One of the problems with mixing religion and politics is that you end up not doing really well at either one. This looks like a classic example to me. It’s lousy politics for the group to break up, and not very good religion for that much bad blood to be in the water. That’s why it’s about the values the religion reinforces and not about the religion itself when it comes to politics - the values seems missing here.

On that same vein, this piece made me sad as it points how wrong many churches, as opposed to faith-based PACS, etc., are on politics - especially since my church is front and center. This does; however, once again point out that churches do church, and politicians do politics, so you want politicians that go to church, but you don’t want churches doing politics.

Second item in this post is a Romney round-up, all items we have linked to here. I find it notable mostly because of it’s attitude - the guy is so sarcastic you think he hates Romney, but his ending sounds like he thinks Romney’s a shoo-in for the nomination. The guy is a hard leftie (Hey - he works for WGBH for crying out loud) that thinks he is cute and sly. He takes McIntyre’s Friday quip and uses it as fodder - double whammy time there Mr. McIntyre! Also, I hope this guy knows how many enemies he can make with those Mississippi cracks. I am related to the Democrat party chairman there, and I’m pretty certain this is help he would not want.

Lowell: What I found most interesting and repulsive at the same time was the writer’s unabashed condescension toward those he considers his inferiors. He’s almost comical as a stereotypical Northeastern liberal looking down his nose at the heartland. Can you say, “unintentional self-parody?”

Hugh Hewitt appears to be poking his nose into our business! Oh well, he’s a nice guy. The extensive comments on that post are informative. Seems largely like smart people there with a few knuckle-draggers, here’s hoping that’s reflective of the party and the nation as a whole.

Lowell: I agree the comments are fascinating.  The themes raised and developed there are the same ones we’ve seen here.  (Some of them are a reminder of why we stopped taking comments on this blog.)

Last Minute Add: This makes it official. Ambinder at Hotline just does not like Romney - he’s way too sarcastic.  Ok, fine, now we know, read the information, ignore the commentary, and you’ll be fine.
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