Iowa Senator Tom Harkin Exposes His Ignorance & Bigotry

James Dobson & his Focus On The Family staff

Recently, Democratic Party leaders have indicated a desire to "reach out" to the American religious community. Apparently they do not include Christians in their "outreach" program. Consider this revealing series of comments from Democratic Senator Tom Harkin's appearance on Air America yesterday:

On the day before Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen was confirmed by the Senate as part of a negotiated compromise, Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin called her "wacko."

Harkin, appearing on liberal Randi Rhodes's national radio talk show, became animated as he said of Owen: "This is not a person to put on the bench for a lifetime appointment. This person is wacko! She's wacko!"

On the same program, Harkin said Christian broadcasters are "sort of our home-grown Taliban." He added: "They have a direct line to God. And if you don't tune into their line, you're obviously on Satan's line."

To this, Captain Ed at Captain's Quarters responds:

Thus goes the Democratic outreach to the Christian community. In fact, Harkin and Howard Dean have defined a new era in party-building for the Democrats, where any display of faith makes someone a "wacko", and the equivalent of Islamic lunatics that beat men for flying kites and women for displaying their ankles. If Tom Harkin can't tell the difference between James Dobson and Mullah Omar, then Iowans should check his corn to see what he's been using for fertilizer.

Their fear and distaste for Christians borders on bigotry -- and yet the media eats it up. Christians and other people of faith are increasingly repelled by this rhetoric, and hopefully will remember it when the Democrats claim at election time that they respect faith. If they did, they wouldn't compare Christians to Islamofascist terrorists.

Billy Graham preparing for his next Crusade

In my little world words mean something. Harkin should be smart enough to know that his words mean something, too. Comparing American Christian radio commentators with the Taliban means something. It means that, should Tom Harkin and the Democratic Party return to power, our nation's next military assault could well be targeted against the American conservative, evangelical Christian community!

Although tempted to start storing up on AK-47s and ammunition for self-defense, I think I will trust in the Lord instead.....and pray that, the next time the senior Senator from Iowa stands for reelection, the people of that fine state will be wise enough to vote for anybody but Tom Harkin!

HT: Captain Ed & Robert Novak