A few conservatives are speaking out against the madness and conspiracy-mongering of the far-right Punditocracy. Lindsey Graham is the latest to raise a sane voice.

• “I’m here to tell you that those who think the president was born somewhere other than Hawaii are crazy. He’s not a Muslim. He’s a good man.”
• About Glenn Beck: “Only in America can you make that much money crying. Glenn Beck is not aligned with any party as far as I can tell. He’s aligned with cynicism. And there’s always been a market for cynicism. But we became a great nation not because we are a nation of cynics. We became a great nation because we are a nation of believers.”
• “There [are] people in this country that are having a hard time reconciling the fact that we have a black president.”
• “The people who are doing unfair and unkind things to the president says more about them than it does the Republican Party. But we have to say that’s crazy. Those who say the president was born anywhere other than Hawaii are crazy.”
• “There is a chance here for the loyal opposition to become President Obama’s biggest political ally on Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. We have plenty of differences with President Obama, but I want to do everything I can to help him contain that threat.”
• “There are people out there saying crazy things on our side of the aisle. There were people saying crazy things about President Bush. That’s just the way it is.”
• “If you get rewarded for being a jerk you are going to keep doing it.”
• “Can you imagine doing D-Day with cable television? Can you imagine writing the Constitution — you know, O’Reilly says Ben Franklin’s giving in on something. Can you imagine having to do that in this environment?”