Reply #53: And thank you for a thoughtful response.

[Laelth]

Just in case it needs saying, I don't think there's anything wrong with faith. It's just this particular group, "The Fellowship," that makes me nervous. And while I hear you when you say that you don't believe Hillary's faith is a motivating factor for her, and I have no idea whether it is or not, the essay to which I refer suggests that her faith and "The Fellowship" do, in fact, have considerable influence over her actions.

Consider these quotes from the article that I posted above:

"The Fellowship isn't out to turn liberals into conservatives; rather, it convinces politicians they can transcend left and right with an ecumenical faith that rises above politics. Only the faith is always evangelical, and the politics always move rightward."

"The Fellowship believes that the elite win power by the will of God, who uses them for his purposes. Its mission is to help the powerful understand their role in God's plan."

"When Clinton seeks guidance among prayer partners such as Coe and Brownback, she is not so much triangulating—much as that may have become second nature—as honoring her convictions. In her own way, she is a true believer."

These authors don't believe she's triangulating here, and the fact is that her voting patterns seem to prove that this circle of power is expressing its power through her, politically. Her rhetoric remains fairly progressive, but her actual political record has grown more conservative.

Now she prefers McCain to Obama as CinC. What's next?

-Laelth