A Godzilla v. Mothra Moment

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When I was a little kid I used to like watching battles between boffo lizard monsters like Godzilla and Mothra. I was into Rollerball too. Now that I’m older I have more refined tastes. But it’s the same basic pattern — two cartoonish clowns doing battle and the only problem is you don’t know who to root for because they’re both so ridiculous. Here’s Foxbot Gretchen Carlson going head to head with some guy the Fox bookers found named Anjem Choudary, some goof from the UK who wants to hold a protest in front of the White House to call for the establishment of Sharia Law in the United States. Watch.

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