Spaceship: I've seen Brad 3 times live and have copies of all his DVDs (and one of his books). It's interesting to me that you think Mr. Stine needs to make a personal effort not to dehumanize those who disagree with your politics. I've never detected any "dehumanizing" by Brad. In fact, he always says that diversity in thought and freedom to express this diversity is what makes our country great. Maybe you need to hone your sense of humor. Perhaps you should be prayerful about that? Also, I've never seen the moral equivalence by both political parties "going overboad" in criticizing their political adversaries. I've seen a sitting President get impeached, have his law license taken away, and fined for lying to a judge. I've seen the main stream media virtually giving this president a pass. Conversely, I've not seen honest criticism of this current president as much as pure venom, slander, and character attacks in every thing he says and does, by not only his political adversaries, BUT ALSO the main stream press. And all this is done when we are virtually in a state of war. This borders treason in my eyes. Another comment: You don't have to know someone personally to know them. You can know them by testimonies of others about them. You can listen to their speeches. You can tell if they really have convictions or if they are pandering. You can can see how they respond to their adversaries, i.e., do they respond in grace (like our president) or with invective (your party leaders, Kennedy, Reid, Clinton, et al)? This is how we come to know our Lord, Christ Jesus. --Ziobuck with a different POV