Wow! This Guy Has Committed Major Dumbassery

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Imagine you are a famous writer for a big conservative news web site. You'd have to be pretty smart, pretty successful, and pretty correct in the things you say, right? You wouldn't write an entire article that is so boneheadedly wrong that even an eighth-grade Social Studies student could point out your idiocy, right?

Let me present to you Dennis Prager, currently topping the Stupidest Person On The Internet charts with his new hit, "America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on"

Let me give you just a few short sentences, and see if you, Joe (or Joelle) Blogreader have more American civic knowledge than a high 'n mighty famous Conservative Columnist. (Not that the title of the article shouldn't give you your answer forthwith.)

"Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith Ellison's favorite book is. Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress."

Class? Anyone? Can anybody explain why Mr. Prager gets an F in civics?

Why of course! Members of Congress aren't required to do a damn thing when they take an oath. Bible? No. Raise your right hand? No. Not at all. No such requirement. What's really fun is that this is the more complicated answer. Did anybody think of the easier answer? Class? Anyone?

Why of course! Everybody knows this: It is written right there in the American constitution that there will never be a religious test for a candidate for public office. Would you define requiring somebody to take an oath on the Bible a religious test? Duh.

Man. I want to get a cushy writing job like Prager's. I'm at least half as stupid as he is (today), so I figure I have a shot.

(By the way, I would just like to add that this reveals the true shallowness of conservative Christian thought and behavior recently. All those cries they were making, calling for the election of politicians of faith... Politicians of moral values... Politicians willing to bring God into the debate... Would Conservative Christians welcome a Muslim politician who has the same opinion on abortion, marriage protetion, and family values as they do? Exactly: Only Christians need apply.)