Fox Attack!

So, John Kasich. Now that guy's in a class by himself. Check out a segment from his show, 'the Heartland', on, (you guessed it, Fox) called 'Jesus and Judas', in which Kasich and his guest, (the director of a Nat Geo docu which said that Jesus and Judas were friends) had a shouting match while a priest looked benignly on.



Here's my favourite part:

Kasich: Okay, doctor (who is he calling doctor?) you have the Da Vinci code, okay, which was inspired by the gnostics, okay, then you had a book that came out (...) called I think the Jesus papers, okay, and this books says that Jesus didn't die on the cross, i mean, that he got punctured and everything, but he didn't die. I mean, you know, insanity. It seems to me that there is a basic attack on some of the basic tenets of the Christian faith. Why is this happening?

Kasich then goes on to basically attack poor James Barratt, turning pinker and more slack-jawed with every word.

Barratt: There were more than thirty gospels and in the early days of Christianity they were basically competing for supremacy..
Kasich: You're dead wrong. If you believe that Jesus' best friend was Judas, it's not the case, Sir,
Barratt: But what are you basing it on?
Kasich: This stuff is nonsense. We're going to have to stop it there.

Now that's good TV.