OK, Quartz, you can stand up with Louis Farrakhan & John Walker Lindh & “be counted.” Meanwhile, I’ll be over here with the Painite Deists, who at least aren’t in popular perception calling for the extermination of Western culture.
Isn’t it radical enough for this year that Barack Obama goes to a “black church,” before we start trying to get a Muslim into office? I mean, we’ve still only had one Catholic President.
Take out the specific references to blackness, and that’s a mainstream Protestant approach, though. Well, except for disavowing the pursuit of middleclassness, that is.
More on Romney’s various enlightenments on the road to Damascus, Alabama: After a previous history of supporting responsible gun control, Romney has been a staunch member of the NRA and all it stands forever since last August.
Courtesy of Matt Yglesias, Here’s some video of Romney in the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial debates. His opponent tries to make the claim that Romney’s not really as pro-choice as he seems, and Romney aggressively rebuts that claim, saying he’s consistently and strongly supported a woman’s right to choose since 1970.
BTW, here’s the Boston Globe on his road-to-[del]Damascus[/del]2008 moment. Apparently November 9, 2004 was the big day. He’s believed the things he now claims to believe - on abortion, and I guess guns and gays too - only since then.
Even more interesting, in her column this morning, the WaPo’s Ruth Marcus points out that as late as February 28, 2005, Romney was still waffling qute a bit about what he believed wrt abortion:
