Letters: Unitarians, Rodriguez

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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

Now your comments on yesterday's program. First off, politics and religion, sort of.

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

Some of you objected to a statement by Stuart Stevens in my interview with him. He's a Republican media strategist, and I asked him what he thought of the show the Democrats were putting on in Denver.

Mr. STUART STEVENS (Republican Media Strategist): It sort of has the passion of a Unitarian wedding. It seems like they're trying to be nice to a lot of different people who are going to vote for them anyway.

BLOCK: Uh oh, well Tim Weatherall(ph) of Charlottesville, Virginia, had his own Unitarian wedding with, as he says, plenty of passion, variety, fun and substance, just like this convention.

He continues: Perhaps Mr. Stevens does not realize that he paid Democrats and Unitarians a compliment.

SIEGEL: And we heard from Ann Summers(ph), who is the membership chairperson for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Briarcliff, Croatan and Ossining, New York.

BLOCK: She writes: I'm used to hearing that we are too open-minded, too liberal and not dogmatic enough, but passionless? Never. She invites Mr. Stevens to witness that enthusiasm by stopping by a service this Sunday.

SIEGEL: Finally, a note on text-messaging. Susan Farver(ph) of Woody Creek, Colorado, heard my conversation about the Obama campaign's use of mass texting at rallies, and she tells us this: I tried to text my daughter tonight about Obama's speech, but when I used the usual iTap shorthand, I couldn't pull up either Obama or Barack without spelling it out letter by letter. Here's an opportunity for the Obama campaign.

BLOCK: Well, don't text us your comments, but please do write to us. Go to npr.org, and click on contact us at the top of the page.

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