Jeffress's Mormon comments played into the worst stereotypes about Republicans

Jeffress couldn’t take any chances. So after Perry’s speech, Jeffress blew the dog whistle hard enough to give himself a hernia, telling reporters that Mormonism is a cult and that “every true, born-again follower of Christ ought to embrace a Christian over a non-Christian.”

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It’s difficult to parse what’s the most annoying thing about all this. Is it the bigotry, the intellectual incoherence or just the incredible lameness?

According to Jeffress, Mormonism’s cult status merely disqualifies Romney when the rest of the field is evangelical Christians. “The reason I would probably select Mitt Romney over Barack Obama is, I do think being an evangelical, or Christian, is important, but it’s not the only criteria by which we select a leader,” he told Fox News. “I personally would rather have a non-Christian like Mitt Romney who embraces [my] principles than Barack Obama.”

So why is he wasting everyone’s time?

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