...soley for political purposes.
This isn't rocket science. And the fact that you would chime in to defend them is a bit bizarre. Surely you are smart enough to see what they are doing, and an honest academic would acknowledge my point.
But it seems that you are defending them (by attacking me, rather than the substance of my post) because they are your political allies on this board. I know you aren't a particularly religious person, if indeed you are religious at all, but there are honest atheists out there, and you don't have to defend them.