It really should not be shocking to learn that GW/Rove/Cheney were playing the religious right for suckers all along. The script: Do as little as possible to get their vote, throw them red meat every now and then, lots of red-faced rhetoric, promise and promise again, always make them stare at the alternative (the "evil" Dems) -- but in the end, use them abuse them, don't respect them, don't take them seriously, call them "nuts."

This entire reality was crystallized with that endorsement I cite above on my blog, when GW willfully chose the pro-choice candidate (Specter) over the pro-life candidate (Toomey), thus siding with politics over religious convictions. Again, this should not surprise anyone -- with half a brain, residing in the reality/fact-based community.