Demagogue

Roy Moore is like that gruesome accident you just can't keep yourself from looking at. It's always the same, but you just can't help yourself.

This time, Moore expanded on Bush's inauguration theme, telling a Religious Right gathering in DC that tyranny starts at home.

"The real issue in this country is not terrorism, it's tyranny," Moore said. "Tyranny is putting ourselves above God, and our federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have done exactly that."

Actual definition of tyranny:

tyr·an·ny n. pl. tyr·an·nies
1. A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power.
2. The office, authority, or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
3. Absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly: “I have sworn... eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man” (Thomas Jefferson).
4. a. Use of absolute power.
b. A tyrannical act.
5. Extreme harshness or severity; rigor.

Synonym: absolutism. Can you imagine what this man will do to Alabama's schools if the speculation that he's going to run for governor is true? I certainly hope he doesn't make them read his poetry.