Is this the turning point for GOP and T-Party?

Hot on the heels of the announcement of a group of moderate Republicans coming out in support of gay marriage and making "the conservative case" for it, now comes the GOP reaction to the upset defeat of a Tea Party/Sarah Palin backed candidate who defeated Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska.

Afraid of another devastating nomination of an extreme Tea Party candidate in Delaware, Republicans have swung into full support of Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) and against his challenger in the Sept. 14th GOP primary for the senate race, Christine O'Donnell.

O'Donnell would be a disaster if nominated -- for the GOP; but it might be good for the Democratic candidate. "She's not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware," state party chairman Tom Ross said in a telephone interview with Huffington Post. "She could not be elected dog catcher. . . . Unfortunately, the truth always seems to be an issue. Her version of reality doesn't jibe with any of the facts." She has claimed that she won counties in her 2008 run against Joe Biden that she did not, in fact, win. They she modified it to say she "almost tied," which is a little different than "winning."

Mind you -- this is the head of the state Republican party official speaking about a fellow Republican. That's how alarmed they are.

In an interview on an MTV series highlighting the virtues of sexual abstinence, O'Donnell went even further, saying abstinence isn't enough. She spoke against masturbation, arguing that it is not a "moral substitute" for sex. She quoted the Bible about "lust in your heart" being the same as committing adultery. And, since you can't masturbate without lust, you shouldn't masturbate either, she says.

O'Donnell heads a youth-based group to establish conservative Christian values in college-aged kids called "Saviors Alliance for Lifting the Truth" (SALT). Even Bush's faith-based sex education is too much for her. She warns that "age-appropriate sex education" could lead to teaching kindergartners that "strangers with candy are not so creepy."

Wow. Just what we need in the senate. Another whack job. I'd say let's send money to support Christine O'Donnell in the GOP primary, hoping she'll be nominated and making it an easy Democratic win in the general election.

Ralph