I came across a funny response to Michelle Goldberg's book about the "Christian Right," Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.  I'm not providing the Amazon link, but here's a sample of her paranoia, if you must partake. 

Holyoffice writes:

"There is an unintentionally hilarious excerpt in Salon today from Michelle Goldberg's new book...

"In it, Goldberg casts doubt on her ability to serve as a reliable guide by repeatedly confusing premillenialism with rapture theology, by confusing the Weimar-era 'conservative revolution' in Germany with Nazism, and by apparently believing that Leviticus was a person."

(H/T:  Jonah Goldberg (no relation) at The Corner)

I heard Ms. Goldberg interviewed on Fresh Air a few weeks ago, and immediately discerned she had no credibility when she described Herb Titus as a theonomist.  I took a basic law class with Titus once, and happen to know he's a constitutionalist.  The book is essentially a scare tactic to whip up more anti-Evangelical sentiment among the faithful in anticipation of the 2008 election. 

(I know my little orange kinderbots are enough to scare anyone!  Boo!) 

It's hard to imagine someone writing a book from complete ignorance, but that seems to be what Ms. Goldberg has done.  In her interview with Terry Gross, Goldberg confessed that "blue" America knows very little about Christian conservatism, though it is more mainstream than they realize...more mainstream than they, really.  Transcription:

"Terry:  You’ve described the Christian Right as an almost parallel world with, in many cases with its own schools and its own music, and its own sense of American history.  Do you think…If you see the Christian Right as a parallel world, do you see it as a parallel world that people aren’t aware exists?

"Michelle:  Well, I think people on the coasts aren’t aware that it exists.  You know, I often feel like people in NY where I live or San Francisco  or any of the big cities feel like it’s just this tiny fringe subculture, when in many cases, it’s more mainstream than we are, really. [Really?  She then goes on for a couple sentences about the popularity of the Left Behind series.  Somebody's buying those books, you know.]  I don’t know anyone, except for people who grew up in that subculture and then left, who’s ever been in a megachurch, you know, and yet these are an increasingly important part of the American landscape…."

Okay, so wouldn't that make hers the parallel world?

It's pretty obvious Goldberg doesn't actually know any conservative Christians and has no understanding of Christian history or theology.  Her method of research apparently involves attending various conferences featuring speeches by well-known conservative political and religious figures, mingling with the crowd, and asking questions of whoever she can buttonhole. 

You know, I hate to say it, but I think the description I read of left/right interactions back during the last election is pretty accurate:  "Conservatives think liberals are stupid.  Liberals think conservatives are evil."  Most published liberals and conservatives do seem to feel that way about each other.  I'd say implicitly comparing Christian conservatives to Nazis unquestionably falls into the demonization category.