Bob Dole Hates America and is Muslim

Bob Dole goes to Fox News and tells the cult exactly what they don't want to hear.

Asked whether he would be welcomed by the Republican Party today, Dole said, “I doubt it. Reagan wouldn’t have made it, certainly Nixon wouldn’t have made it, because he had ideas. We might have made it, but I doubt it.”

No doubt Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times, grew government to enormous levels, supported gun-control, granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, secretly sold arms to Iran (one-third of the Axis of Evil), armed Saddam Hussein (one-third of the Axis of Evil), armed, funded and openly supported al Qeada and bin Laden, and who dared call the neocons the "crazies in the basement," would not be considered for a precinct committeeman's office in today's GOP, much less anything higher.

I find it highly unlikely that Dole, a two-time presidential candidate, would be either.  Insane people like Ted Cruz, and Darryl Issa are what Republican voters want in their candidates.  On the contrary, Bill Clinton is welcomed to the Democratic Party with opened-arms, and by the public in general.  So is his wife who will probably be the next and first female president.  So is Gore, and so is Carter.  Aside from Dukakis, who is still very much a part of Democratic circles, I can't think of any who would be shunned today.  The GOP is all but reserved for crazies, bigots, and entertainers.  The 70s, 80s and 90s Republican Party is long gone.

It's Called Lying

One contemplation I've noticed about stoppages in writing is where do you pick back up again?  Currently there's no shortage of political topics with all the GOP craziness trying to create a scandal for one of the most non-scandalous administrations of all time.  But where do you delve into it?  GOP staffers portraying edited email conversations as direct quotes trying to frame the administration is a perfectly good spot:

CBS NEWS: "...Republicans have claimed that the State Department under Hillary Clinton was trying to protect itself from criticism. The White House released the real e-mails late yesterday and here’s what we found when we compared them to the quotes that had been provided by Republicans.

One e-mail was written by Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. On Friday, Republicans leaked what they said was a quote from Rhodes. “We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation.” But it turns out, in the actual e-mail Rhodes did not mention the State Department. It read “We need to resolve this in a way that respects all the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.” Republicans also provided what they said was a quote from an e-mail written by State Department Spokesman Victoria Nuland. The Republican version notes Nuland discussing: “The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda’s presence and activities of al-Qaeda.” The actual e-mail from Nuland says: the “…penultimate point could be abused by Members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings…” The C.I.A. agreed with the concerns raised by the State Department and revised the talking points to make them less specific than the C.I.A.’s original version, eliminating references to al-Qaeda and affiliates and earlier security warnings. There is no evidence, Scott, the White House orchestrated these changes.

Holy cow! Could it be any more blunt?

Of course, Republicans that actually this report will only chalk it up to the Liberal Media.  Most won't even see it because Fox News will never ever let such reality enter into the Fantasy World they have created.

Quickies

This week in Republican rhetoric:

• Republican Representative Louie Gohmert  of Texas excruciatingly claimed that radical Muslims are "being trained to come in and act like Hispanics when they’re radical Islamists."  He also tried pin the Boston bombings on foreign nationals when at this moment no one knows who committed the attacks.  

• Republican and self-proclaimed Man of God, Pat Robertson stated on his 700 Club show compared gays to the illuminati.  

• In an email to other New Hampshire house Republicans, Rep. Peter Hansen (R-Amherst) referred to women as "vaginas."  Don't worry women, he was only calling evil Liberal islamofascist feminazi women vaginas.  Those that vote Republican and love their country are excluded.  

• Bob Davis, a Republican radio host in Minnesota, angrily stated on his morning show that the victims of the Newtown shooting massacre (20 children in first grade) and their families  that he is "sick and tired of seeing these victims trotted out,” and that “I would stand in front of them and tell them, ‘go to hell.’”

• Totally crazy nutjob conspiracy theorist and former Republican candidate for Texas House, Alex Jones (who is a total and complete idiot that hates America) has been on a rampage since yesterday claiming the Boston Marathon bombings are a result of a "false flag" operation by the FBI-- you know just like every other terrorist act of the last 80 years.  This guy couldn't fight his way out of a paper sack. What a joke.

Modern Republican Masculinity

Super tough guy Republican, Sen Ted Cruz of the very super masculine state of Texas, delivered a speech to a hack Republican organization where he not only questioned the patriotism of two of President Obama's recent cabinet appointees but flat out called them "less than ardent fans of the U.S. military."

