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Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble

The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
By Mike Madden

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  • Sunday, August 17, 2008 09:32 AM

    Still...?

    Are the Evangelicals still around?

    My god, I thought they got what they wanted these last four years.

    A holy war resulting in the death of thousands of American kids, a destroyed economy, the diminishment of power and respect for America; all in all the end of a short lived empire. I mean it's all building to the rapture, or endtimes or whatever monkey, hocus-pocus bullshit they believe in.

    Now what do they want?

    Can't they just go away and revel in the understanding that they helped destroy America.

    —marko1965 Read marko1965's other letters

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