Not to harp on this, but just to show you how influential the fanatical religous elements are in the US, and how in fact "mainstream" they are within the US framework, here is a media site that documents
that Pat "Fatwa", "detonate a nuclear device underneath the State Department" Robertson has been on Fox News 10 times in the last year!!!
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/robertson_on_fnc_10_times_in_a_year_24995.asp#more
The hard core reality is that US conservatives take a "kid gloves" and apoligistic approach to Christian Fundamentalists, which allow them (the fundamentalists) to operate within the mainstream, albeit on the flanks. Don't preach to Muslims until you clean up your own house