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Usually, political debates are an opportunity for candidates to provide voters with enough information for them to make informed decisions before filling out their ballots. But Wednesday night鈥檚 Republican gubernatorial primary debate in Boise, Idaho, featuring the state鈥檚 top four conservative candidates, raised more questions than it answered.

Two of the four candidates 鈥� a foul-mouthed biker from Nampa named Harley Brown and a bearded anti-abortion activist named Walt Bayes 鈥� had previously run for office but garnered few votes. Their show-stealing debate performances, broadcast on Idaho鈥檚 public television network, revealed why.

Both men were on the program , who was accused by his Tea Party rival, State Sen. Russ Fulcher, of inviting the men to participate so that he could avoid Fulcher鈥檚 own questions.
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One of Bayes鈥� early statements was a rant about abortion, claiming it was against state law to even perform the procedure: "If I鈥檓 governor, I am going to enforce the law. And somebody says, 鈥榃hat about the Supreme Court?鈥� If the Supreme Court goes to hell, I'm not followin'. And I'm telling you folks, when you murder 56 million babies, you're asking for our country to be demolished."

He read from Scripture 鈥� Romans 1:24-32, to be exact 鈥� when he was asked about the recent court decision overturning Idaho鈥檚 ban on same-sex marriage, saying: 鈥淢y main loyalty is to God Almighty, and what he says is what I go by. And this is part of the Bible.鈥�

The reading concluded with the line: 鈥淲ho, knowing the judgment of God, that they would commit such things, are worthy of death.鈥�

Bayes also boasted of having been arrested for his home schooling advocacy when he was asked if he could govern. 鈥淭hey told me we couldn鈥檛 home-school. I prayed about it. I stood on my hind legs like a man. I told 鈥榚m what I thought of 鈥榚m, and the television would talk to me for thirty minutes or an hour: Well what would you do if they came out to take your kids? Well, you鈥檇 shoot 鈥榚m! What else would you do?鈥�

Bayes also had a scathing assessment of the two political parties: "I honestly think half of the Republican Party is Democrats and half of the Democratic is Communist."

Near the end of the debate, Bayes exclaimed: 鈥淥ur energy plants that are run by atomic 鈥� they can stand one-fifteenth of an earthquake like that one in Japan! And my Bible says they鈥檙e gonna get worse and worse!鈥�

While Brown and Bayes kept the audience鈥檚 attention with their outlandish pronouncements, the two more mainstream candidates 鈥� incumbent Gov. L. Butch Otter and State Sen. Russ Fulcher, a Tea Party favorite 鈥� held wonky discussions mostly between themselves about serious state policies and politics.

The two fringe candidates also tried their hand at policy, voicing sentiments similar to those heard on the right surrounding the standoff at Cliven Bundy鈥檚 Nevada ranch.

鈥淭he first thing I want to do is take Idaho ground back from the federal government,鈥� said Bayes. 鈥淭he Constitution 鈥� the Idaho Constitution 鈥� states plainly that the federal government only owns a few buildings. The land is ours. We鈥檝e got as much right to all the land in this state, including the wilderness, as New York has Manhattan. I鈥檝e got as much right to see Manhattan Island like they paid twenty-four dollars for as they have to come out here and look at our wilderness. We鈥檝e got a bunch of Eastern idiots running everything!鈥�

Brown chimed in: 鈥淚 agree with Mr. Bayes. The key is getting our land back from the feds. And here鈥檚 my plan of attack. 听鈥� OK, you go in there and you use spiritual warfare. Nobody 鈥� everybody talks about the natural. But I鈥檓 gonna talk about the other realm we need to extend. You bind those evil spirits that are behind the feds with the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, the power of entombment of the Holy Spirit, the power of agreement, the Word of God. Take air superiority, and then go in there with your tanks, on the ground, with [colleague Chris] Troupis鈥檚 lawsuits. Blitzkrieg.鈥�

The somewhat astonished moderator interjected that the question she had asked was about taxes. Brown was unruffled: 鈥淭axes are a drag,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 even like to think about it. Fighting the feds is more exciting for me.鈥�

Brown was also clearly unapologetic about the bigoted jokes and remarks he makes at his campaign website, . 鈥淵ou might find it offensive, but I hit everybody 鈥� Jews, Irish people, black jokes and religious jokes,鈥� Brown said when asked about the site. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 like political correctness! Can I say this? It sucks! 鈥� I鈥檓 about as politically correct as your proverbial turd in a punchbowl. And I鈥檓 proud of it. And I鈥檓 going for the vote of the real people.鈥�

Indeed, as , Brown made a crude racist joke about 鈥渨-------鈥� during the warmup for the debate and was warned that he would be cut off from questioning if he made such comments during the debate.

At the closing, Brown finished the tale of how God told him he would become president, including a mention of "trumped up restraining orders" that prevented him from seeing his kids. He also waved a signed statement from a "Masai prophet" that supposedly confirmed that God had told him this.

"You have your choice, folks,鈥� Brown concluded, waving at his fellow candidates. 鈥淎 cowboy, a curmudgeon, a biker, or a normal guy. Take your pick鈥� We're leaving it up to you."

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