Better news on another front, however: DeMint has finally endorsed a Republican woman for the Senate. Trouble is, she's a loon (but not a "career politician" loon, having only served six years in the Nevada legislature and then running for the US Senate, and DeMint apparently didn't think enough of her to give her any of his PAC money when everyone thought the Chicken Lady would win):
Sharron Angle, the GOP Senate nominee in Nevada, fought furiously in the Nevada state assembly to prevent fluoridation of water,
And there's more:
But the nomination of Republican Sharron Angle for Senate in Nevada stands on its own. This is a prime pick-up opportunity for the GOP. The incumbent, Harry Reid, is wildly unpopular in the state, and his defeat would be a prized pelt for the Republicans. Almost any warm body could beat him in a walk. But Angle appears to be a genuine lunatic:
* Inflammatory rhetoric: In an interview last month with the Reno Gazette-Journal, Angle had this to say about gun laws: "What is a little bit disconcerting and concerning is the inability for sporting goods stores to keep ammunition in stock," she told the newspaper. "That tells me the nation is arming. What are they arming for if it isn't that they are so distrustful of their government? They're afraid they'll have to fight for their liberty in more Second Amendment kinds of ways. That's why I look at this as almost an imperative. If we don't win at the ballot box, what will be the next step?"
* Abolishing wide swaths of the federal government: Angle believes the U.S. Education Department should be abolished, as she explains on her campaign Web site: "Sharron Angle believes that the Federal Department of Education should be eliminated. The Department of Education is unconstitutional and should not be involved in education, at any level." Angle went further in an interview with a Nevada online publication, writing that she favored the termination of the Energy Department, the EPA and much of the IRS tax code; complete elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
How crazy is Angle? Glenn Beck -- Glenn Beck! -- warned against her. She is at least somewhat tied to the militia movement. Moreover, she has undergone little scrutiny, and it's a good bet that more will produce of further radical views. Her nomination is just a staggering failure of the party establishment.And there's more:
Also in 2003, Angle arranged a trip to an Ensenada, Baja California prison to view a drug treatment program implemented there and in New Mexico called "Second Chance" which licensed its materials from Criminon, a program for rehabilitating prisoners using methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard."[9][10] Angle sponsored legislation aimed at placing this program in women's prisons in Nevada.[10]
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