If Obama was portrayed as Atheist as well as 'communist', he'd never get re-elected no
Although I think his chances at re-election are slim anyway.
On topic: I follow Shane's argumentation, but I could easily bounce that back at you: if a noble upholds his 'faith' in public to maintain the population's support, would he need to uphold his faith in the same way towards his peer (elite of the elite) nobles? Wouldn't there be some sort of silent agreement like "we all know we're using religion for political gains, so why pretend when we're amongst each other"? I am sure Obama doesn't "God Bless America" when he gives a speech to the higher echelons of the States' society.
I would like IR political discussions on this board, though. Nothing too extreme, but it might be interesting to use our 'BM knowledge' of politics, and use it to evaluate real life issues
