"Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me. Like maybe little action dolls. Me in an army uniform, air force uniform, and me in my suit. They can make toys of me and my vehicle, especially for the holidays and Christmas for the kids. That's something that would create jobs. So you see I think out of the box like that. It's not something a typical person would bring up. That's something that could happen, that makes sense. It's not a joke."
And therein lies another difference between us and conservatives. We laugh at our crazies, Conservatives embrace theirs.
Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, which called for a ban on the Potter series, says she's considering a similar campaign against Twilight because even though it's pro-abstinence, it's also pro-vampires. She says vampires are definitely not good role models, and she blames Hollywood. "We can let our voices be heard, and anytime you do that you have an effect one way or another," Combs says. "These Twilight books are very disturbing books for family values. Teen marriage is not the standard, but the part that is more troubling is the vampire. It's just not normal for young people to idolize a vampire."
Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, which called for a ban on the Potter series, says she's considering a similar campaign against Twilight because even though it's pro-abstinence, it's also pro-vampires.
She says vampires are definitely not good role models, and she blames Hollywood.
"We can let our voices be heard, and anytime you do that you have an effect one way or another," Combs says. "These Twilight books are very disturbing books for family values. Teen marriage is not the standard, but the part that is more troubling is the vampire. It's just not normal for young people to idolize a vampire."
I've got a couple of ideas for my next book. One is "Dumbfuckistan: The dystopia of a conservative utopia", the other would have to do with culture and conservative hilarious inability to deal with it. It's actually a theme I touch on in American Taliban, as it's a trait American conservatives share with their Muslim fundamentalist cousins.
Speaking of, there will be advance copies of American Taliban at Netroots Nation, and it officially goes on sale after Labor Day. Can't wait.