"In this area of the country s[p]ecifically people are very opposed to Christian values ."

That's a tremendous load of crap. Values like faith (religious and otherwise), charity, honesty, humility, and compassion are just as important here as they are anywhere else in the world...perhaps even moreso than in many places in the country.

My out-of-state friends are always impressed by the overall "niceness" of people around here.

What people around here are opposed to, though, is a pious, hypocritical, environmental disaster who does it all in the name of his "Christian" values, while devaluing every Christian and Christian value along the way.

I don't find "Hey! I may be a disaster in lots of ways, and all my daddy's buds are getting absolutely loaded off of tax dollars that are buying all kinds of war machine components from them...but I'm a Christian....so you should vote for me" to be much of a campaign platform.

If you buy that one, I've got some beachfront property in Nevada to show you...

Fish on...

Todd