly 2 million Muslims are registered U.S. voters, and their ranks increased by tens of thousands in the weeks prior to Tuesday's mid-term elections, Muslim groups have said.

COMMENTS:

--The surrender begins....

--Locked and Loaded!!

--As I said on a previous thread...I feels as if I am watching 9-11 again on my TV. Watching America be attacked from within and I am helpless watching. America...what have you done?

--What is it with blacks converting to the religion of those who first made them slaves ,and continue to enslave and kill in Africa?

--The House Dems will fall all over themselves to make Islam welcome in the House. Watch for alterations to the opening prayer.

--WE ARE SO SCREWED UP AS A NATION IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY!

--Getting ready to go out & buy my burka. I knew it, next we'll have Barrack Hussein O'bama as Prez. This is what the liberals want. But, if we have an immediate w/d from Iraq, like this clown wants, the terrorists will come here, like Bush said & we'll all be dead anyway.

--Congratulations to the burqa-wearing Minnesotans! Good job!

--National suicide has begun.

--Take this to the bank, they will rue the day that they elected a Muslim to our Congress.

--A Muslim is a Muslim is a Muslim.

--Taking my pc and will watch this under my bed.

--buying ammo... and prepared to use it.

We're all gonna die! We're all gonna die! We're all gonna dieeee! AIIIEEEE!

Oh... oh my. Sides hurting.

UPDATE: Blogenfreude has more, and a totally awesome graphic.

Overture... cross-post, lights... this is it...we'll hit the heights...)