Tom Turnipseed, my good friend and future United States Senator from South Carolina, sent me an e-mail this morning about Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been twisting a lot of far-right evangelical arms in South Carolina for his "Surge" buddy, John McCain. The response among evangelicals has been, shall we say, less than enthusiastic. So McCain has broken out the old "consultant" (wink, wink) checkbook and is flat-out trying to buy the wingnut vote.

This is how the sham shakes out: Read more…