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Leave it to wingnuttia to ratchet up the inflammatory rhetoric at a time when sentient, higher life forms would choose to let things cool down a bit:

A Colorado congressman told a radio show host that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons.

Rep. Tom Tancredo made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM in Orlando, Florida. His spokesman stressed he was only speaking hypothetically.

Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

"Well, what if you said something like -- if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.

"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded.

Later, when advised he had dug himself into an awfully deep hole, Tancredo was heard to say, "dig faster!"

On a more serious note--is there any doubt that nut jobs who lean towards bin Laden's way of thinking will use this as motivational material? Way to go, Congressman--but on the bright side, I'll bet you're in a strong position to make the list of Top 10 Conservative Idiots of the Week.