That President Bush has resorted to using religion as a selling point for his Supreme Court nominee is a contemptible ploy which is rightly being denounced by many bloggers.
I like Josh Marshall’s take:
A year ago, in light of one of White House’s many wag-the-dog stunts, I noted “how truly important it is that we democratize the Middle East. Because once we have, some of them will be able to come back here and redemocratize us.”
Perhaps the same goes for ending theocracy over there. Sooner the better, so they can bring modernity to us too.
Indeed.