Wingnuts in Review

I seldom comment on the doings of the high-profile crazies on the right any more -- they've become so predictable and so far out of touch that it hardly seems worth it. However, since I'm not really enthused about working on what I should be working on today, I thought I'd do a short summary, with commentary.

The destruction of the Republican Party by its base seems to be going quite well. First Ann Coulter, who believes that common courtesy and respect for others is a communist plot, has declared that she'll work for Hillary Clinton's election if John McCain takes the Republican nomination, an offer that the Clinton campaign would be well advised to ignore. I mean, really, does anyone want that woman on their side? She hasn't even been invited back to that hotbed of patriotic neo-nazi college kids, CPAC, this year. Can you say radioactive?

Now James Dobson is planning on sitting out the election is McCain is nominated. We can only hope he'll talk his friends into doing the same.

Mostly, this sounds like a bad case of "I'll pick up my marbles and go home," which is about the level of dialogue that we expect from these loons. Can't these pesky voters do what they're told?

Tony Perkins (the right-wing religious nut, not the actor, who was much better looking) gets his own heading today -- he's been working overtime at being an obvious idiot.

First, Attorney General Mukasey is stopping the discrimination against gay and lesbian DOJ employees instituted by Ashcroft and continued by Gonzales. Perkins has a statement that has to be read to be believed; from Good as You:

In his statement, Mukasey notes that his goal is to create "an environment that's free of discrimination." What the DOJ's new boss fails to understand is that it's possible to treat all employees fairly without elevating homosexuals to a special status. Rather than invoking unique privileges for a group that most consider controversial, Mukasey should have made it clear that celebrations of anyone's sexual behavior do not belong in the workplace--particularly at taxpayer expense!

Perkins is another one who seems to have an unhealty obsession with gay sex. If it fascinates you that much, Tony, I'm sure your pal Peter LaBarbera could recommend some places to go. For research, of course.

Tony also is aghast at the NY Appellate Court ruling in favor of recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. He's not so quotable on this one, but the level of unreality is close to the same.

Speaking of Peter LaBarbera, he's still flailing around blindly, this time lashing out at Mitt Romney for "enabling the gay agenda." Seriously. LaBarbera is unhinged enough that I'm sure I don't need to quote him -- we can all think of instances where he went right over the top.

At this rate, the Republicans won't be able to vote for anyone. That's OK -- I'm sure the left will gladly donate Ralph Nader to the cause. After all, he gets all his money from Republicans anyway.










Looks like Ted Haggard has given up on being straightified. Actually, he's not a bad looking guy.If he could just kick the drugs. . . .


And in Virginia Beach, police confiscated a promotional poster from inside an Abercrombie & Fitch store after a "resident" complained. (Some stories say "outraged shoppers". Please -- at Abercrombie & Fitch?) Of course, it's probably just a coincidence that Virginia Beach is the home base of Pat Robertson.



Update: The charges have been dropped.