Is there anything even faintly conservative about Michael Gerson? Has there ever been?

Not to my knowledge, no. There's plenty in this book, which if you haven't read, you should, that makes it pretty clear that Gerson has a lot more in common with the likes of SCHIP-expansion supporters than he does Barry Goldwater. Obviously, that doesn't sit too well with me.

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Good. This guy is a disgrace to all British Muslims, including a few I know who worship at Finsbury Park Mosque and were all too happy to get rid of him. He's also a big-time welfare recipient, so getting rid of him should save the UK taxpayers quite a lot of cash.

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Jonathan Martin has the story.

Let me just say this on the subject that I hate politicians targeting each other over religion. I really, really do. And I am sensitive to Mormon-bashing, in particular, because, well, part of my family is Mormon.

In my view, candidates-- and their proxies (and I suspect it is proxies involved in this case)-- should fight each other on the issues, not on the basis of whose faith is weird, creepy, out-of-the-mainstream, etc. Where Romney is concerned, there's plenty of fodder for attacking him on the issues and in relation to his record. This is a one-term ex-Governor of an incredibly liberal state who was until recently pro-choice, pro-gay rights, extremely anti-gun, pro-comprehensive immigration reform, and pro-government run health care, with a record on taxes that did not look extremely strong. There's plenty to attack the guy over, without bringing baptisms after death, golden tablets and magic underwear into the equation.

I don't flatter myself to the extent that I think whoever's behind this particular instance of Mormon-bashing reads this blog. But if they do, I'd ask them to take this into consideration. It takes a particular pathetic-ness to go after someone over their faith.

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