I was a republican, until some time during Bush's first term, when I realized the party had become completely corrupted and hi-jacked by the christos. I was elected as a republican to a local office prior to that, and still get all kinds of magazines and letters etc. as a result, which is pretty painful as an athiest skeptic, getting all of these "bible cures" and "heartfelt letters" from Sarah Palin

. Not to mention all the mail I get reminding me how America is a "Christian nation." ... it's as if the Republican party has become a parody of itself.