Jed at jedreport, God bless him, has a fine audio/video mash-up of what would, at this point, be known as bless-gate, if a certain other candidate had said it. But, since the media loves nothing more than a circular firing squad, the comeback kid is getting treated with kid gloves these days. There seems to be little if any outrage about candidate Clinton’s comment to Bill O’Falafael, that "Rich people, God bless(ed) us".
But I digress....The point being, that the Jed mash makes a fairly convincing case that Hillary did in fact say "bless", whereas Howard Wolfson, on the daily conference call, goes out of his way to say that she said "b-l-e-s-s-e-d". [No, Barack didn’t say "bitter", he said "b-e-t-t-e-r"....you know, people who cling to their guns tucked away in their Bibles are "better" than the rest of those latte-sippin elites out in San Francisco] Regardless, I say we give her the benefit of the doubt, and affirm that she did in fact say, or intend to say, "God blessed us" -- rich folks, that is.
Now, I know lots of Kossacks would just as soon let religion dwell in the private sphere, and prefer that candidates, as a general rule, keep their mouths shut about religion. But, to paraphrase our erstwhile presumptive nominee (God bless him), religion is a reality of American life, and we just need to deal with that fact. This being the case, and Dkos being a reality-based community, lets hold our Gun-and-Bible totin’ candidates to their professed beliefs. No?
Hence, a poll, below.
So, ask your local press representative, Clinton conference call attendee, or locust-eating prophet, to accost the good Senator, and grill her on her Biblical and Beatific knowledge like its the Spanish inquisition all over again (She’ll never expect it).