Serial adulterer, censured-as-speaker-of-the-house, many-questionable-financial deals, fake twitter follower generating presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said at a recent debate, “How can you have judgment if you have no faith? How can I trust you with power if you don’t pray?”
I’d ask the exact opposite question: how can I trust someone with power who does pray? How can I rely on someone who expects futile, empty gestures to produce real-world results? I wouldn’t want a president who relied on goat-entrail divinations to predict unemployment figures; why should I want one who drops to his knees, hands clasped, and begs the sky for rain while cutting emergency services that would help fight drought-induced wildfires.