TODAY’S GOP

Another classy tactic from Bush’s GOP:

Campaign mail with a return address of the Republican National Committee warns West Virginia voters that the Bible will be prohibited and men will marry men if liberals win in November. The literature shows a Bible with the word “BANNED” across it and a photo of a man, on his knees, placing a ring on the hand of another man with the word “ALLOWED.” The mailing tells West Virginians to “vote Republican to protect our families” and defeat the “liberal agenda.”

Ban bibles? We’ve heard this kind of bile from the far right before, but the incorporation of it into official GOP propaganda is new to me. Ed Gillespie, the GOP chairman, won’t disown it. Let’s put this as plain as I can: telling people that a small minority are trying to persecute Christians, attack their families and ban bibles is an old tactic. I’ll just leave it at that.