Remember how Rick Perry’s Hallelujahpalooza was not, absolutely not, are you listening to me?  NOT, a political event?

Yeah, right.

You know, no matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.

The organizer of The Response, the massive Aug. 6 prayer rally initiated by Gov. Rick Perry, is calling on attendees to help register millions of conservative Christians, prompting questions about the group and Perry’s claims the event was not political.

Don Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association, sent an email Thursday thanking recipients for registering for The Response, which drew thousands of people to Reliant Stadium.

“Today, I want to introduce you to Champion the Vote (CTV), a friend of AFA whose mission is to mobilize 5 million unregistered conservative Christians to register and vote according to the Biblical worldview in 2012,” Wildmon wrote.

It’s edging up but not touching a violation of campaign finance reporting laws.

You know, I think all these churches just ought to give up their tax-exempt status and just go ahead and become a political party.  I mean, that only seems fair to Sweet Jesus.  They could leave him out of it.  Maybe Sweet Jesus would start listening to them if their prayers didn’t start out, “Dear Hottest Endorser.”