Will Rogers' wisdom

"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."
- Will Rogers

So true.

Barack Obama

2004 Democratic National Convention speech:

Part 1

and

Part 2

Denominations

My general feeling is that God's plan does not involve splitting believers into groups such as a Catholics and Protestants . Furthermore, even the multiple Protestant and Catholic denominations seem to not be in the Bible. Pope Benedict said something smart for once:

"The divisions which exist among Christians are a scandal to the world."
- Pope Benedict XVI

Non HRC

Elrod posts a comment at Moderate Voice saying that:

"Hillary will re-unite the Right like no other candidate."

Agreed.

Do You Want the Terrorists to Win?

According to this quiz, I have a terrorist supporting score of 66 percent, meaning that I am:

"more than half terrorist sympathizer. [My] ill-will toward America can barely be concealed, and has now been uncovered by this quiz. [My] love of America and of her dear leader, President Bush, is clearly approaching treasonously low levels. But it's not too late for [me]. [I should] shut [myself]out from all liberal influence, listen only to Sean Hannity, read only Ann Coulter, and above all stop questioning! Questioning only gets our troops killed in their noble battle against the forces of evil that besiege our great land!"

Ugh!

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani first marriage to Regina Peruggi was annulled. She was also his second-cousin. They were married for 13 years, from 1969 to 1982.

Giuliani had the marriage annulled because it was discovered they were second-cousins instead of third-cousins.

Because that would have been just fine.

People respect irrationality?

Obama is visiting the megachurch of The Purpose-Driven Life author, Rick Warren. The Chicago Tribune article notes that then-gubernatorial candidate Tim Kaine (now Governor of Virginia) got a boost when he came out against capital punishment, basing his opposition on his Catholic faith. Obama has described "how his Christian faith helps shape his more liberal views."

I wonder if people respect politicians' ability to stake a claim when it is based on pure faith. I think people like a conclusive opinion and if faith gets them there, fine.