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To: Lane3 who wrote (95017)	1/13/2005 12:43:17 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793795

Yes....that was my point exactly. Bush isn't one of those who are fake. You've got the 'real deal' with him. And no, I hadn't seen any of the surveys you mentioned. However, I can believe that the majority of Americans wouldn't vote for an atheist, certainly not without a Congressional-type inquisition (eeerrrrrr... vetting) Nor would the majority of Americans vote for Jesse Jackson for even dog catcher.

To: Lane3 who wrote (95017)	1/13/2005 11:27:34 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793795

I see. You condone hypocrisy in certain politicians when they fake religious beliefs to get votes. And for Bush, who has genuine religious beliefs, you devine negative traits out of thin air, then cast aspersions against him for what you perceive to be an anti-religious bias. And like Dan Rather's "fake but accurate" forged documents, there's no concrete evidence of political (or in your religious & political) bias here either, eh?. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "They're politicians, silly. They kiss babies and they go to church. Lots of people go to church to be seen going to church. If you want votes or car sales or simply community approbation, you go to church. Everyone in church is not there to commune with the Lord. Perhaps you've missed the surveys that show that the majority of Americans wouldn't vote for an atheist." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I do care when the individual (Bush) who sets the tone for the country considers a class of people to which I belong to be not quite fully members of his constituency, not quite fully Americans. When that class of people is already an object of prejudice, the tone of the leader of the country validates of invalidates that prejudice. So it matters how he treats us. Message 20945255