Reply #91: You know, dbt, this is a truly reasonable argument. I'm impressed.

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It makes a LOT of sense (especially to me, a life-long Catholic from California who was taught at length about comparative religion) who has tremendous difficulty "grokking" the South). And from what I can see, it always seems to break not so much on any racial thing as on "the religion thing."

There's just one thing that doesn't seem to fit. One word, actually. Clinton. Forgiveness never seems to want to extend to him. I'd appreciate your take on this.

And BTW, all the Howard Dean talk? You BET! The scream could have, and SHOULD HAVE been turned to our advantage, especially the way he's handled it, straightforward, with humor, and with full ownership (who else in our "leadership" is taking responsibility for anything? bush? rummy? cheney? contradicta? anybody?). Makes ME wanna scream, too. Gets straight down into the gut, where a lot of these genuinely-felt emotions live.