[billbears]

Republicans win big in another election and liberal columnists turn to the tried and true: Smear fundamentalist Christian leaders who from time to time make stupid remarks

First off, what's stupid about the remarks? Islam is a cult and a violent dangerous one at that. Second, how are Christians supposed to feel when members of this administration (Colin Powell) reiterate, in not as strong words of this article, the same meaning in their public speeches?

[BaghdadBarney]

Look, lumping all of those who practice Islam in with Osama bin Laden and the like is a bit reckless and stupid. I've got more than a few friends who practice the religion and they're not about to strap a bomb to their body. That being said, "moderates" who profess to follow Allah have a responsibility in the post-9/11 world to speak up to denounce both the political and religious leaders of those countries that traffic in the murderous and warped version of Islam that produced 9/11. Of course, such denunciations would be made a whole lot easier if these moderate mosques had any money to advertise their views. Unfortunately, it's the religous Islamic nuts that have all the money - mostly Saudi money. My fervent wish would be for the Bush administration - if their not going to confront the Saudis -to at least strap on a pair of balls and denounce the likes of CAIR and American Muslim Council. Until these organizations are discredited, more and more Christian, Jewish, agnostic Americans are going to jump on the "paint-with-a-broad-brush" approach to the problem of Islamic fundamentalism.

[k2blader]

Second, how are Christians supposed to feel when members of this administration (Colin Powell) reiterate, in not as strong words of this article, the same meaning in their public speeches?

Well, this Christian is still waiting for consistency from the administration regarding "religious tolerance."