That was not what I understood him to be saying in San Francisco, and it should not be distorted that way.

He was making a simple point: people who grow accustomed to being neglected by government will grow apathetic about the important issues and will gravitate tot hose issues that are personal tot hem, where they feel they may still have some influence.

This says nothing about the provenance of religion or its importance to individuals, but rather why people will resort to using it as a political standard, feeling unable to be heard on more important issues.

That's what I thought he was saying anyway. Looks like someone saw an opportunity to distort his statement and make a paper tiger out of it again. Yawn.

If all Hillary can do is campaign against things Barack did NOT say, its going to be a real show-in. Does McCain have more sense than to try to foist this kind of intentional alteration on voters?


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