“These two weekends were a lot like many of the events I had visited going back nearly 20 years to gatherings of
Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition. For example, people still wanted to take pictures with me, to prove to the
folks back home that even though their trip to Washington didn’t lead to a photo op with Barack Obama, they did
get a snapshot or video with one of Satan’s imps. After one such session, a woman brought her 12-year-old son
over and said: “now if you ever see Mr. Lynn on television, don’t believe a word he says.” I immediately told the
youth: “listen to your mother.” The subtlety of that response (that is, don’t believe me when I say you should
listen to your mother) may have been lost on mom.”