I esp. like this bit form Dino Wenino's letter in Casper WY:

After graduating from Columbia University and before going to Harvard Law School, Barack Obama went to Chicago to work as a community organizer to help those less fortunate than himself. Isn't helping the less fortunate considered a high Christian ideal?

Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama's community service. Is mocking the helping of the less fortunate considered appropriate Christian behavior? Personally, I found her mocking behavior disgusting and I think that it was disgusting that people listening to this mocking cheered her on.

Some of Sarah Palin's criticism of Barack Obama was dishonest. Isn't honesty supposed to be a highly valued Christian virtue?

So, Sarah Palin calls herself a Christian while mocking Barack Obama's helping of the less fortunate and while being dishonest and Republicans cheer. Wow! Is this the Republican Party's idea of family and Christian values?

I guess this just goes to show that calling oneself a Christian has very little meaning these days and that partisan politics holds much greater value than Christian virtue -- at least for self-righteous people like Sarah Palin and her supporters and admirers.

Actually, I would suggest that the religious right has done an excellent job of reducing Christianity to little more than partisan politics. Is it really any wonder that some people have such contempt for Christianity and for politics?