Oh No, Idaho! (With Some Shame on Liberty U Too)

Some nut-job from Idaho thought he'd travel to DC and kill the President.

That may seem shocking to some of you, but I've heard and read some of my fellow Americans praying for, wishing for, and expressing a desire for the President's death. (Just FYI, rednecks, it's not OK to root for your President's death just because he's African American. He was duly elected. You live in a democratic republic. If you want to live in a theocracy, move to Iran.)

On November 11, 2011, Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, 21, traveled to DC, drove to the White House, got out with a semiautomatic rifle, and fired shots at the White House breaking windows and damaging the wall.

And he is a nut-job. First off, Obama was famously out of town. It was broadcast all over the news that Obama was not in DC for days prior to this lame effort.

Secondly, he didn't just shoot at him to assassinate a President he disagreed with. Nope. According to people who know him, he believes Obama is the Anti-Christ. I guess he thought he was going to thwart God's plans for humanity by simply shooting the Anti-Christ. Moron.

I'm grateful the guy is a moron. I don't want my President assassinated, and not just because I agree with him, but because I'm an American. If I were Idaho, I'd be embarrassed.

For some reason religious nuts resort to homicide to fulfill their whacky missions. So when I see people on my Facebook feed, who consider themselves devout Christians, bitterly rooting for someone to kill Obama "as soon as possible," I wonder just how close they are to making the trip themselves and becoming a headline.

Some of the fine "Christians" I have heard and read pleading for Obama's death - including at least 2 graduates of Liberty University - are sufficient proof to me that they are more about bullying people than loving them. Somewhere along the line, their dogma became about judgment rather than grace and persecution rather than charity. It became about winning elections rather than saving souls. But really, what's the difference between the Liberty nut-jobs and Oscar, aside from Oscar's possible mental illness?

And, finally, here's a news flash, religious creeps: the Anti-Christ is more likely to come out of Liberty University than Harvard Law School. Otherwise, how would he convince fools like you to become his disciples?

Not Everyone in New Hampshire Is Up to Speed

There are 160 people in New Hampshire who voted for Herman Cain last night. HE'S NOT IN THE RACE ANY MORE!

If you're going to bother going to vote, you should probably vote for someone actually running for office. For example, Governor Perry is almost as unqualified to be POTUS as Herman Cain. You could have voted for him.

Admittedly, the far right's commitment to anti-intellectualism is getting harder to stick to with withdrawals by Cain and Bachman. But they've still got Perry. And they've got Santorum too. (Can the Tea Party vote for a Catholic?)

Oh, let's not forget Ron Paul, who finished second last night. His ascension to prominence in the GOP primary is proof of the extremism that has taken hold in the party. The man thinks civil rights legislation is unconstitutional and that our economic problems are the result of abandoning the gold standard. I give him credit for having principles. The problem with having such strong convictions arises when you are wrong. Do we really want to go back to toting around bags of doubloons and segregated restaurants? Apparently, some New Hampshirians (New Hampsters?) do.

My dad always said, "A little learning is a dangerous thing." Right now, I'd be grateful for a "little learning" among the GOP primary voters because IMO, they are already about as dangerous as they can get.

Footnote - Just found out: 300 GOP primary voters in New Hampshire voted for Barack Obama to be their nominee. I think that's kinda funny. And fantastic!