Your linked article about Glenn Beck really affected me. I now understand that George Washington and I have remarkable similarities. First,

"[Beck] went on to explain that Romney's hidden private life proved that he was 'kind of on the line' with President George Washington. 'Nobody knew Mitt's private life,' Barton agreed. 'In the same way, you have George Washington. When you look at his private life, now you know why he's a great guy. And a politician to hide that shows even deeper character, I think, Beck observed. 'It shows he knows [God is] in charge. And he obeys. ... He's enough like [Washington] that God can change you.'"

Nobody knows my private live either. But when you look at my private life, you know why [I'm] a great guy. I have even deeper character. It shows I know God is in charge. And I obey. [I'm] enough like Washington that God can change me.

Second, neither I nor Washington was born in The United States of America. He wasn't because it didn't exist when he born, and I didn't because my parents were not in harmony with God's will. Similar if not identical reasons. Third (although not mentioned by Beck), Washington opposed "entangling alliances" with European nations. I totally agree. European nations suck, which explains why I don't live in Europe.

I was also impressed with Beck's reasoning about "A -- God" (as opposed to "B -- God", who can't be trusted):

"I am to the point that -- A -- God is trying to make this so clear to us that if it happens, it's his finger. Because nothing looks good. And yet, everybody I know who I consider a spiritual giant feels good... And it bothers me that I feel good because, I'm like, there's no reason that I should feel good on this."

I can't think of any reason I should feel good on this either. (Neither Obama nor Romney will ever run Canada, after all, so who even cares?) And it bothers me that I feel good because, I'm like, B -- God wants me to feel Bad. All my spiritual giant friends feel good, but then spiritual giants always feel good, even when they feel Bad. Right?

Of course, everything will change if Obama actually wins, because A -- God would NEVER allow Obama to be elected President, except maybe in 2008. So if Obama got elected, it would definitely NOT be A -- God's finger. It might be B -- God's finger, but then we've already established that B -- God can't be trusted.

But just like Obama wasn't really born in Honolulu (and if he was, then it wasn't really part of America in 1961), if B -- God allows him to be elected in 2012, he won't REALLY have been re-elected at all! We can all just report to Mitt Romney as if he was President -- or at least ruler of some alternate Mormon universe -- because he really WILL be President! We just have to have enough faith to see how A -- God works.

Glenn Beck and David Barton totally rock.

What happened to "Mittens"?

If Romney tied, he would win, of course, because Republicans have 80%+ chance of winning enough state congressional delegations to elect Romney under America's 12th Amendment. But,

"[S]uch an outcome remains quite unlikely. Of the 25,001 simulations that we ran on Monday, a 269-269 tie came up in 152 model runs, or about 0.6 percent of the time. Still, this probability has roughly doubled from a few weeks ago, when the chances had been hovering at about 0.3 percent instead."