Idiot du Jour

From noted Constitutional scholar Louie Gohmert (R-Nowhere on this planet):

Gohmert pointed out that a Congressional Research Service report revealed that President Thomas Jefferson, who coined the phrase "separation of church and state," had also attended church services at Statuary Hall.

"But it was to be a one-way wall, where the state would not dictate to the church," the Texas Republican insisted. "But the church would certainly play a role in the state."

Somehow, using Thomas Jefferson as an example of an observant Christian betrays a certain lack of familiarity with the man.

And, as one commenter asked, "Whose church?" You do notice, I trust, that Gohmert's little "historical example" is all about Christianity. Sort of leaves the rest of us out in the cold, doesn't it?