BOB BARR JOINS ACLU?

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 — The American Civil Liberties Union has agreed in principle to hire Representative Bob Barr, a Georgia Republican and one of the most conservative members of Congress, as a consultant to work on privacy, surveillance and national security issues.(full story)

That's nuts! Next thing you're gonna tell me that Andrew Sullivan is writing for Salon! . . . oh.

This means a couple of things:
1) Conservatives will have to stop badmouthing the A.C.L.U. for a while. They probably won't stop, but at least we have an ironic comeback for them.
2) Does this mean that according to Jerry Falwell, Bob Barr caused 9/11? Actually, given Barr's personal history, he now fits two of Falwell's stated devils-incarnate (ACLU and abortionists)