What I find a little troubling, is the black factor, and its snidy significance, redoubling and redoubling. Man. Relax. BO is about much more than BO and the blax.

I shall promptly shut my smartassed trap up, out of concerned consideration for the fake doctor's sake.

I'm buttoned up.

If I were to do some serious guessimatatin' I'd say you were the positive, and Dave was the negetive, of the two sides of Satan.

Serious though. I think you have some good things to say. Dave on the other hand, well, what can ya say?

..is drop the Diablo. It doesn't suit you.

"I admire...."

oversensitive?

A little on the sensitive side.

That's the irony. You don't understand. You really don't.

Good points.

Look. I really know next to nothing about evangelicals. I was raised by an atheist who was nominally raised a Muslim, and a Copt who converted to the Eastern Maronite Catholic church. The person of enduring faith, pretty marginal I guess, in my family, was my mom, who only went to church on a kinda - well, mostly on special occasions.

I've done a little reading up on evangelicals in recent months, who were one of Bush's big bastions of votes both times he was elected. They do appear to be a formidable force in American politics.

From what I've gleaned (and I'm no expert) there's a generational split going on know amongst evangelicals. It seems the younger brood are not as hell firey and holy rolling as their elders. I have read, it may be a fairy tale for all I know, that young evangelicals find Obama appealing. Younger evangelicals apparently hold beliefs that their elders would consider "back sliding."

Pesonally, I have no strong opinion regarding faith oriented endeavors and Obama at all. If Obama (who it seems is a spiritual sort) thinks that debating and speaking in front of an evangelical audience can bring new voices and concerns to the national discource. Good. Give it a go.

I just believe it's going overboard to pronounce things as going to hell in a hndbasket, just because Obama got out there among the believers.

And in conclusion. The abortion thing?

I'm not even gonna touch that one. I'm pro-choice.

I don't know if Obama got demirits or points or what on that.

I mean, in America that's getting in to slippery slope territory.

That was cathartic.

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

C'mon. What's with all the esotorica?

I mean it's interesting and all.

I dunno...

Just for the sake of argument as an interested outsider.

What makes you think you "get" these people?

That's what I catch in casual aquaintance with people perhaps 15 to 20 years younger than myself. I'm not trying to generalize, and have respect for religious people, provided they don't attempt to clobber others over the head about it, but I've noticed that the 20 somethings and going on 30 somethings of today, are a markedly more religious and spiritual group of people than than people of my generation. I mean, I note a marked difference in basic beliefs, world view, god, belief in the soul, etc.

I know that one! You've been reading your Philip K. Dick! Man, you rascal.

Small town protestantism or no, I just don't think things are as open and shut as you imagine.

I caught a whiff of...oh what the hell.

Yeah, I liked Jimmy Carter too, and I like my government distinctly seperate from religious institutions, and I really appreciate the short synopsis of the history of the seperation of church and state in America. Really. Really. Really.

I'll smoke one for all of ya.

Peace.

Hmm. My diagnosis? Those who presume to preside as armchair shrink, are often those who most sanctimoniously stink.

Just ask the fake doctor.

You'll get no argument from me. I wanna run away from the dark ages as quickly as humanly possible.

We should start calling you BerateTex. That was a very moving demonstration of uber-demonisation. With your head full of hell you certainly do excell.

"Snipers?"

I assure you, I am not the rascally renegade leader of a Bosnian battalian!

Relax.

Nor am I a wych burner either...

Though this simple discussion looks again to be descending into another witless combination of Walsh inspired weeney roast and witchhunt.

Can't an Obama even get an even break?

lol.

I'll be sure to send you guys all of the Confederate dollars I can scrounge up.

Obama had better quit. The end times are already here!

I know! I'm moving my entire family to Liberia tommorow!

I'm pretty sure in this country that the Christian cred is one that everybody who's ever run for public office has had to walk through. Not much new there..ya know what I mean?

I see you're really using your head today...on all six sick cylinders.

Couldn't you have used the word "jetison" instead? It just sounds so much more dignified.

I'll give you points for this as you keep up the dis, you sure are a die hard try hard.

Well, nothing ventured nothing gained.

Truthfully, you should truly change your name to Spitefully.

That was a very sunny answer. Obama should be taking notes.

Ya mean they rigged the Christian quiz show? Quaint. Naw. They wouldn't do that.

Carol, are you having an identity crisis? How can I help?

I hope you're not suggesting that this Warren guy owns a entire fleet of SUVs that gets really crappy gas mileage.