Hence The Prepositive 'Former'

Always warms my heart to see former senator (R-MO) and UN ambassador John Danforth continuing his string of broadsides against the Christian right's influence on the GOP, which he did at the University of Arkansas Wednesday. Good on ya Johnny, but the party's not buying it--they're too busy soliciting votes and contributions from the right's lunatic fringe, and that won't stop until said fringe wises up and figures out how they're being exploited. Considering their political alternatives, that doesn't seem particularly likely in the near future.