We used to pray for them, but it's all over now

By Capt. Fogg

Well, the word is out on Main Street -- Tim Geithner can't be trusted as Treasury Secretary because he is Jewish and Jews have divided loyalty. I was interested to hear that, and not just because Geithner's family assures us he's an Episcopalian raised and married in that Church.

Is the phony honeymoon over? That the Republicans may be abandoning their pretense of being in love with Israel is a possibility. One perennial Troll here at The Reaction called me "an arrogant Kike" for having asserted that, no, Barney Frank bears no discernible responsibility for our global recession, but it's really too soon to tell if the frustrated masses yearning to breathe fire will switch scapegoats and replace witches, liberals, illegal aliens, and the ACLU as hate objects. Maybe they consider all those straw men to be Jewish anyway.

Of course, it's hard to think of any immigrant group that isn't or hasn't been accused of divided loyalty in this nation of immigrants. John Kennedy stared down that bit of bigoted Waspery with grace nearly 50 years ago, but ask a Muslim -- hell, ask someone who isn't a Muslim but has a suggestive name.

Of course, it doesn't often occur except to cynics, that preaching the impending destruction of mankind and the dissolution of secular nationhood might be taken as a dilemma in as much as commitment to preserving the USA and praying for lakes of fire and brimstone aren't compatible, at least to me. I can't think of loyalty more divided than that of the Religious Right, promoting the Christian Bible as the foundation of the United States, rather than its secular Constitution. I can't help but think of divided loyalty when presented with a candidate who looks longingly forward to the destruction of our country and the flight of the elect to the Holy Kingdom of God in Alaska (no witches may apply).

(Cross-posted from Human Voices.)