It must be sarcasm

I have been puzzled by the audience response at Republican debates.

I could not understand it when they cheered at the suggestion that if people

got seriously ill and could not afford health care, they should just die.

I could not understand how they could cheer in support of Cain as he

defended his right to sexually harass female employees and made Anita Hill

jokes.

I could not understand how the audience could cheer Gingrich as he accused

the media of being liberal because they didn't ask Occupy Wall Street

distorted questions.

I puzzled over this and finally I had a revelation.
It must be sarcasm! When I think about it this way, it was actually funny.
It is utterly absurd to believe that it is acceptable to allow sick people

to die for lack of health care in the wealthiest nation in the world .
It is utterly absurd to think that using one's financial position over women to

extort sex is anything short of rape.
It is utterly absurd to believe that because people express that

corporations are not people and they need regulation and that over 25% of

the nation's wealth should not be concentrated in 2% of our population, that

they are claiming that businesses should not be allowed to make any profit.

It is even more absurd that people would cheer this. This is very funny

sarcasm. So why is no one laughing?