Weekend Update - July 12th

• Is this the end of the nutball Christian right? Mark Morford offers this proof. To go.


• Here's a treat. Karl Rove writing an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal explaining to all of us "Barak's Brilliant Ground Game." Gotta love this pudgy little nutbag.


• Does John McCain hate Social Security? Or does he just have no idea how the whole thing works? Paul Krugman ponders.....


• p.m. carpenter comments on John McCain's "Straightjacket Express." Poor ol' John has indeed had a bad week.


• Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter. The latest Newsweek poll shows Obama leading McCain by only 3 points. What the hell is going on?


• It's not easy to be a Republican. The McCain campaign scrubbed its website today to remove all references to its Alabama campaign chairman, Attorney General Troy King. King, who has frequently made homophobic statements, including calling gays the “downfall of society,” is the subject of rumors that his wife recently discovered him having sex with another man. Oops.


• Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer. At least when he lied he did it with a cheerful and sincere manner. RIP Tony.


• “We need to send a message to the next President that if he conducts himself in a similar capacity it would be met with a response from the Congress that you are going to be held to account. … There is a point at which you reduce Congress to a debating society.” Dennis Kucinich.