Allah Help Us

When I first saw the title of this article, I really thought I'd be reading something interesting. The article is titled "Romney Warns Of Theocracy Danger," and I really did think it would be about how a republican governor had experienced a moment of lucidity and decided that he didn't like the fact that the Radical Christian Right is trying to take over the governments in this country.

Man, was I disappointed when I read these opening paragraphs:

Venturing into foreign policy, Governor Mitt Romney yesterday told a largely Republican audience that Islamic terrorists ''want to bring down our government" and "want to put in place a huge theocracy."

"We're under attack, as you know, militarily," Romney told about 150 people gathered at an exclusive Raleigh country club. "They're not just intent on blowing up a little bomb here and there at a shopping mall, awful as that would be. They want to bring down our government, bring down our entire economy. They want to put in place a huge theocracy."

"Thank heavens we have a president of the United States who recognizes this for what it is and has declared war on it, and thank heavens we have a military that consists of the strongest and bravest and most able men and women in the world," Romney said.

As I was absorbing Romney's words, I realized that I may indeed be reading the stupidest comments ever made. Romney is clearly an idiot of the first order.

I was going to write an extended piece on why Romney's comments were so moronic, but what would be the point? Romney's follow-up statements pretty much covered that ground:

Asked later by a Globe reporter about his remarks, Romney said he was referring to Islamic terrorists.

''Obviously, this is an extreme fundamentalist perspective," he responded. ''It's certainly not shared by the people of Islam generally, but is shared by some radical few."

Then he was asked if he felt Islamic terrorists want to take over the United States. Romney said: ''No. No. No."

''I don't have any foreign intelligence that's any different than what you read in the various journals and so forth," the governor said. ''Among the various reports I've read -- and I think President Bush has described -- that there are some who wish to bring down the Western-leaning governments and put in a more fundamentalist, religious leadership. But that's not something I'm something I'm expert in."

No shit.