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Republican Sens. Jon Kyl (Ariz.) and Jim DeMint (S.C.) owe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Christians throughout America a big apology for their hilarious attack using Jesus to justify obstructing the Senate. Reid won't get an apology. But he disposed of the issue quite well himself.

Let me raise a much larger issue here.

Democrats and progressives should reach out to all religious denominations in a dramatic effort to unite Americans to help the poor, as Jesus taught so often.

I will leave it to conservative Republicans like Kyl and DeMint to make Christmas a partisan issue, and to Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives to attack the pilgrims on Thanksgiving, accusing them of being socialist.

As Butch said to Sundance: Who are these guys?

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