The two appointees are Vietnam Veterans Chuck Hagel and John Kerry.  Sen. Ted Cruz has never served a day of his life in the military.  Now what in the world could make two Vietnam Veterans be labeled as unpatriotic anti-Americans while a person who never served so much as a second in combat or much less in uniform be so pro-America????  Very simple.  Cruz supports without question Bush's Endless War program and Hagel and Kerry long ago ended theirs.

It truly is that simple.  Hagel and Kerry, who between them have 5 Purple Hearts from their service in Vietnam, are against America because they no longer support the Republican view of Forever War and no longer support the Republican vision for this country.  While Cruz, who was born in Canada and never served a day of his life in the military, is the epitome of Super Tough Guy, Republican Pro-War American Hero, just as long as someone else is doing the fighting for him, Manly Man all because he's Republican.  It's so old. It's so lazy.  It's so tiresome.  But it's how it is.

If you listen to his whole speech the Republicans in the crowd cheer him on.  They love being told how tough they are and how patriotic they are while calling people who don't support them anti-American.  They cheer and thump their chests with big boastful grins.  It is the pride of their existence.

Sarah Palin isn't gone, she's just waiting for those Reagan Democrats to turn out

Many people are saying that Sarah Palin's exit from Fox News means she's gone forever from American politics and society.  I disagree.  Either her and Fox will rejoin efforts later on; or somewhere someone will give her a platform to spew her stupidity.  Or if by 2016 she isn't getting the attention she thinks she deserves, she'll run for president to get back in the spotlight and to make millions again.  Also, I can see her running for office in 2014 just to get her name back in rotation if need be.  Politics is popularity and it's as addictive as any drug.  Palin is an addict.

Just because it's so easy, her latest delusional rant she gave the right wing America-hating website Breitbart deserves a mention.  Her reflections on Mitt Romney's loss:

Conservatism didn’t lose. A moderate Republican candidate lost after he was perceived to alienate working class Reagan Democrat and Independent voters who didn’t turn out for him as much as they did for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008," Palin said. "Granted, those same voters also didn’t turn out for Obama as strongly either.

Huh????  So once again, after suffering a huge electoral loss on the national stage, Republicans still didn't lose.  This is insane and it takes someone just as insane to repeat such garbage.

Moreover, she says a "moderate Republican" lost because working class Reagan Democrats and Independents didn't turn out for him as much as they did for her and McCain four years earlier.  This is pure delusion.  Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan got 997,145 more votes than McCain and Palin.  This very easy and very simple math means more people turned out for Romney/Ryan than McCain/Palin.  She's completely senile.  There's no way you can possibly say Reagan Dems (whatever those are) and Independents didn't turn out more for Romney than McCain.

More importantly, if you're still running your electoral fortunes on the term "Reagan Democrats," you've already lost.  That was 32 years ago.  The electorate is no where near the same as it was then.  It's not even the same as it was in 2004. Democrats aren't even the same now.  And neither are Republicans.  Reagan supported gun legislation, raised taxes 11 times, doubled tripled the federal debt, grew government to enormous levels, ran chronic budget deficits every year, and supported amnesty for immigrants.  He could never get elected by today's GOP.

Waiting for those "Reagan Democrats" to turn out is actually right where I want the GOP to be.  Losing.

*Editor's Note:

The original publication of this stated Ronald Reagan had "doubled" the federal debt.  This is no where near correct.  Reagan TRIPLED the federal debt.  We apologize for the error.

The All-American Male Conservative Republican

Ted Nugent is a hero to many Republicans.  He kills his own food.  He strokes off to his guns.  He tells the government to take a flying leap even threatening to wage war against it because a free and fair democratic election didn't go as he hoped. He wraps himself in the flag and talks almost non-stop about how much he loves his country.  He has lots of money.  He is his own man.  Independent and proud. We all strive to be as manly, as patriotic and as conservative as Nugent.

Typical Republican behavior no doubt about it.  It's almost narcissistic to a point. But then you realize the whole embodiment is fraudulent.  I can list forever so many Republicans portraying themselves in the same mold as Nugent.  Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Bill O'Reilly, Mike Huckabee, Michelle Bachmann, Sara Palin, Karl Rove, Rep. Joe Walsh, Mitt Romney...etc.  So many it would take hours if not days to list them all.

