Barring any unforeseen violence (and America is as alienated now as it has been since 1968), the 2012 presidential election will be the first that excludes white Protestant America (even Elvis and Bill Clinton), as two outside types face off -- an African-American and a Mormon. Both African-Americans and Mormons are defined by persecution and slavery versus a bizarre set of religious beliefs which, if examined closely, prefigure Scientology.
