Deep down, and for no real rational reason, I don’t think he’s all that religious.

How is that any different than a large percentage of “Christians” out there?

There’s nothing “elitist” in his remarks. It’s just that the atheist side of him accidentally spoke up.

The atheist side? I believe even most of the true believers have “the atheist side,” however small, that pokes through now and again when they’re not paying attention. It really gets annoying, sometimes.

I also agree with what Miller said.

“Hillary knew a young, inexperienced Obama would slip up sooner or later and be honest with people.”

LOL!

The interesting thing I’m noticing today is that new polls show people weighing in and damn it, a lot of them appreciate his honesty. Even the rural PA folks agree with him – they’ve seen the bitterness and how the GOP exploits it with the god, guns, gay agenda for years.

“Hillary knew a young, inexperienced Obama would slip up sooner or later and be honest with people.”

We need to remember that some of our biggest political movements started in churches. Churches fought against slavery, the death penalty, racism.

I think it is more accurate to say that some churches fought to end slavery, the death penalty and racism, while others fought to maintain it.

Concerning his comments about rural Pennsylvanians, I don’t know these folks, I’ve never been to that state but once, and then only to Philadelphia. You can’t stereotype any bunch of people with any accuracy, but I think I know what he was trying to say. I do know that there are a great many Americans that doubt their government–doubt its effectiveness, its goodness, and whether it cares about them. They pay their taxes, and obey their laws, and try to do what they think is right, but they don’t feel like they can depend upon government. They see big problems go unsolved, year after year. What they know they can depend upon are the values they hold dear, and their traditional way of life, which includes religion and the ownership and use of guns. A man’s government may lie to him, but his shotgun never does. He can’t control what Washington does, but he can control his own life. As to the scapegoating, of course it goes on–some of these folks are so out of touch that they really believe that illegals are the problem!

I still am amazed at how people can continue to vote against there own interests. Average Americans are getting marginalized year after year, and yet they fall for the ploys of blaming illegals, or liberals, or gays, or abortionists, or atheists. Obama should have kept his mouth shut, but you can’t be too hard on a guy who is trying to understand how this state of affairs can persist.