“PowerHouse: Republican Lobbyist Edwina Rogers Wraps Gifts in Money”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXj-oQm-NbE

especially considering this:

http://www.ehow.com/list_6535889_defacing-u_s_-currency-laws.html

“Section 333 covers paper currency. It states that it is illegal to cut, deface, mutilate, disfigure, perforate or rejoin bills. Section 333 also pertains to any other activity that is intended to make a bill unfit to be reissued and remain in circulation.”

I think that shows that the total number of people who are religious is very similar, but slightly higher for Republicans than Democrats, but those who are very religious are more likely to be Republicans and those who are likely to be non-religious are more likely to be Democrats.

The number of people who classify as less religious (but still religious) are more likely to be Democrats as well.

the point I as making in the post is that if you hang around a bunch of Democrats that does not mean that you are hanging around with a bunch of Atheists. On the other hand, you don’t hear a lot off “praise the lord” and “we’re blessed” all the time.

But actually you do. I was very annoyed at a recent convention where one of the candidates answered every question with “My faith tells me ….” then the same answer the other candidate gave (we’re all Democrats after all) but with that “faith” bit stuck in there. She won the endorsement. That was a room full of Democrats.

Kind of annoying.

(haha, I always wanted to say that!)

But seriously, what are the numbers?

Elsewhere she has noted that Republicans are just as secular as Democrats, as a subset of society. This is actually probably true.

No, it’s not. I’m not sure what the point is in even saying such a thing, especially given that we’re all just one Google search away from piles of evidence to the contrary. Yes, there are religious Democrats. Yes, there are Republican atheists. I don’t doubt that you know people who belong to each of those categories. But no, that absolutely does not imply that “Republicans are just as secular as Democrats.”

Maybe if Edwina Rogers says it enough, she can spin it into political capital and use it to make gains for us in D.C. That’s arguably a very good thing. But what she’s saying? Still not true.

After all, Democratic representatives have showed time and time again that if you’re a member of their base they could care less what you think, but if you’re a republican they’ll bend over backwards to accomodate you.

So what? Her former boss explicitly said “We do not torture.”

This looks like an absolutely lousy choice. Really, folks? This is your best available candidate for Executive Director? Who was the alternative — Larry the Cable Guy?

I hope this woman turns out to be another Harriet Miers, not another Sarah Palin.