AK-Sen: What Are They Putting In The Water?

This story is just...no. Just no.

Kathleen Tonn, a Some Dudette running for the Republican nomination for US Senate from Alaska, is the longest of long shots. The fourth of four running in that spot.

Well, she's got some attention now:

She posted a video of herself speaking (or singing) in tongues to some woman named Suzie in a steam room.

The performance is because of hapless, unsaved Susie.

Suzie, clad only in a towel, remains in the background of a cloud of steam while the fully clothed candidate, Kathleen Tonn, sings into her cell phone. The purpose of the exercise in tongues is apparently to convert Suzie, who “doesn’t know Jesus Christ”. Speaking in tongues, according to Tonn, is “very valuable because the message can’t be heard by Satan”. That might be disconcerting news for those of us who, like me, also can’t hear ‘the message’.

Now, the rest of the article goes into some serious snark about why Ms. Tonn thinks this is the best way to go--videos like this being posted on facebook, instead of having, say, a campaign website, but I won't violate fair use. And the article is funny.

However, if your curiosity is piqued, here is the video: