gary-you-tool1.thumbnail.JPGFrom Politico via Yahoo, we find that Gary Bauer is still out there acting as if anyone gives a rat’s buttock what he thinks. Today’s Gospel According to Gary: It’s not seizing, jailing, and torturing innocent Muslims in the Levant that turns them into Western-hatin’ terrorists, but letting them pray to Mecca.

Just in case you think I’m kidding, here’s his closing spiel: "Whatever Obama decides to do, it is likely that some detainees will be released and, after years of radicalization at Gitmo, some may take up arms or suicide belts and join the jihad. If they do, it will be the accommodation, not suppression, of religious freedom at Guantanamo that’s to blame."

But interestingly enough, Yahoo’s readers don’t seem to be buying this. The article was posted to Yahoo at 4:45 am Eastern Time. As of 12:10 pm Eastern [still true as of 3pm EDT --ed.], over seven hours later, not a single person had recommended the danged thing. (I took a screenshot for evidence thereof, which you may now see in the corner of this post.) This is a strong indication to Mr. Bauer, and to the people that publish his rantings, that his time has passed and that he really needs to just go away quietly now.