Charles Pierce thinks maybe Senator Clinton is “truckling to the Bible-bangers, publicly haranguing us with [her] ‘faith journeys.'”
The “values voters” have been marinating in their own faith-based fear, faith-based bigotry, and solipsistic Personal Lords And Saviors for so long that it’s going to take a decade of deprogramming before they get within shouting distance of normal. They will vote the other way, if they ever vote the other way, because their personal economics get so dire, or because enough of their children get thrown away in a petulant president’s ongoing tantrum of a war, that no amount of eschatological dumbshow can distract them any longer. In other words, they will take political action as political actors. Period. All the prayerful filigree will fall away, and blessed human self-interest will once again rule the day. Until that great gettin’-up mornin’, the primary religious political power in this country comes from the Right, and that’s not going to change any time soon. Jesus Christ, Hillary. (You should pardon the expression.) These people are nuttier than a Christmas fruitcake. Why not just take a couple of million from the Scientologists and be done with it?
Pierce adds, “[I]f Senator Clinton is completely sincere in her attachment to this particular big ship of fools, I wouldn’t vote for her if she were running against a ticket of George Steinbrenner and Ann Coulter. However, if she’s just using this as a cynical political ploy, she’s my gal.”
Here’s his link for background from Mother Jones: Hillary’s Prayer: Hillary Clinton’s Religion and Politics.