Joe Miller decides to risk an interview with the mainstream media. Things do not go well.

While basking in the conservative utopia of CPAC the vaguely bearded one decided to take the risk of granting an interview to Salon.

Here are a few of his batshit crazy answers.

Reporter: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act that passed the Senate – would you have voted for it? 

Miller: No. I would not have. No, I think that private employers should be able to make decisions as to what they do in their private businesses, and I think the people then are entitled to make decisions as to whether or not they use their services.

And we all know how well that philosophy worked out during the Civil Right era, don't we?

Reporter: Should a hotel be able to turn away a couple because they’re gay? 

Miller: I believe that if you’re a private employer, you have the right to do what you want with respect to your business, and that the people of the country then have the right to do as they will, with respect to whether or not they boycott or take other action to financially penalize. I don’t think the government has a role in that.

Hating on the gays? Check.

However the reporter dug a little deeper.  

Reporter: So at the federal level, then, should it be legal for that hotel to turn someone away because they’re African-American? 

Miller: Again, that’s all I’m going to say about it. The state has the right to act. The federal government should be more of a libertarian stance. And that’s all I’m going to talk about on that issue. I’m a state’s right advocate in those areas. 

Reporter: So should a restaurant then be able to turn someone away because they’re African-American? 

Miller: Again, I’ve said my piece on that.

Reporter:  And so would you repeal the Civil Rights Act? 

Miller: Again, I’ve said my piece on the issue. 

Reporter: And – 

Miller: And of course not. I would not. I’ve said my piece on the issue of ENDA. That was your specific question, that’s my response to it. If the states want to act in that area, they certainly have the ability to do it. 

Reporter: Specifically the public accommodation portion of the Civil Rights Act — should that be repealed?

Miller:  I’ve already made it clear what my position is.

So that would be a yes?

Boy somebody is getting a little prickly aren't they? After all, this NEVER happens over at Fox News.

Miller then attempts to obfuscate his statement that “The President of the U.S. and his allies are engaged in a form of systematic spiritual and religious apartheid.”

Miller does a lot of talking with not much substance, and ends up making the claim that the Affordable Care Act infringes on the religious rights of the American people hoping that will put the issue to rest. 

It doesn't.

Reporter: And if someone has a religious objection to serving an African-American at their business, then – 

Miller: I’m — again, I’m not going there. I already talked to you about the Civil Rights Act. 

Reporter: Are religious objections to interactions with African-Americans equivalent to religious objections to interactions with gay people? 

Miller: They’re – look – I’m not even going there. I mean, we’ve already talked. We’ve talked about ENDA that was the discussion that you had. The Civil Rights Act is not up to debate. It’s not something that anybody, with any reasonable approach, would ever even consider repealing. So that’s not even – it’s not even a dialogue. I mean, what you’re doing is playing “gotcha” journalism. I’m not gonna play that game with you. 

Reporter: And if someone has a religious objection to paying taxes for foreign wars, that they don’t support, then – 

Miller: Obviously the courts – no, obviously the courts have established a balancing act. And I assume that you’re knowledgeable enough in the legal area to understand that. I mean, just because somebody claims free exercise doesn’t mean that any moron that claims some sort of free exercise right can do whatever they want. You know that, I know that. And this interview is done. 

Reporter: Well, I appreciate you taking the time… 

Miller: You know, I’m willing to engage in a dialogue, but we aren’t going to go into the moronic on this, OK? 

Reporter: What was moronic? 

Miller: What is absolutely moronic is you suggesting that you don’t understand that there are limits to the free exercise clause. And you know there are, and you know that there are balancing tests that are imposed.

And with that the interview sort of crashed and burned. 

And that ladies and gentleman is the man who seriously believes that the Alaskan people are going to elect him as their new Senator.