Hillary and Obama in Small Town (Hillary Finds the Holy Spirit and a Shot of Whiskey)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 17 April 2008 | DANIEL HENNINGER

[shrinkermd]

...Remember the culture wars? This week the Democrats sued for peace.

On Friday evening, email queues lit up everywhere with people reacting to Barack Obama's thoughts on life being nasty, bitter and short in small-town America. Time was not long ago that a Democratic candidate could have said such folk cling to guns and religion and are hostile to "diversity" with nary a peep from his party.

Before midnight, Hillary was paddling down Whiskey River with the boys at Bronko's. Then on Sunday evening, the white flag really went up over the culture war's battlefield.

...Campbell Brown to Sen. Clinton: "And you have actually felt the presence of the Holy Spirit on many occasions. Share some of those occasions."

Hillary Clinton: "I have had the experiences on many, many occasions where I felt like the Holy Spirit was there with me as I made a journey . . . You know, it could be walking in the woods. It could be watching a sunset."

Hit rewind on the tape of history. It is 1992, the Republican Convention in Houston, at the Astrodome. This was the moment of arrival for the "Christian right." Dan Quayle, George H.W. Bush's VP nominee, spoke to a huge throng of evangelicals about "family values." Pat Buchanan delivered his "culture wars" speech. The press corps, for whom all this was alien ground, was openly hostile to the GOP.

...Conservatives should still pocket the fact that the awful culture war has been replaced by a legitimate political competition whose locus has moved rightward. What's left of the rancid war are guerrillas in the Hollywood foothills, pot-shotting at Pat Robertson and other bogeymen. But at the big-league level of presidential politics, it's over. Say good-bye to the Michael Moore Mockathon. Say hello to the spirit in the sky

[shrinkermd]

I wonder if they read FR?

[Kenny Bunk]

"I have had the experiences on many, many occasions where I felt like the Holy Spirit was there with me as I made a journey . . . You know, it could be walking in the woods. It could be watching a sunset."

....Read FR? Hey, if this happened to me, I wouldn't need FR. Next thing you know, it will turn out that this wonderful candidate was at Fatima. A-lei-lu-u-u-yah!

[Victor]

Satan is also a spirit.....guess it depends on one’s definition of “holy”.

[skinkinthegrass]

...guess it depends on one’s definition of “holy”....sharp point. :/

[doug from upland]

OBAMA SINGS “SMALL TOWN” - http://youtube.com/watch?v=dIIszrKLbD8

[Convert from ECUSA]

"...Campbell Brown to Sen. Clinton: "And you have actually felt the presence of the Holy Spirit on many occasions. Share some of those occasions." Hillary Clinton: "I have had the experiences on many, many occasions where I felt like the Holy Spirit was there with me as I made a journey . . . You know, it could be walking in the woods. It could be watching a sunset."

Queen Evita wouldn't know the Presence of the Holy Spirit if He stood in front of her holding a sign saying "I am the Holy Spirit, the Third Member of the Holy Trinity!

[dirtboy]

Queen Evita wouldn't know the Presence of the Holy Spirit if He stood in front of her holding a sign saying "I am the Holy Spirit, the Third Member of the Holy Trinity!

Unless, of course He also held a campaign contribution to give her...

[thulldud]

The demons know Him, and tremble.

I'll venture to suggest that Evita does neither.

[Convert from ECUSA]

ROFL! Ain’t it the truth!

[Convert from ECUSA]

"The demons know Him, and tremble. I'll venture to suggest that Evita does neither."

That's for sure!

[Shermy]

That single “value voters” poll after the 2004 election continues to lay waste to the public identities of the liberal democrats.

[T.L.Sink]

Considering the word spirit originally meant “wind” in Hebrew, I think she’s always been full of it!

[Salem]

"Queen Evita wouldn't know the Presence of the Holy Spirit if He stood in front of her holding a sign saying "I am the Holy Spirit, the Third Member of the Holy Trinity!"

HAAAAAaaahaaahaaaa!!

Yer' so right.

[Kenny Bunk]

These people can even make McCain look good!

One more question: WTF country is this again?

[Convert from ECUSA]

"Considering the word spirit originally meant “wind” in Hebrew, I think she’s always been full of it!"

Queen Evita is full of wind because she keeps eating all that six-alarm chili with beans for lunch!

[UglyinLA]

the word on Politico.com is that she didn’t even finish the shot of whiskey. people who where there at the bar are posting that she took a sip and then set the glass down. this is also the first known instance of her actually drinking alcohol.