“Mammon Over God”

To nation’s relief, Religious Right racketeers lose influence

And so it has come to pass, finally. The fall of the right wing’s great Hypocritical Hate Machine, and at the hands of Rudy! himself, no less.

Backing a loser, they know, would even further diminish their waning Washington status in a post-Rove, post-Bush G.O.P. The more they shed their illusion of power, the more they imperil their ability to rake in big bucks from their apocalyptic direct-mail campaigns. They must choose mammon over God if they are to maintain the many values rackets that make up their various business empires.
Frank Rich has the details.