if it makes you sad, it makes me sadder

I promise not to turn all political on you, because no good can come of that. Also, I've never been good at getting across the point that I AM SCREAMING all of these things anyway. But I thought I would share this.

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole article, and highly recommend reading it, but this part is especially good, I think. And as we are supposed to be moving toward mending the rift between Americans (Yes, George, a whole lot of people voted for you. But look how many voted against you), it would be wise to keep this in mind, I believe.

From Eleanor ("Gee, I think you're swell-anor") Clift's interview with former President Carter, "We Need to Heal."

The country has grown more overtly religious since you ran for office, and so have our politics. Is that good for democracy?
No, I don’t think so. I tried the best I could all the way through [my] campaign and when I was in office—although I am a religious person—never [to make] it into a ploy. In fact, I objected to that very strongly. I was brought up believing in a very rigid separation of church [and state], but now there’s been a melding of an extraordinary degree between the Republican Party and the more conservative Christians. And this is not only an anomaly, but I think is contrary to the best interests of our democratic principles.