W actually said something positive last night

[Marnieworld]

I know, I couldn't believe it myself. We all, as the recent flamewars have proven, have quite a diverse opinion about religion and god etc. Yet I hope we'd all like a world where we all belonged. I myself am non-sectarian agnostic so it was quite pleasing for me to hear * say,

"The great thing about America, David, is that you should be allowed to worship any way you want, and if you choose not to worship, you're equally as patriotic as somebody who does worship"

Do I think he really believes this? No. It certainly is a direct contradiction to what his father has said on record. Of course, this statement will do nothing to stop the right's stampede toward theocracy. Yet it is still nice when the POTUS goes on record, on national television and makes this statement. In a country with God on the money, god mixed up with allegiance to the country and a chaplain paid for with tax payers money it's nice to be mentioned that I even exist. To think that there are Americans that do not worship ANYTHING!?

What's also nice is that we Dems could isolate this quote to really really piss off the fundies. Put it on signs and posters. Remember it as a moment when common sense human, AMERICAN, acceptance bubbled up from his unconscious despite his best efforts to be intolerant. Then again, he also said that we are taking the people trying to harm us out of harm's way so who listens to this idiot anyway? A girl can dream...