Religious right forced to pull video calling for rain on Obama's speech at convention
America Blog Aug 13 08Now they're saying it was just a joke. Well, it's a joke that the religious right used to target Obama, because he's a Democrat. This only fuels the concern that the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans. And that's just sad.
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