Excellent, EXCELLENT reply dwinings!

EXCELLENT response. As an atheist AND a conservative, I couldn't agree with your write-up more. Full disclosure: I do regularly read this blog.

Well put! And as far as I'm concerned, there is nothing wrong with that!

EXCELLENT article Jonah. I am of Indian descent (born and raised in the USA) and I really appreciate your points here. I am a strong conservative because I really care about issues like taxation and entitlement spending, but I must say, when the typical conservatives go on about religion, it really turns me off. I guess I am more of a libertarian in that respect. I don't care at all what religion people subscribe to - it's none of my business, and I would like to see it removed from the political process altogether. Unfortunately, though, many of my counterparts (be they Indian or white American), don't care enough about the real issues, and when they hear all that religious talk, they run straight to the Democrats.

Excellent points Nixie. I am an atheist who actually really enjoys Christmas. I put up a tree in my house and I just like the spirit of the whole holiday. I never really cared enough about local gov buildings putting up Christmas trees to make any kind of stink about it. Actually, the trees look nice. Heck, even the nativity scenes look nice, even though they have no religious significance to me. That said, I think O'Reilly came off like a petulant buffoon. Did he really claim that Christianity was not a religion?!?!?

Are there any Ramadan trees on your local courthouse lawn?

True that. But it is frustrating how such a tremendous failure like Obama has any more than 30% in the polls. Do these people just overlook Fast and Furious, Libya, and Solyndra?!?!?! And they dislike Romney because he is a "rich guy." I was hoping to get at least one lib to really "think" about why they like Obama, but I think you are right. They are just kool-aid drinkers and there's not much you can do to get them to really think about why they support the big zero.

theereightstuff wrote: "For people who don't care about polls, TH certainly uses a lot of bandwidth trying to analyze them!" Romney_Fired_My_Mom wrote: "Mutt Romney is scared to go on "The VIew." LOL, what a coward!" Can't you lefties make a substantive argument? I mean, seriously, if Obama is your guy, just tell us why. Oh, and hint: just because Romney is richer than you does not make Obama the better candidate. Keep in mind that Obama is also a rich guy. He just pretends to be a regular guy. Unfortunately, you libs just can't see that.

Yes, I too kept wishing Ryan would stop and put Biden in his place. I also was getting increasingly frustrated that he would allow Biden to interrupt him so much. (Of course Raddatz should have actually DONE HER JOB and told Biden to stop interrupting, but that's another issue). But then, this morning, I heard a news story that stated Biden fired up his base, but Ryan appealed to the swing voters in the middle. So, although I wanted to hear Ryan attack Biden more directly, I am now thinking he used the smarter strategy by going after the swing voters. After all, us conservatives are already fired up about voting for Romney,so there would be little to gain by going after us. Now, in the end, I am thinking Ryan used the right strategy.

Wow, that's quite a defense of your statement. Just say it again, but more emphatically. My point is clear: one (or possibly two) associations with anti-American communists I could potentially overlook, especially if his associations had nothing to do with their politics. First, Obama has around 4 or 5 of these associations that we know of. Second, his associations with these people were in the context of politics! After all, he hired Van Jones as his Green Jobs Czar! But, I'm guessing none of this bothers you, 'cause Romney just cares about rich people.