June 05, 2007
Gotta Have Faith
Last night's live CNN broadcast of the Sojourners Forum on Faith, Values and Poverty at GWU offered a rare glimpse into "the personal religious practices" of the three top Dem WH '08ers. (Aiming to avoid a debate-style "fight for soundbites," Sojourners founder Jim Wallis invited only the top three contenders to spend 15 minutes apiece addressing questions from CNN's Soledad O'Brien as well as a panel of religious leaders).
In what O'Brien and Hillary Clinton joked was almost a "girl talk" session, HRC gave the juiciest bit of the evening, discussing her Methodist faith and how it "got her through" the marital woes of her husband's infidelity. Along with her network of "prayer warriors," she said her faith gave her the "courage and the strength" to do what she thought was right -- "regardless of what the world thought." Awkwardly squirming in her chair for a comfortable position throughout the discussion, HRC also admitted to sometimes "asking the Lord to help her lose weight."
While John Edwards openly admitted to "sinning every day," he was the candidate who most embodied Wallis' message of "Voting Out Poverty" in the '08 election. He also re-emphasized his personal objection to gay marriage but quickly noted that as president, he would not impose his belief system on the rest of the country. Manager David Bonior was pleased Edwards had the opportunity to address his signature campaign issue of poverty following the 6/3 debate, which mainly focused on issues of foreign policy.
Barack Obama was given the chance to address his position on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict before spending nearly his entire allotted 15 minutes answering a question on how he as president would rectify the moral and political debate over poverty. [AMY DUDLEY]
Posted at 09:10 AM
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What --- nothing about bashing homosexuals, Mexicans, Muslims, or atheists?
Oh...wrong party.
goethean | 06.05.07 10:28 AM
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