tomtomsmom
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just one problem..........she says she has no desire to run because she can do more good doing what she is now than if she is in office
personally i am ashamed at the sate of this union. there once was a time that everyone caould say that they were proud to be an american but alas that time has come and gone. hopefully it will be that way again. i don't want my son to grow up knowing that the rest of the world hates him for something he had no control over.:
I understand that there is not one proclaimed Atheists in congress. :rant:
Does anyone know if that is true?
the only way i can think of america as a whole accepting a woman or person of color as president is if oprah runs for office!
Odd...There is an Athiest I know at school. She is very popular, involved in many clubs, makes excellent grades, is in all honors classes, and to my knowledge, she has never been discriminated against because of her religious beliefs. I realize that school and Congress are two very different places, but still...Makes be wonder what America will be like in 20 years or so. Assuming it's still called America then.
It isn't like this is a new phenomena. A self-proclaimed athiest would have found it impossible to win election in 1800.
Yet during that same era we had 4 Presidents in a row that had no religious affiliation and did not attend any church on a regular basis.
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidential_religious_affiliations
Although they did not claim to be athiestic, the public did raise some concern about them during their terms in office, but their non-religious affiliation was never a major campaign issue.
So if the politician says the right things politically, and doesn't alienate the religious voter,
You found the key words.
I guess us Americans are funny people.
who is running for the republicans? I have always been republican, and to me it is Obama is a black Muslim, Hilary is a woman, and Edwards is a moron. Democrats should find a better candidate. As far as the mudslinging goes, democrats are all about it, look at their history, it always seems to be a smear campaign, and to me why would I vote for someone who gets to office like that? However saying that Republicans are just as bad in some cases
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