Margaret Carlson, Fool

She's at it again:

To Margaret Carlson, such idealism is an outrage -- literally. She termed it her "Outrage of the Week" on CNN's Capital Gang on February 19. With her usual mix of ignorance and snobbery (she couldn't resist mentioning that the Huckabees lived in a double-wide while the governor's mansion was renovated), Carlson argued in her syndicated column that Huckabee's a political huckster crassly manipulating moral issues in preparation for a potential White House bid. While Huckabee "flaunted his moral values... [in a] made-for-TV wedding" like Prince Charles's first wedding, "Charles and Camilla are likely to do a lot more than Mike and Janet for the institution of marriage, for the simple reason that their wedding is for them, not us."

To Margaret Carlson, any politician who voices the idea that the state ought to discourage divorce is an opportunist cashing in on the culture war. But Huckabee was just laudably drawing attention to a crisis that demands more coverage and discussion.

The real outrage is that Time magazine can't find a female pundit with more brains than your average turnip.