Judas' Day

Today is the feast day of, among others, the Apostles Simon the Zealot and Judas (not the betrayer, the other one). They are said to have been martyred while evangelizing in Persia. Jude is known as the patron saint of “desperate causes” or “the saint of last resort”. This is perhaps because of the similarity of his name to the other Apostle Judas.

I guess Harriet Miers should have tapped into the powers of St Judas. GW Bush is probably thinking about the other Judas when he contemplates his treatment by the religious right. What should a spiteful, mean spirited little spider of a man do now? He should get even with the religious righties by nominating the wingnuttiest wingnut that he could find. When the nomination goes down in flames because the nominee scares the crap out of most sane people, he can then nominate one of his buddies.

My recommendation, in case I miss GW's call, is:

• Pat Robertson: He has a law degree and can redirect hurricanes. He has said a lot of nutty things (eg 9/11 was God's doing) and will never be confirmed. He looks pretty judicial to me in this photo.