The Sour 16: Vote on the Craziest Conservative Policies of This Political Season

Cross-posted from the Center for American Progress, our parent organization; view the original post here.

From a bill penalizing women for using contraception to a call by a Republican lawmaker to reinstate public hangings, it is clear that when it comes to conservative craziness, the madness, unlike college basketball, doesn’t occur only in March.

With a nod to the NCAA’s March Madness college hoops tournament, which pits the nation’s best college basketball teams against each other in a one-and-done elimination tourney, we at CAP are sponsoring our own NCAA (the Nation’s Conservatives’ Abominable Agenda) March Madness contest. With an assist from ThinkProgress, the blog of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, our tournament is matching up the most outlandish, zany, and often downright scary conservative-sponsored laws and policies.

We want your help in winnowing our Sour 16, to the Craziest Eight, and to the Fanatical Four until we crown our national champion—the most outlandish action taken by conservatives this political season.

First a few rules. We are seeding our contestants in four separate regions:

• Region 1—Unwelcome Here, where the anti-immigration agenda reigns supreme
• Region 2—To Hell with the Founding Fathers, where constitutional protections are ignored
• Region 3—Get Back in the Kitchen, where the rights of women are trashed
• Region 4—Rush Limbaugh Hot Air, where pure craziness holds sway

To vote, head to our Facebook page and look on our wall for the current matchups. New rounds will start at noon on the days scheduled below, and voting will run until 10 a.m. the next day. Once the results are in, we’ll update the chart here and on Facebook—and get ready for next round!

Voting schedule:

March 23: Sour 16 Regions 1 and 2

March 26: Sour 16 Regions 3 and 4

March 27: Craziest Eight Regions 1 and 2

March 28: Craziest Eight Regions 3 and 4

March 29: Fanatical Four Regions 1 and 2

March 30: Fanatical Four Regions 3 and 4

April 2: The Championship “Game”

We’ll announce our “champion” on April 3, so let’s get ready to grrrrrumble!

Log on to Facebook today and help us decide the most menacing conservative act of the past year!

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