Get thee behind me, Satan!

Salt Lake City businessman John Jacob blames Satan for his lackluster primary challenge to an incumbent U.S. Congressman. But that won't hurt his image with the voters - Jacob is running as Republican.
"You know, you plan, you organize, you put your budget together and when you have 10 things fall through, not just one, there's some other, something else that is happening," Jacob said.

Asked if he actually believed that "something else" was indeed Satan, Jacob said: "I don't know who else it would be if it wasn't him. Now when that gets out in the paper, I'm going to be one of the screw-loose people."

Jacob initially said the devil was working against him during a Wednesday immigration event, then reiterated his belief Thursday in a meeting with The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.

"There's a lot of adversity. There's no question I've had experiences that I think there's an outside force," he said.
Now some of your more elitist, reality-based voters might say Jacob has a whole bucket of loose screws, but those aren't the kind of people who vote in Republican primaries.
University of Utah political scientist Matthew Burbank said Jacob's sentiment is unusual for a political candidate and might show his inexperience, but is unlikely to be a major issue for the conservative voters he is targeting.

"Given that, I don't think it's very likely to make a big splash among Republican primary voters, but certainly if he gets through to the general election it might come up again and he'd have to explain it more," Burbank said.
h/t Sullivan
25.6.06 22:13
 


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