Mark your calendars for the September 17 Value Voters debate

A cornucopia of well-known wingers and bible beaters will be gathered in Fort Lauderdale (whose mayor is the homo-obsessed $250K robopotty mayor Jim Naugle) to hold a "Values Voter Presidential Debate," moderated by WingNutDaily's Joseph Farah.

The is the forum that the Base has been looking forward to because it will be the one debate where candidates will surely get pinned down by the luminaries of the fringe-right movement on the party's hypocrisy and waffling on social issues.

Regarding the selection of WND's Farah, debate organizer Janet Folger said, "As long as I can remember I've been hearing complaints about the liberal media. I've heard about their power and undue influence. For too long the pundits have made their proclamations and people have fallen into lock step. But, not anymore."

Looking forward to the event, Farah said, "So often in presidential debates, questions are asked and answers don't address the questions. When that happens, I'm going to try to persuade the candidates to focus more precisely on what was asked."

Look at who will be coming up with the questions for the GOP candidates, it's going to be so much fun:

* Paul Weyrich, founder and president of the Free Congress Foundation
* Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of Eagle Forum
* Don Wildmon of the American Family Association
* Judge Roy Moore, columnist at WND and head of the Foundation for Moral Law
* Rick Scarborough of Vision America
* Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel.

Oh my, get the popcorn ready. So far, only the second/third tier candidates have accepted the invitation; Ron Paul, John Cox, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, and Sam Brownback. They are still "working on" getting Rudy, Mitt, McCain and fantasy candidate Fred Thompson to appear. Let's see, which is worse for these guys -- appearing and choking on their hypocrisy, or not showing up, thumbing their noses at the Base?

You can send questions in here. The debate will be broadcast live on Sky Angel (with streaming at ValuesVoterDebate.com). It will be rebroadcast on the Inspiration (INSP) Network and other outlets.

The organizers also planned a Dem debate, but that all contacted declined. I would have loved seeing Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich up there cutting those pious fundies down to size.