{"id":192,"date":"2005-01-20T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2005-01-20T11:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theanchoressonline.com\/archives\/2005\/01\/20\/here-comes-hillary-and-her-religious-tracts\/"},"modified":"2017-03-16T17:10:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T17:10:21","slug":"here-comes-hillary-and-her-religious-tracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2005\/01\/20\/here-comes-hillary-and-her-religious-tracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Here comes Hillary and her Religious Tracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019m no prognosticator \u2013 my predictions are usually wrong, but I think I predicted this a few months ago \u2013 like on November 3 \u2013 that Hillary Clinton would soon be declaring, \u201cThe truth is I have always been a praying person.\u201d Hmmm, echoes of her senatorial run, when she put a Yankee Cap on her head and swore, \u201cThe truth is I have always been a Yankees fan!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My beloved bums have lost the World Series ever since.<\/p>\n

I recall that both times Bill Clinton ran for president, we were treated to stories about how Hillary kept Christian tracts in her handbag.<\/p>\n

Here they come again. Now Hillary is backing faith based initiatives<\/span><\/a> as she continues her move rightward in anticipation of 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

You know, it occurs to me that most women learn not to be this transparent, just as part of being female.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, though, Hillary warned about how faith-based initiatives would create enormous trouble for our nation, particularly if \u201cideologically conservative groups like the KKK decided to call themselves churches\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Ugh. Just ugh.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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