Larry Darby, Holocaust-Denying Atheist Alabama Attorney General Candidate,
is in the news again (thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer); for more on this fellow and his remarkable views about the Holocaust, our "Zionist-Occupied Government," and more, see here.
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Question: if not, is it because of his anti-semitism or his atheism?
As for the reason why he will lose, it's hard to break it down much further than "he's a kook."
Lots of cars apparently sported bumper stickers that said:
"Vote for the Crook, it's important"
Shocked, shocked I am.
Has anyone considered that Darby hasn't gone far enough? We have no reliable evidence that this thing called "World War II" existed. The eyewitness statements are from old, unreliable folks, and the non-forged historical records simply don't support the existence of a "war," "Europe," "Germany," or, "Japan." It's an obvious ruse by the quite active World War II industry.
--JRM, pretty sure the trilateral commission is in charge.
It's also interesting to see into what odd corners anti-Semitism has spread. We're familiar with Christian anti-Semitism (though fortunately there's much less of it these days than in the past), and with Muslim anti-Semitism -- I wonder how it is that passionate atheism and passionate anti-Semitism go together.
If you think about it, this is as goofy a statement as "I wonder how it is that not being Brad Pitt and anti-Semetism go together." Seriously, how hard is it to understand that atheism isn't itself any sort of guide to anything a person might believe (OTHER than that they don't believe in Gods)?
Now, what I have to wonder is why we hear screams of outrage when people suggest that an insane bigot like Robertson is part of the Republican party and agenda (a man who many people in the Republican party, especially in VA, still regularly kiss the ring of and court the close supporters of, despite the occasional need to distance themselves from one of his wacky pronouncements), but this wacko who basically is running in a Democratic primary that allows in anyone who can get some minimal amount of signatures is being paraded around the conservative blogosphere as an example of what Democrats are all about.
The story has been on drudge's front page for weeks now in some form or another. It's mentioned FoxNews and its assorted radio pundits variously. Come to think of it, nearly every conservative blog has found reason to mention it in some way or another.
Here's your freerepublic thread, compelte with Byrd in a KKK outfit for chuckles:
weee
Here's "Democrats And America's Enemies Still Think Alike. Racist Dem Denies Holocaust."
yay!
All this for a candidate with no money, who's never broken 12% in the primary polls (which at this point are mostly o people who know nothing about the man or his views), and who is part of the race because they by their own party laws have to allow any registered D to be part of the race if they want to run no matter how ridiculous they are.
This would be a chance for democrats to say, "This is not what our party is about. He won't get nominated, and if he did, we'd oppose him so much we'd even vote for the Republican."
I am amused you turn this around on Republicans even when it's a democrat primary. Clean your own house before you go looking to others.
Darby only changed his party affiliation to the Democratic Party within the past year, by the way. Previously, he had considered himself a Libertarian. In the Dem primary for AG, Darby is running against a better-known and better-financed DA from Mobile named John Tyson, Jr. Darby has no chance whatsoever of winning that primary.
The house isn't dirty: this guy has no chance of being elected. Anyone that wants to can run as a Democrat in a primary as long as they register as one (or whatever it takes in a given state) and put in minimal effort to qualify. There is no "party veto" over who can run and who can't. It doesn't work like that (in most states, by law it CAN'T work like that).
Fine, then shout that from the rooftops. Say that he is a leftover embarrassment from the Bull Connor era and anyone would be better. But don't get pissed at Eugene for pointing out that he IS a democrat.
Yes, there are some Republicans that do this kind of crap, and I get ashamed of them every time, but I do my best to drum such primates out of the Republican Party. I don't blame democrats for pointing them out - I get mad I didn't find them and deal with them in the first place.
The state Democratic Party has denounced the guy. Other than denouncing the bigot and supporting the non-bigot, what more can the party do?
In all, I think the attention is good. Democratic voters in Alabama have to know how really, really bad it would be for the state and the party for this bigot to be nominated. Atheists need to know that they don't want this guy in any leadership position.