If David Duke had had Photoshop. . . .

Some Democrats -- particularly in the Louisiana blogosphere -- think Bobby Jindal would make a spectacularly bad governor. That would seem to indicate they have some serious policy differences with the Republican congressman and gubernatorial front-runner.

SO WHAT BETTER WAY to illustrate substantive policy differences than to take a picture of the Vatican's chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, off the Web, then slide on over to CNN.com for a head shot of Jindal, and then fire up the Photoshop to create instant Internet intolerance?

It all hearkens back to this article in which Jindal describes an exorcism, one which Democrats have been trying to use against him since 2003. Because Jindal expresses his belief -- with his Church -- in the reality of demons, Satan and the possibility of demonic possession, left-wing bloggers in the state have deemed such acceptance of fundamental Catholic doctrine as proof that the congressman is a nut and, thus, unfit for office.

THE LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY would appear to agree, being that it plans to run attack ads centering on Jindal's writings in Catholic publications.

In other words, the political arena is off limits to Catholics who actually believe in all that Papist s***.

So much for the First Amendment. And "diversity." And "tolerance."

The blogosphere purveyor of this latest bit of anti-Catholic mockery, Ashley Morris, seems to think that because Jindal isn't his kind of candidate, mocking the man's religious faith is fair game.

Replying to an upset reader, Morris asks:

". . . have you read the piece that Mr Jindal wrote? I am, privately, probably as religious as Mr Jindal. I do not, however, wear it on my sleeve. That piece was somewhat bizarre, you must admit.

I welcome differing points of view, when presented with good backing evidence.

I just think that Mr Jindal is very bad for Louisiana, and he would be an abysmal governor.

YEAH, HE WELCOMES those "differing points of view" -- like Jindal's, for example -- by posting mocking photo mash-ups designed to denigrate that which is precious to the "welcomed."

But why stop there? Why not just start referring to the congressman, who is of Indian descent, as Sabu the Elephant Boy? An ethnic slur is just as good as a religious one, right?

I guess that's why the Democrats most likely to be shocked, shocked by Jindal's beliefs like to refer to themselves as "progressive," eh?

"Progressive" like David Duke is progressive, if you ask me.

And if Morris, the oh-so-witty blogger, is truly "probably as religious as Mr. Jindal," he must be moonlighting as a tract writer for Jack Chick. Which not many people know, because he doesn't wear it on his sleeve.