THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. Thanks to the folks at AmericaBlog, we have this little preview of a fun family event. Now, aside from the fact that there is no attempt by the good Christian folks at the Family Research Council to distance themselves from the odious Coulter -- who is a walking, living, breathing example of what the nuns used to call a "sin against charity" -- there are so many other wonders to behold. For example, I count at least five people -- George Allen, Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, and my own governor, Mitt Romney -- who are rumored to be running for president and who come to wallow with a woman who recommends the assassination of Supreme Court justices. (Hey, Mitt. Bring Annie up here to campaign for your chosen successor, Lt. Governor Kerry Murphy O'Donoghue O'Callaghan Kathleen ni Houlihan Healey.) Not that we here at Tapped engage in guilt by association, but, wow. I hope they're selling Hazmat suits at the hotel gift shop. Also, just for fun, let's see how many of the Seven Deadly Sins we can total up just in the list of speakers. Personally, I think Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett both might come damn close to hitting for the cycle, with sloth being the only one in real doubt. It should also be noted that the attorney general is scheduled to come and schmooze this festival of ideological offal. That's the part that's not funny.
--Charles P. Pierce