Never trust amphibians

I came across this little story this morning, it is supposed to be by a serious politician, a potential presidential candidate, making a serious point, warning us all of perils to come but it just made me laugh out loud. Check out this quote and see if you can spot the flaw in the logic,

"I have two grandchildren: Maggie is 11; Robert is 9," Gingrich said at Cornerstone Church here. "I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they're my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American."

Yes, that's right folks, beware those secular Islamic atheists they're the worst scum you can possibly imagine, they'll steal your jobs and rape your daughters as soon as look at you. The politician who made these remarks is one Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich, ex speaker of the US house of Representatives and all round leading right winger. "Newt" claims he's a big Christian although he used to be a Baptist and is now a Catholic. I wonder if he has the same problem choosing between latte and cappuccino? Newt has also been married three times and has been implicated in a number of extra-marital affairs so clearly he takes his religions' guidelines on morality with a pinch of salt; although interestingly for someone with such "flexible" moral standards he remains adamant in his stand *against* gay rights, I guess when it comes to morality some are more equal than others.

In my own worst nightmare future we would have someone like this running America with someone like Palin waiting in the wings, lets hope the American electorate don't fall for the pseudo-Christian chest beating and "Newt" will crawl back under the rock he first emerged from.