The real irony of Karl Marx, of course, is the extent to which he’s been embraced by the right and used as a sort of political bludgeon applied routinely to the eyes, ears and skulls of a constituent base that couldn’t pick the guy out of a lineup.

The next time I satirize the Republican party’s ridiculous obsession with Marx, I’ll depict a decrepit elephant swinging a zombie horse through hordes of short-sighted children.