Reply #3: I'm not an atheist [View All]

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In fact, I'm a practicing Catholic and I'm (mostly) aware of what Marcotte said.

However, I would not oppose Edwards over this incident and here's why: I like his ideas so far, he's called for an immediate troop withdrawal and I find his health care plan interesting. I'm waiting to see what else he has to say.

Almost every candidate that has ever run for office has offended me in one way or another; Bill Clinton offended me greatly and I still don't regret voting for him.

However, I'm interested in policies, ideas and a fresh outlook on things: I used to live in a large American city that shall remain nameless and its mayor, quite frankly, was a son of a bitch.

I knew him personally. He was a pig, to put it mildly. If he fell and slipped on the ice I probably wouldn't help him get up. But I did vote for him -- he was a good mayor.

Unfortunately, you can be a rotten person, hold some ideas that would probably prove repugnant to some people and still be a good office-holder.