From www.huffingtonpost.com
At an event in Virginia titled "Rediscovering God in America," Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee aimed to recapture lost political momentum for the Christian right with strong exhortations for members to involve themselves in politics in order to maintain and increase the presence of religion in the public square, the Virginia-Pilot reports.
Both men railed against abortion rights, gay rights and the lack of religious influence in American public life, however Gingrich upped the ante in his attempt to stir up the crowd with this line:
"I think this is one of the most critical moments in American history. We are living in a period where we are surrounded by paganism."
It's kinda like waking up one day to find out that Batman and Robin are now in their respective late seventies and fifties. Old men in tights....ugh. And at least one of them shows signs of early Alzheimer's (Newt, cough, Newt). Newt is obviously going to get his wish to be just like his idol Ronald Reagan.
Newt and Huck, both hoping to be president in 2012 (pause while laughter subsides) are going full throttle after the last remnants of the Republican base, the Christian christianist right. It is not dissimilar to two old bums who find a comatose hooker in "their alley" one day and bet each other to see who's man enough to screw her back to consciousness. But Newt, paganism? Paganism? WTF?
It seems that Newt has studied the Lee Atwater (rev. Karl Rove edition) GOP handbook "How to Con the Christian Right and Win Elections". Both he and Huck have been furiously paging through this rather slim pamphlet in the desperate hope of finding one thing, anything, that still gets the fundies holy knickers in a twist. Same-sex marriage? Nope. Gay rights? Nope. Leftie Women's Movement? Nope. Family values? Nope. Abortion? Well, maybe but that seems to be fading too. Killing that abortion doctor didn't help either on that score.
Newt is now officially one step away from walking down Broadway wearing a sandwich board with "The End is Near" on the front and "Vote Republican" on the back. The Republicans seem to have collectively morphed into one of their staunchest defenders, Bill Bennet, you know the blowhard with the gambling addiction. They're standing in front of this giant slot machine with a huge banner above it saying "Pull the lever, Win America". So with their last dollar coin in their quaking little hand, they drop it in the slot and pull the lever.
Lemons....Across the board.