digamma.net - notes

I’m in Phnom Penh. But I’m too jetlagged and hot to do anything but blog the same shit I blog at home.

Ugh.

Ed Kilgore chastises Democrats who dare to suggest that Grover Norquist, because he opposes Bush’s wild expansions of executive power, isn’t still Satan. I could almost understand that. But then he totally goes beyond the pale.

As for the Patriot Act, have we all forgotten Norquist’s obsession with turning American Muslims into a GOP constituency group? Could that have something to do with his motives for opposing a Patriot Act extension?

Did I read that on Little Green Footballs? MichelleMalkin.com? Instapundit? No, I read that on TPMCafe.

Here are the two basic attitudes towards Muslims in the modern GOP. You’ve got about 90% of Republicans who think Islam is pure evil, a “death cult", and Muslims should be interned for the duration of the War On Anyone Anywhere Being Scared of Anything - and that’s not counting the LGF crowd who favor outright elimination.

Then you’ve got your small minority who think Muslims - because of their conservative family values and increasing population - make a great GOP target group. And so they oppose ridiculous infringements on Muslims’ rights. This is a very good thing!

And Kilgore has to throw racist innuendo at Norquist over it.