The Christian Embassy video showing coerced proselytization was all leader this, leader that. Naturally, as authoritarians, Christianists target leaders (as opposed to, say, officials or elected representatives or citizens or people or even sinners).

But we don’t expect to hear John Edwards adopting the authoritarian weltanschauung:

“We want people in this campaign to actually take action now, not later, not after the election. We don’t want to hope that whoever’s elected the next leader of the United States of America is going to solve all our problems for us. Because that will not happen.”

The. United. States. Does. Not. Have. A. Leader.

The United States has a President. (US Constitution, Article II, Section 1).

Of course, I’m all for the overt content of what Edwards is saying; but the subliminal message—which many communications specialists would argue is the more important one—is toxic to a democratic, Constitutional system of government.

Let me see, what’s the German translation for “leader”? Damn… F. I think it begins with F… Readers?

NOTE Via Political Wire.

NOTE Search on “leader” here if you want to know how followers think.