I'm not a conspiratorialist, but honestly - look at the facts here and ask yourselves:
How on earth can Reverend Terry Jones (Church of the Sacred Lighter Fluid) have put himself in the position he has?
This is a big, loony-toony fish in a teeny-weeny living space, and yet he seems to be getting smarter and more tactical as this news story has cycled on.
I just don't think he's that smart alone. Think about it. He had his intention clearly posted on Facebook months ago. And did nothing else. But as events have progressed, he has tactically shifted gears to connect this to the Muslim community center in Manhattan (which he did not originally do), he has clearly attempted to entrap an Imam into the idea that he made a deal to move the property, and now he's making demands?
And he's been ratcheting up his tactical behavior step by step along with members of our administration (including President Obama) calling on him to not burn the Koran?
Folks, I smell a Republican rat behind this lunacy. The GOP has been tacitly nodding and winking at bigotry all year as a wedge issue. This may just be them ratcheting up the noise level.
What do you all think? Crazy pyromaniac or political genius?