In an evident effort to stay away from cliches, Sharlett uses some odd images:"... teeth like a slab of white marble, dark eyes so big they didn't need to move to take in the room."

Hello? Since it is the pupil in an eye that can see things and pupils the world over are the same size within millimeters, how does an eye get that big?

And I love "slab of white marble" in the guy's mouth.

And I hate to mention it, really- in those interviews with Maddow I didn't like Sharlett. Something beneath surface I can't put my finger on, something he is saying or not saying.

I have heard fundamentalist people talk about "God wants a Christian to do well in all things, including in wealth". It turns my stomach; it seems totally alien to the whole concept of love and compassion. I've had a few conversations on it with my fundamentalist preacher brother- and he truly believes it. I have no idea where he got it- certainly not from the Bible he espouses.