Posted on 12/30/2007 1:55:14 PM PST by jdm
DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a campaign sermon Sunday, but didn't stick around to hear the pastor do his preaching.
"We're still at church. We're still going to worship no matter what," the Rev. Lee Maxey said as the Democratic presidential candidate, her daughter, Chelsea, and their entourage left Corinthian Baptist Church, the media pack close behind.
Clinton stayed for about 20 minutes and, when she spoke, noted her support for children's rights.
The New York senator also highlighted a chapter in her book, "It Takes a Village," that talks about every child needing a champion. She said most children have someone in that role and she'd like to fulfill it for the whole country.
"I think the American people need a president who is their champion. And I've been running to be that champion — to get up every single day and do all that I can to make sure I provide the tools that every single American is entitled to receive and make the most out of their own lives," Clinton said.
And with that, she hurried out.
The Rev. James Green took a poke at the just-departed Clinton as he began his sermon.
"When I first got here I was a little overwhelmed. All the dignitaries came in," he said. "I thought they were going to stay for service, but they're still campaigning."
Earlier this year, Democratic candidate Barack Obama also joined the mostly black congregation.
He, too, left early.
Take it easy on the double posts. Kinda hard on the eyes - mine, not her’s...
If you do something good, maybe ten will hear about it. If you mess up, count on each person you offended telling at least 100 more.
BRETT FAVRE’S WIFE TO START FOR PACKERS
MRS. BRETT FAVRE TO START FOR PACKERS
The Green Bay Packers delivered a shocking announcement today. Their
starting quarterback this Sunday will be Mrs. Deanna Favre, who will
play for Brett during the first quarter.
Fans in Green Bay were shocked when this announcement was made, but
Mrs. Favre assured the fans that, “Hey, I know this game. I live with
Brett. I have taken several road trips on the team plane. I’ve gone
to the pre-game meals. I know a lot of the Packer players. I’ve
played with a lot of the Packers in our back yard. I’ve tossed the
football with them, and I know what a slot right
60-Prevent-Slot-Hook- And-Go is and I know how to avoid a corner blitz.”
So they polled the people in Green Bay, 50% of Packers fans are
excited, motivated, and looking forward to the big game.
All right, you think that’s ridiculous?
Let me reread this:
Mrs. Hillary Clinton announced that she is running for president of
the United States because she knows Bill Clinton and has lived with
him, and she was there on a lot of trips to China and around the
world, and she really cared about kids for 35 years. She’s fought and
she stood up for kids, and she’s tried to fix health care, and she
knows fifty percent of the American people say, “That’s good enough for us.”
Hammers and sickles, just as her materialist progenitors, Marx, Engels and Alinsky, had in mind for us, whom that "world-class genius" (sic) projects to be the proletariat.
HF
Maybe each one of them will tell 10 others and send a few emials....
Apparently Obama did the same thing at the same church. I guess the 'rats and their subjects understand each other.
I reckon the good pastor, whether or not he still plans to vote for Hillary after this, operates on two principles:
1. There is a God.
2. Although Hillary may believe otherwise, she ain’t Him.
So true, something to think about. They may still support her. Who knows?
Doesn’t leaving before the sermon break the thin veil of legitimacy that speaking in a church is not campaigning but a coincidental part of the service? Boy, I’ll bet the press is all over her on that one. [crickets till groundhog day].
I just KNEW she’d show up in a black church this weekend!!!!
Couldn’t get anybody to take me up on the bet, though
Same thing Howard Dean did. He took more flak than the Hildebeast for doing a photo op at a black church and then leaving before the sermon.
The libs hate the sermon but want the votes. Big surprise. not.....
If you went to the church in question, you'd be a liberal democrat, delighted that you could provide your candidate a free photo-op.
We are not children, Mrs. Clinton.
DES MOINES, IA — Hillary and Chelsea Clinton went to church today — for 13 minutes.
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her remarks were not devoid of politics. Touting her years of work for the Children’s Defense Fund, she said that she is running for president “in large measure” to ensure the future of America’s children. “The American people need a president to be their champion,” she said.
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