That tears it. Jeb is dumb as a post.

That tears it. Jeb is dumb as a post.

by digby

Jeb Bush on Tuesday dug in further on his position that the United States should prioritize bringing in Christians from among the refugees of the Syrian civil war — and he insisted that people can even prove that they’re Christians.

“Well you’re a Christian,” Bush started off saying to reporters. “You can prove you’re a Christian. It’s—”

“How?” a reporter asked.

Bush gave a shrug: “I think you can prove it — if you can’t prove it then, you know, you err on the side of caution.”

Fergawdsakes. Are these people even remotely aware of history? Do they think these Islamic fundamentalists aren’t?

In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established with the papal approval of Pope Sixtus IV. The reform and extension of the ancient tribunal which had existed from the thirteenth century was mainly to discover and eliminate Jews and Muslims secretly taking up their beliefs in private.

They had an interesting way of “proving it” — what we might call “taking the gloves off” or a “no brainer.”

Obviously, Jeb has no intention of doing such a thing but his brother certainly had no problem using some of those tried and true Inquisition techniques against suspected terrorists. It’s just a very bad idea to talk about making people prove they are true Christians when you are fighting a group of medieval fundamentalists. It’s just ignorant and dumb.

*In fairness, he doesn’t seem to know what the hell he really believes about all this other than he wants the president “to lead.” All I can say is I’m glad Jeb’s not in office. I thought W was in over his head but he’s Winston Churchill compared to his little brother.