Because of Nugent's on-camera persona, we sometimes forget that he loves his country so much and is so tough and manly that he got 4 deferments from military service in Vietnam.  But thanks to fellow rocker Dee Snider, we can all remember that not only did Nugent refuse to answer his country's call, he went to huge strides to dodge service all together.  As Nugent himself told a biographer in 1977, he crapped on himself for days and refused to bathe to get out of military service:

Well, on that day I ceased cleansing my body.  No more brushing my teeth, no more washing my hair, no baths, no soap, no water. Thirty days of debris build. I stopped shavin’ and I was 18, had a little scraggly beard, really looked like a hippie. I had long hair, and it started gettin’ kinky, matted up. Then two weeks before, I stopped eating any food with nutritional value. I just had chips, Pepsi, beer-stuff I never touched-buttered poop, little jars of Polish sausages, and I’d drink the syrup, I was this side of death. Then a week before, I stopped going to the bathroom. I did it in my pants. Poop, piss the whole shot. My pants got crusted up.

Let's get this straight. One of the most macho, manly, warrior patriots of the Republican Party, who routinely calls for armed rebellion against the government, who wraps himself in the flag every chance he gets, and who calls anyone who doesn't believe or vote like he does an anti-American shit on himself for days to avoid fighting in a war during a time when his country needed him most.  Yep.  As Republican as it gets.

If Only Less People Would Have Been Allowed to Vote

Elected Wisconsin Republican and Romney surrogate: Voter ID would have made a huge difference.

Essentially what Alberta Darling is saying is that if we had allowed less people to vote Republicans would have won.  She might be correct.  Who knows.  What is certain, however, is her mindset-- which is currently plaguing the GOP-- is a very old mindset that has been around since the beginning of America.  And it has always-- and I do mean ALWAYS-- been used to disenfranchise the minority in this country.

If you have to keep people from voting in order to win, that should tell you right there that you're party is on the wrong side of history.

More GOP Voter Fraud

Here's yet another story of Republican voter fraud you won't see on Fox News.  A Pennsylvania man working for a Republican organization in Virginia was arrested for dumping voter registration forms in a back alley. 

Now remember, if Obama is reelected it will be because of widespread voter fraud and intimidation-- just like the first time. 

Yes They Don't Like Romney, But They Will Still Vote For Him

It's so tiring to keep hearing people suggesting that some Republicans might not vote for Mitt Romney because they don't think he's conservative enough.  The premise is total hogwash.  Conservatism has nothing to do with the GOP and there is no evidence to suggest Republicans won't come home and vote Romney.  To the contrary, there is every indication that Republicans will indeed vote Republican again. 

Sure Mittens isn't their first choice or their preference.  That matters none, though.  What Democrat had Kerry as their preference?  Or Mondale?  But they sure voted for him.  So of course Romney will get almost every Republican vote out there.  My buddy Erick "son of Erick" Erickson proves my point:

Bay Buchanan says I was never with Team Romney.True.But I prefer him to Obama & dare say I'm more objective about the campaign than her.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 17, 2012

Best Summation Yet of Eastwood and GOP

@jbouie This is a perfect representation of the campaign: an old white man arguing with an imaginary Barack Obama

It's Not Just Akin's Opinion, It Is the GOP's Platform

It's important to note that Todd Akin's brutally stupid comments about rape and pregnancy are not merely his personal opinions, or that of his religion or his district. Banning all abortions even in cases of rape and incest is the official platform of the Republican Party. It's so much part of their ideology and so important to them that the GOP has listed amending the Constitution to fit Akin's comments as a priority for the nation. 

The official platform of the GOP is exactly what Akin professed.  He isn't the exception or a lone nut case.  In fact Republicans want to amend the Constitution to make Akin's views the law of the land. 

*Cake and Eat it Too Update:

Going up on CNN this morning, RNC communications director Sean Spicer said the Party's endorsement of a ban on all abortions for their 2012 Tampa Convention does not mean it opposes exceptions to rape or incest.  He said the platform is simply an indication that the GOP is "pro-life."  Adding anything else to it is false he claimed. 

Spicer also said the platform item should not be read as a piece of legislation either.  As Pema Levy makes note, such a suggestion from Spicer that the platform doesn't necessarily oppose exceptions is brand spanking new.  Even the former head of the GOP, Michael Steele, said as recently as yesterday the platform adopted this week for the convention does not make exceptions for rape or incest. 

Here's the language of the platform:  "Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed."  We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

Yeah I don't know how you can read that and not conclude the GOP supports a Constitutional Amendment to ban abortion.  As far as exceptions, it states clearly that the "right to life cannot be infringed." 

Has to be a Misprint

The Tribune reports Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) allegedly used campaign cash to payoff his boyfriend girlfriend.  That's odd to those of us in Illinois.  The open rumor here is that Kirk is gay. 

