"We are either going to go down the socialist road and become like western Europe and create, I guess really a godless society, an atheist society."
Speaking as a left-wing British Atheist, that's a bad thing... how? Being a 'godless, Atheist society' hasn't done us any harm whatsoever, it wouldn't kill you to try it.
"Or we're going to continue down the other pathway where we believe in freedom of speech, individual liberties and that we remain a Christian nation."
The Constitution & the Treaty of Tripoli says otherwise.
"So we're going to have to win that battle, we're going to have to solve that argument before we can once again reach across and work together on things."
The way things are going for you lot, P.R.-wise, I'd say right-wing Fundamentalist Christians in the US are failing.
Indeed, the very fact that Obama was elected, and not your beloved McCain & Failin, proves your FAIL.
@dionysus
"My final thought: It frightens me to no end that our elected officials think this way and seem to be completely oblivious to what this country is really supposed to be about. The only solace I have is the thought that they don't actually think that way but rather are simply pandering to their base."
Post-Obama's election, this is the current location of Fleming and his 'base' (what's left of it):
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