I’m starting a new series. I’m not really sure how long this series will last since I have this penchant for forgetting all about it. So, we’ll see how far this goes.
I’ll post a question and then my response. You respond either at your own spot or here in the comments. If you respond on your home turf, please leave a linkback so I know you’re doing it.
Are Hillary Clinton’s comments about her spiritual beliefs campaign rhetoric or sincere faith?
Candidates on both sides of the aisle bandy about the word “faith” as if it’s a magic wand that will somehow hypnotize the average American into supporting their campaign. They throw the word around as if it’s the Pied Piper’s instrument leading rats to the river. The current crop of Presidential candidates assumes that the American public is somehow out of touch with reality, uninformed, and will eat any amount of garbage fed to them.
The Democratic candidates see that the Christian Right has mobilized the Republican right wing base and work feverishly to find that kind of strength in numbers. Senator Clinton is no different in this regard. She sees an opportunity to come ahead in the polls and snatches it like a fish to a lure. She forgets her own history, or tries to negate it, as it suits her. She has mastered rhetoric and her use of faith during her campaign is part of that. She has time and again shown that she holds no real stance on any of the political issues important to Americans, and will use whatever language she deems will gain her votes. For instance, in 2005 she voted NO in cutting $40 billion in overall federal spending, and yet voted “Yes” to fund the war in Iraq. She says now, in 2007, that she wants our troops home. She has lambasted corporate elites for treating “working-class America as invisible” in 2007*, but she served on the Wal-Mart board of directors until 1992. Those are just two examples of how Hillary Clinton twists with the wind.
While Senator Clinton may be sincerely faithful, her speaking on faith during this campaign is obviously rhetoric used to garner her favor with voters. Were the majority of Americans atheists I have no doubt that she would disavow her religious upbringing and throw her own church under the bus.
Question of the Week- 7/
2930I’m starting a new series. I’m not really sure how long this series will last since I have this penchant for forgetting all about it. So, we’ll see how far this goes.
I’ll post a question and then my response. You respond either at your own spot or here in the comments. If you respond on your home turf, please leave a linkback so I know you’re doing it.
Are Hillary Clinton’s comments about her spiritual beliefs campaign rhetoric or sincere faith?
Candidates on both sides of the aisle bandy about the word “faith” as if it’s a magic wand that will somehow hypnotize the average American into supporting their campaign. They throw the word around as if it’s the Pied Piper’s instrument leading rats to the river. The current crop of Presidential candidates assumes that the American public is somehow out of touch with reality, uninformed, and will eat any amount of garbage fed to them.
The Democratic candidates see that the Christian Right has mobilized the Republican right wing base and work feverishly to find that kind of strength in numbers. Senator Clinton is no different in this regard. She sees an opportunity to come ahead in the polls and snatches it like a fish to a lure. She forgets her own history, or tries to negate it, as it suits her. She has mastered rhetoric and her use of faith during her campaign is part of that. She has time and again shown that she holds no real stance on any of the political issues important to Americans, and will use whatever language she deems will gain her votes. For instance, in 2005 she voted NO in cutting $40 billion in overall federal spending, and yet voted “Yes” to fund the war in Iraq. She says now, in 2007, that she wants our troops home. She has lambasted corporate elites for treating “working-class America as invisible” in 2007*, but she served on the Wal-Mart board of directors until 1992. Those are just two examples of how Hillary Clinton twists with the wind.
While Senator Clinton may be sincerely faithful, her speaking on faith during this campaign is obviously rhetoric used to garner her favor with voters. Were the majority of Americans atheists I have no doubt that she would disavow her religious upbringing and throw her own church under the bus.
Your turn.
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