Principles Exalt A Nation

Self-styled Rebel Reporter Jeremy Scahill plays another exciting game of "Connect the Right-Wing Dots." Today's head dot? Hoosier hosebag & Representative Mike Pence, who "led the witch-hunt to force the resignation of White House Green Jobs advisor, Van Jones, over comments Jones made years ago ..."

On Friday, Pence, who describes himself as “Christian, Conservative, Republican, in that order,” said Jones’s “extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this administration or the public debate.” Beyond the obvious here (the hate-filled rhetoric we see every day from racist, right-wing wackos, including those in public office), it is an interesting comment considering that Pence is an extremist right-wing evangelical Christian who has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Blackwater’s owner, Erik Prince. Prince has also donated to Pence’s Political Action Committee “Principles Exalt a Nation.” [...] Should Pence resign for cavorting with and accepting campaign cash from a man who allegedly “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,” in the words of a former employee? Oh, right. Those are apparently positive attributes in Pence’s view.

Well, duh, Scahill.