Short Stories, Long Odds

I haven’t had a whole lot of time this week, but I wanted to direct everyone to a few things and relate a story.

First, there’s this, from Senator Bill Frist (R - New Canaan):

He’s having a telecast about how Democrats have declared aggressive war against Christians because Democrats don’t want to let a small (and I mean small) portion of Bush’s judicial nominees through to the bench.

Secondly, David Horowitz reaches new levels of ridiculousness with Discover The Network, wherein he equates and ilkifies Mohammed Atta the 9/11 terrorist with other murderous America haters like Dennis Kucinich and Noam Chomsky.

Why is it so hard for these guys to understand what’s going on? You can say someone is wrong, or that you don’t agree with what they’re doing, without hating them. Without being ANTI-them.

So, right. The story:
A friend of mine was with her father and some long-time family friends, and the conversation eventually turns to politics, and the bent is definitely to the right. After a while, the husband of the family friend pair turns to her.

“You’re being awfully quiet!” he says.

She says, “Well, I don’t think I’d have much to contribute.”

He looks faux-abashed and says “You’re not a Democrat, are you?”

She says, “Well yeah, actually, I am.”

He looks perplexed for a second and says “I thought you were a Christian, though.”

She says “Well, I am.”

He continues to look perplexed, and says “Huh! I thought all Christians were Republican.“