Huge surprise:

A spokesman for the Mitt Romney campaign is thus far refusing to say whether Romney sees any positive role in America for atheists and other non-believers, after Election Central inquired about the topic yesterday

It's a sign that Romney may be seeking to submerge evangelical distaste for Mormonism by uniting the two groups together in a wider culture war. Romney's speech has come under some criticism, even from conservatives like David Brooks and Ramesh Ponnuru, for positively mentioning many prominent religions but failing to include anything positive about atheists and agnostics.

Well, duh. What else is new? We're everyone's favorite punching bag. Obviously Mitt's looking for a victim, someone the Mormons and the Evangelicals can agree on as a scapegoat. A unity goat.

Huckabee tried to get evangelicals to unite in hatred of Mormons, so Mitt the Flip responds with, "No! Don't lynch us. Lynch . . . those guys!" It's hate jujitsu. Huckabee will have to be quick on his feet if he's not to be drawn inexorably into the wrong mob.

This qualifies as moral leadership in modern America. Huckabee and Romney. Profiles in courage. Battling for control of the mob.

Here are the top ten groups any American can attack with impunity:

10) Ugly women
9) Drug addicts
8) The French
7) Mormons/Scientologists (guilty)
6) Mexicans
5) Kidnapped and molested children (Bill O'Reilly only)
4) Smokers
3) Liberals
2) Fat people
1) Atheists

You can see why a Mormon would want to shift focus to Atheists. Mitt's offering Evangelicals a chance to trade a #7 hate object for the #1 hate object. Plus, he's offering to tie the noose. It was either us or fat people, and given the fitness level of Iowans . . .

It's okay. We're not upset. We are secure in our insufferable arrogance.

This entry was posted by Michael Reynolds, on Friday, December 07, 2007. You can leave your response.