"Thus goes the Democrats' Christian Outreach"

Captain Ed (every time I type that I think of "Captain Lou" Albano, for some reason - must have been the latter's theme song...) brings our attention to a bullet point lowlighting the Christophobic bigotry displayed by Iowa Donkator Tom Harkin on Err America this week in Robert Novak's "Saturday insider" column:

On the day before Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen was confirmed by the Senate as part of a negotiated compromise, Democratic Senator Tom Harkin called her "wacko."

Harkin, appearing on liberal Randi Rhodes's national radio talk show, became animated as he said of Owen: "This is not a person to put on the bench for a lifetime appointment. This person is wacko! She's wacko!"

On the same program, Harkin said Christian broadcasters are "sort of our home-grown Taliban." He added: "They have a direct line to God. And if you don't tune into their line, you're obviously on Satan's line."

Ah, the retorts that come to mind. I'll content myself with two of them.

1) Wow, he's smart, now we won't have to blow him up!

2) Hey, you said it, Senator, not we.

Besides, it's not as if anybody heard him besides Randi of the Redwoods, or whatever the hell the host's name is....