Faith Intertwines With Political Life for Clinton

[Herman Munster]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/us/politics/07clinton.html?em&ex=1183953600&en=55f0cf4380ac0c49&ei=5087%0A

WASHINGTON — Long before her beliefs would be tested in the most wrenching of ways as first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton taught an adult Sunday school class on the importance of forgiveness. It is a lesson, she says, that she has harked back to often.

“We all have things that oftentimes we’re upset about, or ashamed of, or feel guilty over, and so many people carry these enormous burdens around,” Mrs. Clinton said in a recent interview. “One of the great gifts of faith is to let it go.”

The themes of wrongs, forgiveness and reconciliation have played out repeatedly in Mrs. Clinton’s life, as she has endured the ordeal of her husband’s infidelity, engaged in countless political battles and shared a deep, mutual distrust with adversaries.

Her Methodist faith, Mrs. Clinton says, has guided her as she sought to repair her marriage, forgiven some critics who once vilified her and struggled in the bare-knuckles world of politics to fulfill the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor.

[bread_and_roses]

1. I am so utterly sick of hearing about Pols faith....

...I don't give a good god-damn about their "faith" - all I care about is their actions.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The fundies have made it impossible for a candidate not to brag about their "faith."

So they have to maunder on about how their faith saw them through crises, blah, blah, blah. If you're not a breast-beating Christian who makes a big damn deal about how your "faith" influences every damn thing you do, you'd better forget about holding public office. Hillary is a shrewd politician. She knows she has to suck up to the fundies in some fashion. Now she has to figure out how not to make us non-fundies not throw up over this "faith" BS.

[SaveElmer]

2. Sorry...didn't see you had posted this...I duped it....nt

[PurityOfEssence]

4. Get yer god here! Red hot, tasty god! Can't have a day without yer god!

godgodgod! godgodgod! god fer what ails ya! god to the last drop!