ALERT ALERT--CONSTANTINE TALKING POLITICS: Where did we find these people?

Right off the bat, I'm telling you all I'm a democrat. But it doesn't matter, because ALL the candidates are so lacking in the vital elements of leadership. I will admit the Jon Edwards is the only one with the brains and breadth and depth to be president, but maybe its because I don't know him well enough. I dont want to know him better because I'm wrong I will have to admit America has nothing to offer the world in terms of leadership. Ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. is very vulnerable right now--stretched thin economically, militarily, socially at home (when schools fail to teach the young, look out) and morally abroad, even though things still look good.For you history fans out there, think Athens 440 BC, Rome 250 AD, Constantinople 1050 AD, Napoleonic France 1812 (early in the year), Great Britain 1925. Not invevitably dead, but a couple of bad decisions and poor leaders from disaster. Is there anyone at either of those sets of debates (which have been going on for what, 6 years now?) who will be able to outsmart Putin, China, Bin Laden, anyone?

But here's what concerns me the most: I'm sure Mr. Huckaby is a heck of a guy, but a clergyman has no business running for president--yes and I said it about Jesse and Rev. Al. Separation of Church and State is one of America's greatest inventions.--good for states, good for churches. I am not talking about the elimination of religion from American culture, the denigration of religion has gone too far (but maybe religous institutions are at least partly to blame for that--the media does not make all of it up my right wing friends). And even though he is not a bishop or a rabbi or a mufti or even an active preacher, its not what America is about.

As an American of Greek descent, I took a beating when a talented, bright, good man named Dukakis ran a lousy campaign (or was he just the wrong guy against Bush Senior's dirty campaign?) Bill Clinton ran great campaigns, but he couldn't keep it in his pants and Gore paid for that, but Al really lost because he was a worse candidate than the Duke. Then we picked and even worse candidate--someone explain that to me, and the other party picked the dumbest candidate ever who may be the worst president of all time. And things look even worse this time around. God bless America!