Mocking "Maureen Loud" as a "highbrow hussy from New York City" and "that redheaded woman over at the New York Times," the senator fumed at her and other elitists' attacks on the Christian voters who re-elected President Bush.

We don't ask her to worship in our church in Young Harris, Ga., Miller said, but we do ask that they not mock our religion.

"Jesus was a better role model than Michael Moore" for voters, Imus said. Democrats cannot show such contempt for Christians if they want to win elections, he agreed.

Miller's most amusing shot at the sour, dour Miss Dowd: "You can just see the horns sprouting up through that Technicolor hair."

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