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Patrick Hynes is on to something here. In spite of all the post-election posturing by liberals last year about how to connect with "values voters," it is painfully obvious that they are still clueless. Their political strategists apparently believe that religious folks will embrace their values if they bathe their rhetoric with religious terminology. This extremely shallow analysis explains a lot about their lack of understanding of conservative Christians. It also exposes their smug arrogance, inasmuch as they assume believers can be swayed to vote for them solely based upon their supporters and politicians using evangelical terms when speaking about social issues.

If this line of reasoning is followed, what implications will it have for the next election cycle? I can see it now…

The 2008 Democratic Convention will be renamed the Democrat Revival and Tent Meeting. The preaching will be led by Sister Hillary Clinton with music provided by Brother Bruce Springsteen and his Evangelical Street band. The Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will be up front during the altar call to counsel all those who come forward to make a profession of faith to the Democrat Party platform after repenting of their pro-life position on abortion. The missionary outreach will be led by ministers Michael Moore and Barbara Streisand who will share ways to effectively witness to lost souls trapped in a lifestyle of willful fundamentalism. The ACLU and its cadre of lawyers will be there too, enlisting volunteers to go to the uttermost parts of the earth to rid America of its twin Satans -- the Boy Scouts and Christmas nativity scenes! Brother George Soros will be the keynote speaker and will share his powerful testimony about his conversion to Secular Humanism. Glory Hallelujah!!!

Patrick Hynes's article about the Democrats' weak attempt to cater to religious people is right on target. The following quote from the article is sheer brilliance:

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