From: Gene McAloon 

You are right. I did forget about him, probably because remembering that
ass is such an embarrassment for a liberal. That character became a
born-again Baptist for no other reason apparently than because he was
shattered at losing his first
bid for governorship. What a strange man, even stranger that he actually won the
White House.

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:08:25 -0600, "Randy H"
 wrote:

>You're forgetting Carter.
>
>"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
>news:ktkdqvgco70otpeg8rn564hmpkccqd91d6{at}4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:37:19 GMT, John Beckett
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >Jeff Shultz  wrote in message
>> >> And evolution is a theory, nothing more.
>> >
>> >One of the reasons I find this newsgroup interesting is that I pick up
>> >quite a bit of US culture that may be handy one day (I'm down under).
>> >
>> >Seeing someone write "evolution is a theory" is
still totally astonishing
>> >to me. Wow! If evolution is a theory, what's a fact? I'm beginning to
>> >understand Homer Simpson...
>> >
>> >John
>>
>> The basic reason you still see that kind of thing here is that, of all the
>> developed countries, the US is by far the most religion besotted.  There
>is
>> nothing quite like it anywhere in the EU, Japan, China, Southeast Asia. At
>that,
>> among all the democracies, only India surpasses the US in the degree in
>which
>> religion plays a part.
>>
>> With the exception of the present Bush, it is seldom seen in public
>affairs
>> because the religious types seldom do well in national elections. I
>believe Bush
>> is the first born-again Christian we have had the misfortune to see in the
>White
>> House.  Once Bush is ousted, the religious right is likely to once again
>fade
>> into that obscurity it so richly deserves. Unfortunately only to rise
>again some
>> time in the future no doubt. Their fortunes have waxed and waned down
>through
>> the generations of American history. Each time, however, it returns with
>reduced
>> influence and effectiveness. Given time it may disappear almost entirely
>as it
>> has almost everywhere else in the world.
>>
>>
>>
>

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