They’ve bent over backwards giving the funduhmentalists everything they want. Or at least trying to in good faith. But of course now they’re learning that Christian funduhmentalism is box office poison and they’re desperately trying to save the brand from Bush without having to specificially repudiate him. So they’re terrified of Huckabee.

I am too. Not because if he wins it basically legitmizes people who reject all science and morality prior to 1650. All the republicans are psychopaths at this point. I’m worried because the new law is that Christians are allowed to talk about “faith” all the time, they’re allowed to impune the moral decency of Secular people and anyone else, and no one is allowed to criticize them because of the magical speacialness of their religious beliefs. So Huck is going to get away with saying a lot of very terrifying shi-er, stuff, with expressing some very odious beliefs, and because the word faith is apparently a magical political talisman, no one will be able to criticize his odious beliefs, nor examine the faith behind those beliefs.

Of course, the magical power of the word “faith” only works if you’re a conservative Christian or, during an election year, a token Muslim. (And only if you’re allowing yourself to be used as a prop for a conservative Christian.) It definitely doesn’t apply to Mormons. TBSS I suppose.

But it’s also Hi-larious, you know, like the end of Dr. Strangelove. So much dirty laundry is going to come out if Huck wins the nomination. Maybe we can finally have a conversation about how crazy ass crazy right wingers were during the Clinton years, and how that crazy ass craziness was just warm up for current events.

…then again, I could be wrong.

You’re wrong.

…adding that I say it without disful meaning. Just that I’m glad both Rudy Mussoliani and Saint John tanked. Strangley, Romney came in second but not to worry - his campaign is doomed. It’s not that conservative Christians think his religion is weird - it’s that they think his religion is a hellish abomination, that it is literally a satanic cult. It’s not polite to say so, but then, most of them won’t admit they feel the same way about the Pope too.

Oddly, Fred Thompson outperformed Mussoliani, and Saint John. My thinking is that the crushing defeat of the bloodlust twins reflects a strong desire on the part of Rank and File republicans to essentially pretend the Bush years didn’t happen. We’ve already seen how the republican candidates have been running their primary campaigns as though Hillary is the incumbant instead of Bush. John and Rudy are the two candidates most closely associated with 9/11 and all related policies. Plus, Saint John isn’t fucking insane about torturing people.

Hopefully, the dems won’t be a bunch of snivelling cowards, and will actually do their duty and constantly remind the country that the republicans have been in charge. Hence the mess.

Speaking of Hillary, I can’t tell you how happy I am that she came in third. for the first time in months I kind of feel like she might not be the nominee.