Religious Extremists

I posted this comment in response to Ross Douthat's column in the NY Times today:

I don't see how you can uncritically accept any of these crazy Republicans who want to be president. You ignore their beliefs and only talk of the horse race. Do you not believe in science? Is the Earth really only 6000 yrs old? Do you want fewer regulations on cantaloupe growers? Do you think any of the Repubs have any idea that compromise is part of governing? Do you want to abolish the Dept of Education? How can someone who doesn't believe in government run it? Don't dignify them by calling them populists, they are crazy religious extremists who reject the 21st century much less the 20th. How can you and any serious Republican not be ashamed of their hijacked party?