No, you know they won't -- because he is one of their own.

Proving, once again, the utter bankruptcy of the American Left in terms of principle. After all, this candidate's religious appeals are as blatant, if not more so, than those of many conservative politicians.

A wealthy evangelical Christian, John Arthur Eaves Jr., is running a campaign for governor that is rife with what Jesus might do.

He talks about banishing "the money changers" from state politics and about a health-care proposal focusing on the "least among us" -- just as Jesus would -- and the cornerstone of his stump speech is familiar to anyone who knows the bit in Matthew 6:24 about "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon."

"The most important question in this campaign," he said at a typical campaign stop here last week, "is 'Who do you serve?' "

He is running against Republican incumbent Haley Barbour, he answers, because he wants "to serve my creator."

The 41-year-old plaintiff attorney is waging what might be the most overtly Christian-inspired statewide race in a long time. But what is most startling to Bible Belt voters here, where faith-based appeals most often come from the religious right, is that Eaves is a Democrat.

So I'm waiting.

Where are the denunciations of this guy by the nutroots at Daily Kos, HuffPo, and Democratic Underground? When will the anti-religious venom be spat at Eaves by the folks from FireDogLake and other liberal bloggers? Where are the ACLU, ADL, and other church-state separationists screeching about intolerance and theocracy? Will the usual suspects Or will they endorse him because of the party label he wears?

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