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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Rob Long on Churches and Hillary Clinton on National Review Online: "and of course, I always take time to worship God in as evangelical a way as is feasible, given time and location constraints. As you know, I consider myself an evangelical Christian, really a Christian conservative, if you want to know the truth," so said Hillary Clinton in a church interview.

If I didn't know better I might expect to see her sitting in the pew next to me next Sunday. Actually, I would hope to see her there and pray that she might find forgiveness and a real relationship with God. While, I can't sit in judgment of her spiritual life, her actions speak much louder than her words, and her actions have been decidedly contrary to the teachings of Christ. If she is a believer, she is one in much need of discipling.

I suspect that Hillary's words are not words of testimony of a life changed by the love of God, but declaration with one eye (maybe both) towards the 2008 presidential race. Having seen the impact of the Evangelical vote, though I think the impact was not nearly as strong as others may indicate, she is doing some early stumping.

Lessons from the liberal campaign play book, "be all things to all people."

Perhaps she should look instead to the conservative (aka George Bush) playbook, "be real and true to yourself."

But, were that the case I suspect she wouldn't find herself doing a church interview, much less in a church.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Heard a story today about Kerry supporters who are having trouble accepting his loss. Statements such as, "this is the end of America" or "America will never be the same" are their mantra of despair.

The Boca News reports this phenomena among shocked south Floridians is called “post-election selection trauma” or PEST and the American Health Foundation is capitalizing on it. The are setting us group therapy sessions to assist these people. An AHA psychotherapist said he thought it was temporary and would fade as they adjust to reality.

OK. I would have to question whether the people in question ever did have a grasp on reality. One thing for sure, these members of the senior set apparently bought into Kerry's scare ads. Maybe they should send him the bill for their sessions.

Better yet, maybe they should secure a good tort lawyer and go after the Kerry/Edwards campaign for pain and suffering compensation for all the fear they foisted on these unsuspecting folk.

All I can say is, don't worry folks, this election may be a bump in the road, but many scientists, theologists, and sociologists believe that the universe and society is on a steady course from order to chaos. A clear headed look around the world will confirm this theory through simple observation.

While the election of George Bush may temporarily slow this process, it won't stop it and sooner or later you will get someone with your belief system in the office of the President and the race to chaos will continue headlong. And you will find that, yes, America will not ever be the same, chaos results in destruction, that is what you are longing for.

We can only pray that we arrive at that point later than sooner.

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