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Sarah Palin: Religiously Insane?
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Academic hack goes fishing with red herring bait
Silent Running —
Still marching to a little drummer that only he can hear, Juan Cole sets up a series of straw men , none too gentle with the truth, disingenuously scaremongering Sarah Palin’s (for lack of a better term) Bible Thumpishness factor - by comparing it, through the lens of moral relativism, with Islamofacism. Let’s take a look. […] Palin agrees with Hamas and Saudi Arabia rather than supporting tolerance and democratic precepts. What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick. Right out of the chute, Juan violates the spirit, if not the specific phraseology, of Godwin’s Law. But at least he’s upfront, and we know where he stands. To ...
Hijacking Truth
Comments from Left Field —
John McCain and his team have truly been masterful at creating a web of wrong turns, dead ends, and cul de sacs that serve the sole purpose of distracting attention from the corrupt and extreme politics that is all McCain and his chosen running mate have to offer.
While silver-tongued liars manipulate a media that is (with some notable exceptions) all too willing to be led by the nose into writing story after story after story about what Barack Obama really meant when he said, about McCain’s mantra of change, that a pig wearing lipstick is still a pig, and whether he was calling Sarah Palin a pig (Kyle and ...
Steven Waldman: Palin & Religion: What's Scary, What's Not
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Those on the left, or merely those who aren't evangelical Christians, are struggling to make sense of the religious life of Sarah Palin. To many, she seems a frightening harbinger of a fundamentalist takeover. Saturday's New York Times piece about Palin's deep faith and Bible-focused church will be chewed over for evidence of her extremism. Conservatives, meanwhile, seize on the scrutiny -- including liberal overreactions -- as evidence that the left and the mainstream media are anti-Christian.
The Palin candidacy does pose real church-state questions, as well as many opportunities for hysterical overreaction. As a service to my panicky ...
Palin Falsely Claimed She "Would Never Presume To Know God's Will"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ABC's Charles Gibson on Thursday that "I would never presume to know God's will or speak God's words."
The response came in answer to question about comments Palin made to a group of graduating Wasilla high school students earlier this year, first reported by the Huffington Post. At that ceremony, Palin said: "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 said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan ...
Palin Falsely Claimed She "Would Never Presume To Know God's Will"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ABC's Charles Gibson on Thursday that "I would never presume to know God's will or speak God's words."
The response came in answer to question about comments Palin made to a group of graduating Wasilla high school students earlier this year, first reported by the Huffington Post. At that ceremony, Palin said: "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 said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan ...
When Will The Fargo Forum Correct The Record On Sarah Palin?
Say Anything —
Over the weekend a reader tipped me to a column by Jane Ahlin in the Fargo Forum that contained a number of inaccurate smears. I thought the column, which was particularly heinous in its erroneous nature, was worth another review.
Here are Ahlin’s claims (you can view the entire column here):
Building pipeline in Alaska is “god’s will”
Ahlin is trying to paint Palin as some sort of religious wacko whit this. The truth is that while giving a speech in front of a church congregation Palin mentioned that she was trying to get the pipeline built, asked the ...
McCain Touts ‘Energy Expert’ Palin’s Credentials By Falsely Claiming She Delivered A Gas Pipeline
Think Progress —
Last night on Fox News, host Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and asked McCain what Palin’s role would be in his administration. McCain said Palin would be useful on energy issues — presumably because, as he has said before, “she knows more about energy than probably anyone else” in the U.S. As evidence, McCain claimed that Palin “was responsible for…a pipeline, the $40 billion pipeline bringing natural gas from Alaska down to the lower 48.” Watch it:
In fact, there is no $40 billion ...
McCain Touts ‘Energy Expert’ Palin’s Credentials By Falsely Claiming She Delivered A Gas Pipeline
The Hollywood Liberal —
McCain Touts ‘Energy Expert’ Palin’s Credentials By Falsely Claiming She Delivered A Gas Pipeline Last night on Fox News, host Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and asked McCain what Palin’s role would be in his administration. McCain said Palin would be useful on energy issues — presumably because, as he has said before, “she knows more about energy than probably anyone else” […] Last night on Fox News, host Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and asked McCain what Palin’s role would be in his administration. McCain said Palin would be useful on energy issues — presumably ...
McCain Still Lying? You Betcha!
Daily Kos —
Now he's praising Palin's prayer pipeline. During an interview with Sean Hannity Wednesday night, with Sarah Palin at his side, McCain: ... claimed that Palin "was responsible for...a pipeline, the $40 billion pipeline bringing natural gas from Alaska down to the lower 48." The pipeline is fiction. No matter how much anyone may be praying for it (doggone it, Palin said it's "God's will"), construction still hasn't begun: When Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska took center stage at the Republican convention last week, she sought to burnish her executive credentials by telling ...
