a moment of silence

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Feb 16, 2007

The always formidable Mary Eberstadt has some pointed remarks on the Land of Amanda and the red states it needs to cajole:

Sophisticates and secularists have always titillated themselves by despising the Bible Belt. But professional Christian-bashers have never been as "embedded" in the liberal mainstream as they are today. And therein lies a problem for Democrats. More Amanda Marcottes are not what the party needs as it scrambles to re-establish its religious bona fides with wary red-staters. No wonder so many Democratic candidates are in church. Now they really have something to pray about.

Now if they could just get clear in their own minds which deity, exactly, they intend to address their orations to ...