Love Hillary
One of my friends emailed me this article today saying it worthy of Good Will Hinton. I wish I had written it. I certainly agree.
Paul Kengor, a Grove City professor who's penned religious portraits of Ronald Reagan and President Bush, recently released a third biography, God and Hillary Clinton. In a recent radio interview, Kengor detailed Clinton's Methodist upbringing, her public professions of faith, and her prayer life and involvement in Bible studies. The talk-show host, Robert Mangino, responded in a way that epitomizes many evangelicals' reaction to Hillary: "I know it sounds judgmental, but I just can't believe she's a Christian. I think all of her talk of faith is pure politics."From all sides of the political spectrum, evangelicals respond with a surprising amount of disgust upon hearing Hillary's name....
...(V)itriolic language directed at political figures does not, to use the Pauline metaphor, attract others with "the aroma of Christ." It just creates a stench, making it more difficult to nurture relationships with those who want to meet Christ and who happen to support Clinton. Such talk easily slides into denigrating those on the other side of the political spectrum—who may just be on the other side of the aisle on Sunday mornings.
None of this precludes vigorous and pointed disagreement in the public square. Neither John the Baptist nor Jesus nor Paul was always meek and mild when they challenged the principalities and powers. But when vigorous political discourse turns into bashing of public figures, it perpetuates a great lie: that they are merely the ideologies and symbols attached to them. When a candidate's ideology is mistaken for his or her personhood, it masks a crucial truth: that each person, no matter their political views, bears God's image and matters deeply to him.
While pundits see candidates as punching bags, evangelicals are supposed to see candidates as, well, people. As we ponder how candidates are "fearfully and wonderfully made," we may haltingly come to realize that the most bold and courageous thing we each could do this election season, no matter who we vote for, is this: Love Hillary.
Bravo! I couldn't have said it better myself.
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This is just fantastic.
This is just fantastic. I've come across too many people who say "she's just pure evil", without really knowing anything about her. It doesn't help Christians demonstrate the love about which Jesus said we should be characterized.
Thanks for publicizing this article.
I had the fun of listening
I had the fun of listening to a lot of conservatives in Texas the past two weeks tell me personally (or say on the radio) that they were voting for Hillary. They loved Hillary yesterday, crossing party lines to vote in the Democratic primary, helping to vault her ahead of Obama.
Context: these conservative friends and acquaintances who voted for HRC yesterday in Texas are not supporters of Hillary. Rather, for a variety of reasons (wanting to derail Obama, wanting to "prolong the chaos" of the Democrats, etc), they voted against Obama. Some even went to the evening Texas caucus meetings to work against Obama.
Ultimately, it was Obama himself who provided the inspiration for my friends to "Love Hillary." When asking themselves and others the question, "Can we stop Obama's momentum?" The answer was, "Yes, We Can."
love hillary, dispassionate
love hillary, dispassionate about process
There was a great article on reason.com regarding Michigan and Florida's dissatisfaction that their delegates will be shut out of convention.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/125376.html
The author highlights that DNC members, including those from Michigan and Florida agreed that only IA, NV, and NH could hold early primaries and that consequences would include loss of delegates at the convention.
I agree that this is a great
I agree that this is a great article, I am left feeling frusterated the more however that she does not present herself in away that allows her to be seen as a more complete person. She does tend to translate cold, unapproachable,
and unknown. She needs to let herself be "lovable Hillary". This was an enlightening article, in that direction.
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