the states that don't like him (Jr.) much "don't like religion."

[rodeodance]

glad I was not listening or I might have smashed the tube!

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
(November 06, 2006 -- 07:55 PM EST // link)

TPM Reader JS, one of our longtime readers, reports in from the circus ...

Chris Matthews, Norah O'Donnell, Chuck Todd and Howard Fineman just now on Hardball all agreed wiht each other that the difference between the states where Bush's approval is rock bottom and the states where "they love this guy" is -- wait for it -- that the states that don't like him much "don't like religion."

Really. They really said that. People in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts (Massachusetts!), etc., "don't like religion."

Check out the trsnscript or the clip when it's posted. This was the segment that started around 7:30.

Yep, no Catholicism in the Northeast. Thing of the past ...

Someone send these bozos some false flag robo-calls.
-- Josh Marshall

[razors edge]

1. When religion gives us a reason to like it

let me know.

[rzemanfl]

3. Second that. n/t

[flyingfysh]

2. "don't like religion" in Massachusetts????

Let's see here. Massachusetts was started by the Puritans, whose modern-day descendants are the Congregations and Unitarians. There are more Unitarian churches in town than anything else.]

There are lots of Catholics here, partly as the result of large Irish and Italian immigrations. Remember Cardinal Law? He was in Boston. The Kennedys (including Senator Ted Kennedy) are a well-known Catholic family.

There are lots of Quakers here (in spite of a hanging of a Quaker on Boston Common in the 1600s), and several Baptist churches. Old North (Anglican) is still going strong, as is Old West (Methodist).

Now: why is it said that Massachusetts doesn't like religion?

[Mist]

4. States that don't like * don't like religions that preach hate and intolerance. nt

[reality based]

5. Why, some of my best friends are religionists.