Will the real evangelical Christian conservative please stand up and screech about it? Or, just declare what you are by your actions, not your words.

On GOP Bloggers (formerly B4B) today, they submit Exhibit A in the case of Hillary vs. the "Idiot" Conservatives. Actually, it's a case of Hillary doing serious pandering to Christian conservatives and counting on all of us being morons.

"I always take time to worship God in as evangelical a way as is feasible, given time and location constraints. As you know, I consider myself an evangelical Christian, really a Christian conservative, if you want to know the truth, so it's nice to be 'home' again in the South, which I really consider my quote-unquote home even though I live in New York most of the time. Well, Washington, D.C., most of the time, actually, but if I'm not there I'm in New York, of course, but always thinking about being here, in the South, where I shared so many wonderful evangelical. . . moments and . . . events." [emphasis added]

Huh? And also, HUH? I checked her record on OntheIssues.org, and thought the following stances in particular were very unorthodox for an evangelical Christian conservative in the south:

VoteMatch Responses

VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)

Based on these stances (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) --

Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (7 points on Social scale)

• Must safeguard constitutional rights, including choice: Favors topic 1
• Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1
• Expand embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
• NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Favors topic 1
• NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime: Favors topic 1

Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)

• Gays deserve domestic partnership benefits: Strongly Favors topic 3
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
• YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3

Opposes topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (7 points on Social scale)

• Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4

Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)

• Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8

Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)

• End hate crimes and other intolerance: Favors topic 9

Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)

• Limit access to weapons; look for early warning signs: Opposes topic 10
• Gun control protects our children: Strongly Opposes topic 10
• Don’t water down sensible gun control legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 10
• NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10

Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)

• Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15

Strongly Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (0 points on Economic scale)

Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)

So, since I think of myself as an evangelical Christian conservative (conservative on social issues, but I'm more of an economic moderate) and Hillary and I disagree on almost everything, then one of us is mistaken about what we are. But I agree with Michael in MI over at GOP Bloggers:

This is the difference between people who are something and who are not something. Those who are something, are that way because they work on their character through their actions and how they live their lives. Those who are not something, are that way because they work more on their reputation through empty works and lack of substantial action.

The office of the President of the United States is an office of character and action. Anyone running without these qualities will never win the office. And the American public is too smart now for anyone to get away with pretending to have these qualities.

Yep.

Just to update, it appears that this was satire posted on National Review Online. Oooops. However, that does make much more sense. I couldn't believe she'd do such obvious pandering!

Also, I included her positions on some things, like gun control, the military, and the UN, as part of the point that her views would be unorthodox for an evangelical conservative Christian in the SOUTHERN United States. Emphasis on the "southern" for those things, rather than the "evangelical conservative Christian". Although I don't know of anywhere that the Bible speaks against owning weapons (obviously not firearms, because they weren't invented at the time, but not any other weapons either). If anyone knows of a "thou shalt not join the NRA", or anything of the sort, please let me know! Just a little humor, there -- but I really would like to know of a passage that speaks against weapon ownership. (Not using weapons, obviously, because I know that's in there, but owning them.)