I'd rather have her building ideas and policies and coalitions than serving the public-symbol role, which she just doesn't do as well.

This.

(Actually, if McCain gets the nomination in 2008 I'd vote for him over most of the Democrats except Barak Obama.)

Never. Aside from my disagreements with him personally, I would never vote for someone who willingly trashed a history of ethical, upstanding behavior just to keep the Bushies happy. (I'm looking you too Colin Powell and Alan Greenspan.)

if Jesus ran, I'm sure they'd make up a bunch of bullshit to smear Him....

Picture of Jesus Jesus wants you to think he's a well-reasoned, compassionate politician. But he doesn't want you to know about the real Jesus.

Ominous music, picture morphs to angry image of Jesus and pulls back to show him turning over tables in the Temple.

Witness Voiceover: He just went crazy, wouldn't listen to reason.

Another Witness: He's a madman.

Picture changes to show Jesus holding a whip in the Temple

Voice of small girl: He was so scary.

Fade to black.

Which one is the real Jesus, can you afford to be wrong.

Nearly Mumbled: Paid for by the Temple goers for truth.

There is so much anti-Pharisee bias in the news today....

And let's not forget the whole hangs-with-hookers and way-too-friendly-with-the-taxmen aspects.

Is this the (Son of) Man you want as your President? Talk about your tax-and-spend liberals!

Plus he preaches class warefare!

if Jesus ran, I'm sure they'd make up a bunch of bullshit to smear Him....

Picture of Jesus Jesus wants you to think he's a well-reasoned, compassionate politician. But he doesn't want you to know about the real Jesus.

Or --

[voiceover] They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps.

[picture of Jesus with women of dubious character] Did you know Jesus is frequently seen in the company of whores?

[voiceover] They say you can judge a man by his actions.

[picture of revelers at wedding at Cana] Apparently Jesus has to have alcoholic beverages on hand at all times -- even going to far as to change pure, healthy water into wine.

[voiceover] And there are some things that, frankly, make us downright uneasy.

[picture of Jesus washing apostles' feet] What's with the foot fetish, Jesus?

[voiceover on black screen] Do we really want a kinky, alcoholic whore-lover in office?

What's with the foot fetish, Jesus?

BWAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Anyone handy around? Ed? Gud?

My toilet has started running (quick, catch it!) I've screwed the ball cock ( t SPP grins ) to make it stop, but the next time it just happens again. Sometimes it stops eventually. Sometimes it does not and I end up with a puddle on my bathroom floor. They're working on the plumbing in my building -- could this be a change in water pressure thing?

Grrr.

And can we trust a man who tells us to turn the other cheek to protect us in the War on Terra?

I would feel a little uneasy about the prospect of the 43rd President being the son of the 41st and then the 44th President being the wife of the 42nd.

This. If something like that happened in some small developing country, we'd for sure put air quotes around "democracy" when we talked about it.

I swear, in 20 years it's going to be Chelsea vs. one of the third generation Bushes. And I don't care if they're all the most brilliant political minds of their generation--I don't wanna live in a pseudo-monarchy tugged back and forth between feuding dynasties.

To be fair, the left would probably have a field day if He were running as a Republican.

We thought Bush's record on crime and punishment was bad. But that was nothing compared to This Man's public stance!

"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

Eye plucking? Hand cutting? Is this the sort of country our Founding Fathers wanted?

[Then the segue into the dangers of the Religious Right and contact info for the ACLU]