The GOP has recently ridiculed Colorado representative Mark Udall and his support of a “Department of Peace” through an ad in which a hippie decries this effort in front of a VW Microbus that, when the door is opened, billows thick clouds of grey smoke.

This shows the absurdity of the GOP’s values. They don’t mind gambling multi-trillions of dollars on War, but God forbid that somebody should suggest a peaceful alternative, especially one that doesn’t burden us with the further costs of thousands of American lives.

This is how out of touch the GOP is: to them, peace is not an idea that normal, sober-minded people ever consider. “Peace? Man, what drug were you one when you came up with THAT crazy notion?”

When asked for comment on the add, a spokesperson for Freedom Watch, the conservative group that funded it, dismissed the obvious references to marijuana by suggesting that the smoke “could just be an engine overheating”. Yes, the GOP assumes that people are gullible and naive enough to come to that conclusion.

“Unofficial Department of Peace” video