It's Not a Vetting Obsession, It's an Alternate Reality Obsession

Paul Waldman has an excellent rundown of Republican obsession with making sure President Obama gets vetted this time around.  "Yet even at this late date, conservatives are still hoping that within Obama's past lies a blockbuster secret that will change everything once it is revealed, even if it's not so secret or not so new, " writes Waldman.

Vetting is absolutely the wrong word here.  Republicans don't want Obama vetted.  They want their alternative reality to go mainstream.  As Waldman notes there have been thousands of news article about the young man Obama.  There have been numerous books including two written by Obama himself about his youth and his upbringing.  None of this, however, is acceptable to Republicans.  Why?  Because they discredit everything and anything that doesn't coincide with the false narrative they have created about the president.

That false narrative goes something like this.  He's a Muslim that was born in Kenya to an unmarried black Muslim father and an atheist mother.  From there his mother and father split up where he went with his mom to live in Indonesia with her new Muslim boyfriend.  While there he attended a madrassa and learned violent extremist Muslim ideology that still guides him to this day.  After his loose mother got pregnant again and broke up with the Indonesian Muslim, she moved her two kids to Hawaii where his white grandparents consulted with their domestic terrorist friends (probably Bill Ayres) to conspire with the local media to have their black grandson documented as a legal citizen so he could later become President of the United States and wage religious war against his adopted Christian nation.  It all makes perfect sense. This is what they believe!!  It's what they think the media is covering up.  The is the TRUTH they demand be told.

It's not vetting they want.  They want him legally proven to be disqualified as president.  In their eyes, anything short of that is not going to be a proper vetting.

Reckoning Sure Is a Bitch

I love this stuff.  Absolutely love it.

Kristen Billy, who has returned as predicted by the love letter he wrote to us, has, once again, tried as hard as he can to invoke his Republican Fantasy World argument to shield his favorite president from any blame for crashing the country into a ditch.

The trillion dollar deficit in '09 was due to the Great Recession, not Bush's tax cuts or wars. Today's deficit is a function of Obama's spending, Obama's decisions on tax rates, Obama's decisions on defense spending, etc.

And you thinly the next year's deficit has nothing to do with the previous year? Disagree - it influences the next year but the people in charge have the ability to change fiscal policy to improve the shortfall

As if the deficit wasn't already huge and as if Bush hadn't already ran 7 previous budget deficits prior to 2009.  But in Kristen's world, a world where Iraq had something to do with 9/11, none of that matters.

Here's the thing.  The deficit, no matter the amount, is from George Bush.  He created it.  He inherited the largest surplus in American history.  And what did he do with it?  He turned it into the larges deficit in American history.  And during that time, not one word from Kristen Billy or any other Republican for Bush's recklessness.  Billy didn't care at all.  He loved it.  He cheered it on.  They all did.  Just this week Sen. Rubio called Bush "fantastic."  They do not acknowledge the fact that George Bush created a $1.5 trillion budget deficit and that he is responsible for $7 trillion of the federal debt.  They pretend it never happened.

Kristen Billy chillin' for the ladies

Billy can't stop there, however.  He tries to say the '09 deficit was due to the recession and nothing to do with Bush.  What about the 2010 and 2011 and 2012 deficits?  Oh no, those are Obama's so the economic crisis had nothing to do with that.  That's pure and complete fantasy.

It's true the economic crisis depleted government revenue because of the massive job losses. And as we all know, unemployment is still above 8%, which drastically reduces current revenue thus it's a continuing scourge on the budget.  But not according to Billy.  He specifically says it's "Obama's spending, Obama's decisions on tax rates, Obama's decisions on defense spending, etc."  Total lie.  He's a chronic liar brainwashed by Fox News.

George Bush increased spending by 108%.  In real dollars he increased spending by $1.3 trillion.  Barack Obama has merely increased spending by $600 billion, largely due to an increase in unemployment benefits.

As you can see from the chart above, spending is actually starting to decline under Obama. Since none of this is Fox News data, Kristen Billy will disregard it as he always does.  The importance of bringing this to the front page doesn't change, however.  This highlights the lengths Republicans go to disregard reality and factual information.  And the lengths they will go to protect their make-believe world.  They prefer to make up total lies just so they can sleep at night.

For further proof that there hasn't been a huge spending increase from Obama, take a look at this graph and post I brought up a few weeks ago.  It completely sums up everything Billy The Retard is trying to say right now.

