Consider the strange case of Katherine Harris, Florida Secretary of State during the 2000 recount, and now a 2nd-term congresswoman running against Sen. Bill Nelson in 2006. Long the butt of jokes about her Cesar Romero-esque application of makeup, she told winger radio host Sean Hannity that:

"I'm actually very sensitive about those things, and it's personally painful," she said. "But they're outrageously false. ... Whenever they made fun of my makeup, it was because the newspapers colorized my photograph."

Rrrrrright.

She has made similar allegations in newspaper articles since the recount and in January told The Associated Press, "The jokes about my appearance -- it's the computer-enhanced photos."

Her campaign manager, Jim Dornan, declined to answer questions Wednesday about her radio comments.

Now, if a particular newspaper were engaging in such a tactic, and if a candidate had some evidence that this tactic was being used, it would certainly be a legitimate complaint. But to allege that every newspaper is engaged in a conspiracy to make you look foolish by altering your photograph is....well, let's just say that it's a symptom of some deeper issues.

And they say wingers don't have a sense of humor.

Another recent guest on Hannity's show was Mike Mackey, whose new comic book (called "Liberality For All") reaches dizzying heights of right-wing paranoia. Here's a bit of the synopsis:

On one dark day, in 2006, many conservative voices went forever silent at the hands of terrorist assassins. Those which survived joined forces and formed a powerful covert conservative organization called “The Freedom of Information League”, aka F.O.I.L.

The efforts of F.O.I.L. threaten both the liberal extremist power structure and the U.N.’s grip on America, the U.N. calls F.O.I.L. the most dangerous group in the world. It seems the once theorized Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has now become a reality.

The F.O.I.L. Organization is forced underground by the “Coulter Laws” of 2007; these hate speech legislations have made right-wing talk shows, and conservative-slanted media, illegal. Our weakened government has willingly handed the reigns of our once great country to the corrupt United Nations. The Department of Political-Correctness is required to assist U.N. monitors to properly edit all print and broadcast media. Live broadcasts are a thing of the past; all transmissions are monitored by the U.N. and any ‘offensive’ material is dumped.

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to defy the “Coulter Laws” hate speech legislations, has bankrupted News Corporation. George Soros has bought all of News Corps assets and changed its name to Liberty International Broadcasting. LIB’s networks have flourished and circle the globe with a series of satellites beaming liberal & U.N. propaganda worldwide.

The New York City faction of F.O.I.L. is lead by Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North, each uniquely endowed with special abilities devised by a bio mechanical engineer affectionately nicknamed “Oscar”. F.O.I.L. is soon to be joined by a young man named Reagan McGee.

Department of Political Correctness! Very subtle.

I don't know what a "biomechanically enhanced" right-wing radio show host would be like, but maybe they could shoot their mouths off twice as fast as before.

And there would certainly be an enhanced Persecution Chip, of course. Can't live without that.