A sarcastic reader:

Mr. Derbyshire—In your Corner post, you write: “Could someone please direct me to any post, column, or broadcast in which I have attacked evangelical Christians?”
Seriously! I mean where in the world do these never ending crazy readers keep coming up with these scenarios that you have ever in your life uttered a single word that any believing Christian would find critical of their beliefs?

[Me] Sir: If you think that my uttering words critical of your beliefs is an “attack,” my strong advice to you would be to stay home with the curtains drawn and the phone disconnected, 24/7, for ever.

As to why anyone would be the least bit surprised that Evangelicals like Evangelical candidates, well, I am baffled all over again. Evangelicals sure liked Jimmy Carter in ‘76—heck, they got him elected! Jeff Hart has written entire essays about this. And I don’t want to generate too much schock all at once—I’d hate for anyone to have a heart attack reading my posts—but guess what: Catholics like Catholic candidates, atheists would go nuts for an atheist candidate (if they could get one), blacks are awfully well-disposed to black candidates, an Asian-American candidate would do real well with Asian-Americans, a female candidate would get masses of votes from women, and a vegan candidate would sweep the vegans.

Human nature, anyone?