[goldstategop]

Agreed. If they grasp this, we would be in trouble but since they never look at things the way we do, they will keep on losing elections.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[fightinJAG]

Even if they grasp it, it’s impossible for them *as a party* to take a more benign view of religion (much less a somewhat positive view).

It is impossible for them *as a party* to demonstrate their understanding of and affinity for the nation’s symbols-—the flag, for example.

It is impossible for them *as a party* to accept that the use of military force is not always evil.

It is impossible for them *as a party* to give up their hyper-individualism and their inclination to either (1) deny the fact of personal responsibility, or (2) outsource one’s personal responsibility to one’s fellow man to the government.