[aruanan]

But most Christians are sitting around waiting to get raptured in the 2nd Coming, so they aren't about to get their hands dirty in something so awful as politics.

If you mean the pre-tribulation rapture, then most Christians don't even believe in that--and before the late 1700s, none of them did.

[webstersII]

"If you mean the pre-tribulation rapture, then most Christians don't even believe in that--and before the late 1700s, none of them did."

I disagree. I know lots of people who are pre-trib believers. Plus, some of the popular prophecy teachers are pre-trib.