who said this...the need for a spiritual renewal in our country

And I have become accustomed over the past year to
living between those kinds of poles and trying as best I can
to navigate what is for many of us uncharted terrain.
Because as my husband said this morning, freedom of religion
does not mean, and should not mean, freedom from religion.
And striking the appropriate balance, and being able to
witness in a public role what one feels and lives through
one's own spiritual journey, opens one up to misunderstanding
and criticism.

But it is my very firm conviction that there is a
growing awareness of the need for a spiritual renewal in our
country and a willingness on the part of many to act and work
in good faith together to fill that sense of emptiness with
the Word and with an outreach that is grounded in real
Christian values.

I am indebted, as I stand here before you, at the
end of my first year in this city, to many, many people: I
am indebted to a new church home, which is an inner city
church, struggling as part of a social gospel to minister to
the many needs that one finds in any of our cities and
struggling also to deal with the personal needs and demands
that come through a congregation's individual search for
salvation. I am indebted to the many friends who have been
supportive and understanding of what it is like to make the
kind of transition that my family has made.

http://clinton4.nara.gov/media/text/1994-02-02-first-lady-remarks-to-the-national-prayer-luncheon.text

We can find things about all our candidates we don't like - but to me, they are a ton better than what the GOP offers us.

I can bitch a blue streak all day about Hillary, and Obama, and even Edwards. If we all look enough we can find things about our candidates we don't like (and the longer they have been in the public eye, the more we can find).

While some here will find any tiny thing they can to denigrate our leaders, I ask simply - why? I don't like Hillary myself, but I sure as hell like her better than what is offered from the other side. Obama has issues too, but I still would find ways to build him up this year to overcome the GOP.

I vote for the democrats this year, no matter what. Perfect or not. Corporatist or not. 8 Years of GOP rule has just about destroyed us. I can play the game of finding 'negative' things about our candidates, but in the end I would rather play the game of why someone on the D side is WAY better than someone on the R side.

Hillary/et al ain't perfect - but they are a damn site better than what we face with another 4-8 years of gop rule.

But hey, when you're speaking at a prayer luncheon, you do what you gotta do.

Vote Edwards '08

Would be a first step in that direction imo.

Edwards for 08 is right by me.

"Christian values." :puke:

:)