[Keyes For President]

Dan did not use the word and has assured you of his intent (why you're not willing to accept it escapes me) -

LOL!
;-)

KFP (though fearing a hyperdetailed, almost pecksniffian response ["Well no, Dan didn't say the word 'cult'..."], rather than candid acknowledgment of facts obvious to others)

[Rowdee]

Is this food fight over the use/non use of the actual word 'cult' sorta like the same as saying something about college roommates vs some other kinds of college kids in generalities--even though we 'all' knew the whos that were in those generalities?

This may provide an answer to some of the problems experienced around FR.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Sort of like "secret societies" isn't a reference to George W. Bush - is that what you're saying, KFP? That Dan would use that same parsing of words to backpedal? Is that something he would do?

What I thought Dan meant was that some people (a lot of people, actually) seem to have a glassy-eyed inability to see flaws in Alan Keyes. Now - you may disagree with his premise, but that's not a cult in the strict, religious sense of the word, is it? (Maybe I'm wrong.) His reference to "God", I thought, was just hyperbole to illustrate his point. I don't think he meant it literally, and if he says he didn't mean "cult", I see no reason to doubt him. OK?