Yawn: The AP smears Palin over prayer for troops in Iraq

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Media Play Dumb To Smear McCain/Palin
Confederate Yankee — ... . Mainstream media journalists at the Associated Press lied and claimed Palin said the Iraq war was a mission from God. They lied . The truth of the matter is that only three suited fools from Chicago think they're on a mission from God, and Jake and Elwood aren't running. The media yes, ...

Channeling Crazy
Nice Deb — ... ZOMG!!11!! The woman is a menace. She is one step away from forming her own army of Christian crusaders, with the plan of cutting a swath of death and destruction from here to Mecca. Run for the hills, hide the children! This, man’s words, however: …are perfectly unobjectionable. How dare righties question this man of honor and integrity. How dare they take his words out of context. Sarcasm/off Yes, let’s talk about context. According to the AP: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ...

First Excepts from Today's Gibson Interview of Palin; No "Gaffes" Noted, Except for the "Gaffe" of Being Pro-Military and Pro-Muscular Defense
Ace of Spades HQ — ... Here's Ed Morrissey on it, back when AP began Dowdifying the quote: " Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God, she exhorted the congregants. Thats what we have to make sure that were praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is Gods plan. Heres what the AP turns it into: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on ...

Palin's memory better than Gibson's research skills?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Ahh, the Dread Ellipsis - not to mention, Big Oops on ABC News' part. Come on, guys: we gave you first dibs on the interview everyone was going for. The least that you can do is do some prep work ahead of time for it. Particularly since Hot Air corrected the mistake a week ago. This was pretty much an unforced error. ...

Gibson's Distortion of the 'Iraq Prayer' Question
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Bless them with your prayers." As you can see in my transcription and the clip, she does not assert that Iraq is a "task from God" or part of "God's plan," but that people of faith should pray that God's will be done and that the mission would be blessed. It's a mainstream Christian sentiment, less presumptuous than some of Obama's own pronunciations about God's will, and entirely different from what Gibson presents to Palin. The misrepresentation of the Iraq prayer has its roots in an AP report, which Gibson apparently took at face value. Disappointing. ...

The Sarah Palin interview
Betsy's Page — ... points out how Gibson left out the key words that change the whole meaning of what she said. Here is what she actually said : âPray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God,â she exhorted the congregants. âThatâs what we have to make sure that weâre praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is Godâs plan.â It is clear when you read the whole quote is that the predicate for the part Gibson quoted is her ...

ABC NEWS FLOPS-- Palin Interview a Hatchet Job
Gateway Pundit — ... is, and I would never presume to know God’s will or to speak God’s words. But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that’s a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God’s side. That’s what that comment was all about, Charlie. GIBSON: I take your point about Lincoln’s words, but you went on and said, “There is a plan and it is God’s plan.” That was awful. HotAir reported last week on Palin's actual words that were distorted by ...

Man, the MSM Couldn’t Even Do One Unbiased Interview with Sarah Palin
The Sundries Shack — ... What I know is that my son has made a decision. I am so proud of his independent and strong decision he has made, what he decided to do and serving for the right reasons and serving something greater than himself and not choosing a real easy path where he could be more comfortable and certainly safer. [Emphasis Mine] Thankfully for the viewing public, there’s this little thing called Google. Maybe Gibson should look into it. Here is what Palin actually said. “Pray for our military men and women who are ...

Charlie Gibson, Probably Innocently, Distorts Palin’s Prayer
Patterico's Pontifications — ... leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God,” she exhorted the congregants. “That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan.” Just as Palin said in her interview with Gibson, Palin is clearly praying that the U.S. plan is God’s plan. In other words, as she said to Gibson: “let us pray that we are on God’s side.” As Hot Air pointed out last Thursday, however, the Associated Press quoted Palin’s prayer this ...

Charlie Gibson’s Big Mistake.
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... (or Hot Air for that matter). Outrageously, in his interview Gibson claimed that Sarah Palin had called the Iraq War “a task . . . from God.” No she didn’t. She prayed that it was a task from God. As I said a few days ago: I find it hard to believe that Anderson Cooper [and now, Charlie Gibson] does not understand the difference between praying for something you hope is true and stating that it is true. Is praying for peace throughout the world the same as saying that there is peace throughout the world? If I had prayed for the press to be fair to Sarah Palin that would ...

Gibson Blows the Exclusive
Confederate Yankee — ... had said, and that's a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God's side. That's what that comment was all about, Charlie. But Gibson's "quote" of Palin's "exact words" was anything but an exact quote; the statement Gibson attributed to Palin was for all intents and purposes fiction , real sentences ripped apart and rearranged to mean exactly what journalists wanted them to mean. Here is what Palin really said :"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. ...

Obama Treads Carefully Between Black Liberation Doctrine And Public Policy
Pirate's Cove — ... concrete evidence. Of course, Palin’s anti-abortion stance is good enough for the Times to label her a fundamentalist, and outside the mainstream. Furthermore, they disengenuously misquote her, as so much of the media has, on Iraq In one of her more controversial appearances in the Wasilla church, Palin told a group of ministry students in June to pray that sending troops to Iraq was part of “God’s plan.” No no no. But, you know, she wanted to allow Intelligent Design to be taught in ...

Obama Treads Carefully Between Black Liberation Doctrine And Public Policy
Stop The ACLU — ... is digging for relevance, attempting to create an issue without direct, concrete evidence. Of course, Palin’s anti-abortion stance is good enough for the Times to label her a fundamentalist, and outside the mainstream. Furthermore, they disengenuously misquote her, as so much of the media has, on Iraq In one of her more controversial appearances in the Wasilla church, Palin told a group of ministry students in June to pray that sending troops to Iraq was part of “God’s plan.” No no no . But, you know, she wanted to allow Intelligent Design to be taught in schools, if they ...