One of the phrases Garrison Keillor used over and over in his monologues Sunday was "They're Lutheran, you know" or "We're Lutherans." It was as if this phrase explains all the actions of his Lake Wobegone characters about whom he spoke as he talked of his days in the imaginative town. These words signified that no further explanation was needed to clarify their action-being Lutheran says it all.
I don't know if everyone agreed but he got no protests and several nods of agreement from the audience. It was sort of the equivalent to say a few years ago that "she's blond". Nothing more need be said.