MORE PEACE-TALK FROM THE GLOBAL LEFT:

On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod’s law dictates he’ll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr – where are you now that we need you?

You know, if a Republican said something like that, it would be hate speech. And, really, if you need a reason to vote for Bush, that it will make people like this miserable for four years surely ought to be enough. (More thoughts at The Daily Ablution).

UPDATE: A reader emails: “The Guardian wants Dick Cheney to be president?” Heh. And who’s the big winner out of all this? Paul Krugman, who looks reasonable, if only by comparison!

ANOTHER UPDATE: People are emailing me to say that the Guardian has pulled the article, but actually the entire Guardian site appears to be down at the moment. I suspect that’s unrelated to the column, unless Drudge has slashdotted their servers, which seems highly unlikely. To be fair, I should note that the guy who wrote this piece (here’s his bio) is just a weekly columnist, and not a Guardian staffer — though this certainly had to get by an editor to see print. Though Tim Blair wonders. . . .