NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY ON A SUICIDE MISSION-- HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T TAKE THE REST OF US WITH THEM

The Republican melee that will determine which one of the pathetic pygmies gets to ask Americans if they want a third term for George Bush has degenerated into a battle about religionism, a clear example of why the Republicans Party is destined to become a small, extremist regional political party for crackpots and loons. As ABC News reports today, "Religion is driving the Republican presidential race in Iowa, with Mike Huckabee taking the lead on the strength of overwhelming support from evangelical voters-- and Mitt Romney falling behind over concerns about his Mormon faith."

Mitt Romney is certainly unfit for high office-- no arguments there-- but the pathetic beings who dominate the Republican caucuses in Iowa certainly are rejecting him for the wrong reasons. None of the Above, which has dominated the race from Day One and becomes stronger and stronger the better the voters get to know their candidates, can't win. It isn't allowed. It is more likely that Republican voters will opt for the tired old man they know best, John McCain. Huckabee's insane religionist psychosis will play well among Republicans in the South and in other backward areas, but even Republicans in most places feel uncomfortable with wild statements like "The war on terror is a theological war," standard fare in the Huckabee campaign.

No one's polling numbers will be impacted by racist xenophobe Tom Tancredo's decision to withdraw from the race today after finding out that the one straw he was grasping at-- an endorsement from psychotic Iowa Congressman Steve King (one of the only members of Congress as racist and bigoted as himself)-- will not be forthcoming. The King endorsement was his entire Iowa game-plan-- outside of the Know Nothing fear mongering. King endorsed another loser, who will also be withdrawing soon, the lazy old man with the devastatingly ambitious young wife, Fred Thompson. As for Ron Paul, the candidate of UFO enthusiasts, the KKK, neo-fascists and conspiracy nuts, he's made a big decision-- he's keeping the $500 donation from neo-Nazi Stormfront founder Don Black whose motto is "White Pride World Wide." Catchy. Even some of the most extreme of the far right kooks and loons think Ron Paul is off his rocker and feel uncomfortable that the Republican Party is being publicly identified with Nazis.