On Sunday June 3, eight of the Presidential hopefuls for the Democratic Party lined up for a publicly televised debate on CNN out of Manchester, New Hampshire.
On Monday June 4, the three ‘first tier’ candidates (Clinton, Obama, Edwards) lined up for a publicly televised event broadcast by CNN out of George Washington University in Washington DC. This time they talked about their faith.
Hilary and religion
According to Hilary Clinton, the trauma of her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky was only surmounted because of her religious convictions. ‘I am not sure I would have gotten through it without my faith’, she said. Edwards said that he rediscovered his faith after the tragic death of his son in a car accident in 1996. ‘When Elizabeth and I lost our son, we were non-functional for a period of time, it was the Lord that got me through that.’ And Obama, originally from a Moslem background but now associated with the United Church of Christ, played up the social ramifications of his faith: ‘I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper…we are connected as people.’
