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More and more it seems that if ultra-conservatives couldn't band together and find something or someone to be afraid of, they wouldn't know what to do with themselves. While crediting their religious faith as the cohesive force of their numbers, ignorance and fear are the true binding agents of their paranoid epoxy. By now, though, most people--including increasing numbers of conservatives--realize that looking constantly over their shoulders for the boogeyman is exhausting and counter-productive, and on Tuesday will affirm that realization with a vote for Obama.