Translation:  There is no spending binge from Obama that is to blame for the budget deficit.

Billy can't comprehend this, however.  It's the opposite of what he hears on Fox News, so it sends his body into shock.  And doing so proves me almost prophetic.

Here's what I wrote in March:

In their world the recession that began almost two years before Obama took office had nothing to do with the drop in tax revenue.  Also, two inherited on-going endless wars completely unpaid for had nothing to do with our budget mess either.  Neither did the completely unfunded $700 billion Republican expansion of Medicare.  And don't dare blame TARP on anyone but Obama either.  No they believe it was huge spending increases and ginormous growth in government that began with President Obama that is responsible for today's mess.

That's exactly what Billy is trying to do!!!  That's exactly what he just wrote in his comment.

Despite the fact that there is no spending splurge from Obama, any suggestion otherwise is a total lie. Despite the fact of the condition of the economy Bush handed over to Obama.  And despite the fact that Obama has actually cut defense spending, Billy denies it all.  He denies reality and insists-- just like all good God-fearing Republicans do-- that "[t]oday's deficit is a function of Obama's spending, Obama's decisions on tax rates, Obama's decisions on defense spending, etc."  Except for the fact that there is no truth to that, Kristen is right.

Just wait and see, such lies just like Billy is saying here will be the Republican meme throughout this campaign.  The deficits are from Obama's spending; Bush had nothing to do with Obama's runaway spending binge; Republicans are fiscal conservatives will be the battle hymn throughout the year.  It will be one big circle jerk where Republicans just like Kristen Billy bump their peter heads and pretend the guy they voted for twice shrunk government, cut spending and reined in the deficit.  Because, after all, that's what Republicans really believe they do.

Someone Has a Base Problem

For some reason I have a special fondness for Alabama.  I can't explain it.  It's just there.  So I took a look at the exit polls from yesterday's primary and it has every indication of a dying party.

Check this out:

• 27% of Republican voters for Alabama are over the age of 65.
• 59% are over the age of 50.
• 94% are white.
• 75% consider themselves to be white evangelical born again.
• 62% support the Tea Baggers.

Not only is it dying, it really doesn't like Mitt Romney.  Yet, hidden in the data, there's a good indicator for Mitt Romney that Republicans will come home and vote Republican no matter who the nominee is.

Will You Vote for GOP Nominee in November?

Definitely-- 81%
Probably-- 10%
Only if....-- 7%

That means 91% say they will probably still vote Republican even if Mitt Romney is the nominee. That's good news for Mitt. Just another reason not to believe all the hype about Republicans not coming home.  They will.  They always do.

Long Gone Are the Ideas

Former Republican Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman:

“Gone are the days where the Republican party used to put forward big, bold visionary stuff.”

Those days are way long gone.  There's no way the GOP could ever lead with something as huge and monumental as the Interstate Highway System as they did in the 1950s.  No way any of that could ever happen now.  But their lack of 21st century vision didn't just come to a halt in 2012.  The modern GOP (since 1981 with Reagan) has done nothing but grow government, increase spending, create huge budget deficits and added trillions to the federal debt.  They are the Party of Big Government and fiscal irresponsibility.

It's not that they don't have any ideas, it's that their ideas and visions for this country are barbaric and belong in a time capsule that was sealed long ago.  They want to legislate the Bible.  Impose Biblical standards on the country and lead with a warped ideology that tells them they are the lone remaining Patriots in America.  Just a short list of their ideas and visions:

• More tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans
• Keep us fighting an Endless War in Iraq
• Allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions
• Outlaw birth control
• Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage
• Constitutional Amendment banning abortion
• Eliminate Medicare, Social Security and unemployment benefits or in the very least privatize them
• Destroy unions
• Impose self-perceived morality on the whole country
• No Separation of Church and State

There's no decency among them.  They are a childish group that believes anyone that doesn't vote and believe the way they do are enemies of the country.

Red States Are Welfare States

I'm so glad to see Talking Points Memo doing more and more graphs.  Their latest is a dandy.

Again, proving the supposed Super Tough Macho Conservative Small Government Republicans aversion to welfare and Big Government is a complete hoax.  It has to be the biggest hoax of the the last 75 years.

Maine Was Rigged, No Doubts About It

I don't think you can look at the 2012 Maine caucus and conclude anything other than the establishment GOP rigged the election for Mitt Romney.

*Update:

It's time the FEC brings in an international team of Election Monitors to cover the remainder of the GOP primary.

