Ah,Hillary,you are a fool.

Obviouly, she hasn't met my grandfather, who is a republican and a Southern Baptist Preacher.

She knows about as much about one as she does the other.

A rather stupid statement to make. Imagine if a Republican had said this about the Democratic Party- there'd be outrage. Ted Kennedy's head would explode, and Hillary Clinton would ask for that Republican's resignation. That's ironic- a Clinton asking for someone else's resignation.

HA HA HA HA HA! I hope to goodness that when she gets the nomination to run for President, her opponent will have the courage to plaster this humble little quote of hers from one end of the country to the other.

I don't say this to be blasphemous or offensive, but I decided to read the Bible as a young man. I did so in the interests of fairness, as I had a great hostility toward organized religion, but really lacked knowledge about the Bible itself. At the very least, it was an interesting, enlightening experience (although large parts of the Bible were oppressively dull). Most of the book (or Book, depending on your religious leanings) was allegorical, poetic in parts, pedantic in others (naturally). I learned in one part of the Bible that homosexuality is condemned, as is long hair for men, and menstruating women. Slavery is condoned in sections, as is incest. My biggest surprise came in reading about Jesus. Whether he was divine, or a mystic, or a charismatic Jewish fanatic, I didn't learn, and still don't know. Whether it was from attending church as a child (under compulsion) or something I subliminally picked up from the culture, I had always pictured Christ as a sort of humorless, doctrinaire, puritanical pre-Republican. Imagine my surprise on learning that Christ reviled the rich, drove the money changers from the temple, hung out with prisoners and prostitutes, healed the sick and lame, and preached love and forgiveness. In truth, he was sort of an anti-Republican. Which makes it doubly ironic when you consider how religious they all seem to be.

And who would dare follow that statement up with the question, Excuse me, Mrs. Clinton, but did you just say . . .

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian. -- Better tell that to Howard Dean.