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You assert that Bennett has a problem and needs help. I would appreciate your explaining this 'problem' to me. I've seen problem gamblers, watched dolts put their hard-earned paycheck in a machine and leave with nothing to pay the household bills. I've also seen wealthy people sit down to gamble and their mind drops their worldly cares for a spell, the more rote the activity the better they like it. If Bill were a true 'gambler' with a problem, it would show in his other areas of life, which it doesn't. When you see someone with the actual 'gambling problem', you'll realize how silly it is to accuse this man of having a problem with gambling. [HINT: I've also played golf with multi-millionaires who lose a bundle in 18 holes, and count the thrill of escapism as worth it. I've seen people who put a large cgunk of their income into a hobby like boating, with little to show for it of a constructive nature, but a whole lot of bills weighing against the family budget. A 'problem' is defined within the parameters of the whole picture. One other thing: Mister Bennett's activity is solitary, doesn't take money from another individual directly, and exploits no one while adding to the income of workers at the casinos; if he wants to gamble intelligently ... he would just do something else 'cause gambling is an overall loser no matter what particular way you choose to gamble. The one person who wins the lottery has to have millions who don't.]

All day long I argue with liberals that social conservatives are NOT interested in creating a theocracy and imposing their austere personal codes on an unwilling nation.

All day long I argue that.

And then I come in here, and I read this bullshit.

Maybe I'm on the wrong team after all.

You people might like the rush of power you get from imposing your own austere codes on others, but you only get that power if you bring along enough people to vote you into power.

And you're losing your support-- by the moment.