https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2011/08/15/more-drooling-idiocy-on-rick-perrys-faith/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 16:35:54 -0400<![CDATA[A fairly good indicator that Rick Perry will make a strong general election candidate is the desperation you can smell in the left&#8217;s opening salvo of attacks against him. The early leader for the genre&#8217;s exemplar is this piece from the formerly proud The Atlantic (which has sadly been reduced to a gay gossip site and anti-Semitic conspiracy newsletter). The author, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, first attempts lamely to argue that Rick Perry&#8217;s private prayer session from last Sunday was unconstitutional because it was Christian, a contention so stupid that even Doug Mataconis would not make it.  However, Townsend&#8217;s heart is not really in that contention, so Townsend moves on quickly to her second (and contradictory) point: that Rick Perry is not really a Christian at all.]]>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:31:35 -0400<![CDATA[Leon H. Wolf]]>https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2011/08/15/more-drooling-idiocy-on-rick-perrys-faith-n40056