Today's Daily Schadenfreude: Rudy Giuliani

I hate to say I told you so, but ...

Okay, I also hate to link to the batshit crazy WorldNetDaily, but I've been saying all along that the fundies would never stand for Rudy Giuliani as the GOP presidential nominee. And it looks like I'm right, at least in part (that part being the wild-eyed batshit crazy fundies, as opposed to the merely batshit crazy fundies):

Some of the top leaders in Christian pro-family activism – including James Dobson of Focus on the Family – met in Salt Lake City yesterday to plot a strategy should Rudy Giuliani or another supporter of legalized abortion be nominated by the Republican Party as its presidential candidate.

Not only was there a consensus among activists to withhold support for the Republican nominee, there was even discussion about supporting the entry of a new candidate to challenge the frontrunners.

It's no secret that Dobson, founder of one of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has no use for Giuliani.

In June, he said: "I cannot, and will not, vote for Rudy Giuliani in 2008. It is an irrevocable decision. If given a Hobson's – Dobson's? – choice between him and Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, I will either cast my ballot for an also-ran – or if worse comes to worst – not vote in a presidential election for the first time in my adult life. My conscience and my moral convictions will allow me to do nothing else."

This is really not good news for Rudy. On the one hand, he obviously wants to win the GOP nomination. On the other hand, he knows full well that he can't win the White House without the batshit crazy fundie vote, and if the King of the Batshit Crazy Fundies says he won't support Rudy, none of them will.

And so Rudy once again takes home the coveted DS award ... and a well-deserved one, as all the money and work and plaintive bleats of "9/11! 9/11!" ultimately will lead to nothing ... other than this: congratulations, Rudy! Today's Blast Off! Daily Schadenfreude is for you!