There's an ancient madness alive in the land, one that reflects miserably upon some Christians and some Jews, as well as the usual voices of the Left. It is being exploited by demagogues for political gain. Some conservatives, sincere or not, have jumped on the sleazewagon. I refer to slander against Mormons, of course. Forget Mitt. It has nothing to do with Romney. It has to do with ugliness, deliberately stirred up for political gain. Lawrence O'Donnell is throwing sleaze grenades on behalf of the Democratic National Committee (in effect, even if not consciously), not accusing Romney himself but his Church of racism, polygamy, being demented, and following a "lying, fraudulent, criminal named Joseph Smith."    Smith died in 1844.      Said Hugh Hewitt,  "George Romney marched in civil rights actions in 1962, '63, '64. His young son was with him on that, and that it's silly to attribute to Romney a racist bone in his body on...(Read Full Post)