Imposing Biblical Law Is the Same Thing You Know

Great picture I found somewhere on Facebook today.  Sums up the modern GOP, not just Santorum, perfectly.  I will add something I read from a commenter on FB.  It should read "So DID this guy."  After all, Obama did succeed at killing him.  We should not be shy at pointing this out.

How to Level the Religion Playing Field

There's a discussion thread on a post from a few days ago I want to highlight.  One because it's civil.  And two because it makes me look like I care and like I'm holier than thou.  Trust me, I don't care and I in no way want to give off the perception that I'm holy (or especially that I'm holy and care).

Otter With Kids does an excellent job and I commend him/her for keeping it clean and staying on topic.  I just want to add a couple things, however.

I've said a few hundred times on this blog that I don't care what Mormons believe.  They have every right to believe what they want.  I'm more than okay with them taking to heart their faith. And to be honest, every Mormon I have ever met has always been nothing but nice and open minded.  I wish I could say the same thing about the Christian Right.

Though I do want to clarify a few things from that thread.  I in no way even pretend, nor do I want to be associated with defining what is or isn't Christian.  I'll let those with a vested interest, whether hypocritical or not is not for me to decide, be the people labeling such things. All I can do is give my opinion, which is just as valid as any opposing opinion.

Secondly, as I've said so many times, the point of me writing about Mitt Romney's religion is not to define it but to point out how Republicans get to play by different rules when it comes to such very personal matters like religion.

At least since 2004, when the president first entered the national scene, we've heard from self-labeled right wing Christians that Obama is Muslim, that he hates America, that he wants to impose Sharia law, that he is waging a war against Christians, and many, many other very untrue things.  The only reason Republicans do this is because the president is a Democrat. There's no other reason to do it because Mr. Obama is definitely a Christian and is not doing any of the things they claim.  It's simply because he's a Democrat that they keep with the fear and lies.

Proof of my analysis is Mitt Romney.  Here's a guy that believes in things that are absolutely against the basis of mainstream Christianity.  Neither the Pope, the Catholic church, Methodists, Baptists, Episcopal, Pentecost, Lutheran, or any denomination accept the beliefs of Romney's church.  Absolutely none.  In fact, they call his beliefs non-Christian, blasphemus, even treason.  But no where is Romney being labeled by the media or by the very people who so condone Obama as hating America and God.  He gets a free pass.  The only difference is Romney is a Republican.  If Barack Obama believed the Garden of Eden was in Missouri, that there are multiple Gods, that Joseph Smith is a prophet, that God lives in outer space he would have been impeached by now.  Romney hasn't even been asked a question about it.  Obama, who is a mainstream Christian, is bombarded daily by mainstream Christians.  It's crazy.

Now I know a lot of the reason Romney is getting a free pass is because Democrats don't care to make his religion an issue.  I actually get more push back from Dems for bringing up his religion than I do from anyone else.  I'm not saying Democrats need to do what the Christian Right does to our candidates.  I'm just saying there's nothing wrong for the unequal playing field to be pointed out.  I think an honest and excellent rebuttal every time Fox News runs a segment on Obama's war on Christianity is to mention that Mitt Romney believes God lives on a planet in outer space and that Adam and Eve lived in Missouri.

That's not judging.  It's just pointing out how wrong Fox News is in the first place and how way out of line the GOP has become.  I'm one who believes that when they hit you, you hit back. It's a strategy right from the playbooks of FDR, Kennedy and Bill Clinton.  You don't have to kick 'em in the nuts, but you sure can give a backhand.

*Update:

It literally only took about two clicks away from writing this post to find even more evidence as to why I refuse to let the religion issue be one-sided.

Fresh off a full-sweep in Tuesday's GOP elections, Rick Santorum says President Obama wants to send Christians off to be beheaded.

“As we saw in the Ninth Circuit just this week, that if you believe that [same sex marriage is wrong] — this is what the court said — that if believe that, if believe what’s taught in Genesis, if you believe what’s practiced Biblically and a generation since then you are irrational. The only possible reason you could believe this, according to the Ninth Circuit, is that you are a bigot and that you are a hater.”

He continued: “They are taking faith and crushing it. Why? When you marginalize faith in America, when you remove the pillar of God-given rights then what’s left is the French Revolution. What’s left is a government that gives you rights. What’s left are no unalienable rights. What’s left is a government that will tell you who you are, what you’ll do and when you’ll do it. What’s left in France became the the guillotine.”

Really Rick?  The guy you are running against believes Genesis took place in Missouri.  How are we supposed to teach that?