Like I said, I agree with some of their economic issues but the complete lack of intelligence within the party from its major candidates and the extreme religious fervor found in some of them is really, really fucking scary.

I'm more afraid of Mormon Republicans.  In Utah the've gerrymandered the state so that conservative Mormons can have control of every faction of government.  For instance, In downtown Salt Lake City, myself and two of my neighbors have different representatives from each other, but I vote with child molesting Mormons in St. George, which is in the opposite part of the state.

At least the Tea Party supports democracy.  Though I may not agree with them, a majority of Americans do favor overturning the first amendment religion clause.

Which was followed by what can only be considered a baffling statement by O'Donnell that questioned the freedom of religion by apparently not knowing it was in the First Amendment. On the idiot scale, Coons can't compete with O'Donnell unless he shows up to the next debate wearing nothing but Spider-Man underoos and a colander on his head. The list of idiotic quotes from O'Donnell is longer than my arm.

Actually, O'Donnell's gaffe was first and she pressed the issue, catching Coons with his pants and Spider-Man underoos down, which makes me think it's possible she knew what is in the First Amendment and was trying to be coy.

Either way, when the conventional wisdom is that O'Donnell is unelectable, people should probably scrutinize the dude who's actually going to be the next Senator from Delaware. Won't happen, though, because there are too many influential people who are positively sick with hate for O'Donnell, while Coons is as interesting as cardboard. It's akin to Obama not being vetted because Saturday Night Live said that Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her house. O'Donnell may be a dimbulb, but she definitely cheeses off all the right people.

It's pretty bad when her own party chairman thinks she's not fit to be elected dog catcher. When a candidate's own party comes out and blatantly bashes them like that, there is something HORRIBLY WRONG. Even parts of her own party don't want her elected. That's insane.

I suspect it has nothing to do with her being stupid and/or crazy and/or whatever, if that's what you're implying. It probably doesn't even have as much to do with the fact that Castle would have been a shoo-in had he won the nomination as it does with the fact that Castle was the establishment GOP guy and the establishment GOP is pretty butthurt right about now.

I pray Australia never becomes what the USA has become.

If that was the sole reasoning, The GOP would be giving her a little love right by now because they'd rather have a GOP candidate in there over a Democrat. They're not. They want nothing to do with O'Donnell and from what I've seen, it's one of the more cogent decisions the GOP has made in recent years.

You mean it's not already? I've met some pretty damned intolerant people from Australia, especially if they're from rural areas. They stack up unfavorably even to the most redneck of Americans.