Billmon: Krazy Kristian Kook (James Dobson)

Or a Klever Kreepy Knave with a shrewd political plan?

According to Josh Marshall, the Rev. James Dobson, DD (Doctor of Divinity, or Daffy Duck, or both) claims to smell the odor of a burning cross drifting from our nation's highest court:

Genuine, certified nutcase. James Dobson compares the "men in white robes, the Ku Klux Klan" to the "black-robed men" on the Supreme Court.

Josh says you can listen in on Dobson's rant by going here and advancing to time stamp 22:52.

I haven't listened to the audio myself (bad for my blood pressure) but if Dobson really said what Josh says -- and I'm sure he did -- then either Focus on the Family needs to change its name to Focus on the Fruitcakes, or the Christian right is getting ready to fight the Mother of All Armageddons to help the Rovians push their court-packing, filibuster-busting judicial juggernaut through the Senate.

I suspect it's the latter. Yes, Dobson's crazy, and yes, he does think God has a direct line to the religious radio receiver embedded in his pineal gland. But I think he's more cunning crazy than crazed crazy. If Dobson has taken to comparing the likes of Clarence Thomas and Anton Scalia to the Grand Dragons and Exalted Cyclopses of the Knights Invisible, there's probably a fairly shrewd tactical reason behind it.