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W.'s Fourth and Fifth Terms
TPMCafe —
Charming. Plain spoken. Good looking. Earnest. Angry. Sort of a wild youth, but settled-down, family. University, but no intellectual, thank God. Early career in sports. Knows how to cheer. TV dinners, when necessary. What the Bible prohibits (well, what the New Testament prohibits) are sins. "Choice" is a liberal's way of dressing up what's immoral. Thinks government should prohibit what's immoral. Yet sees government as too big, intrusive, and tending toward corruption. Thinks only an intellectual could notice a contradiction.
Never really traveled abroad. Thinks foreign policy means standing up for freedom. Thinks ...
Real Vetting Roundup
Daily Kos —
"The vetting process was completely thorough and I'm grateful for the results." - John McCain As the true vetting of Sarah Palin continued yesterday, we learned more about John McCain's pick for vice-president. Here's a recap of what we learned about the person John McCain thinks should be a 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency: She was involved in yet another ethical scandal, this time relating to her firing of a longtime local police chief, who "says he was fired because he stepped on the toes of Palin's campaign contributors, including bar owners and the National Rifle ...
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 ...
Campaign 08: Palin's Pastor Problem
The Nation: Top Stories —
Larry Kroon Palin's pastor, Larry Kroon, warns God "is gonna strike out his hand against" America On July 20, 2008, the pastor of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's home church, Larry Kroon, delivered a sermon called "Sin Is Personal To God." Kroon, the senior pastor of the non-denominational Wasilla Bible Church ...
Man, the MSM Couldn’t Even Do One Unbiased Interview with Sarah Palin
The Sundries Shack —
ABC News has released a couple excerpts from Sarah Palin’s interview with Charles Gibson. What’s there tells me that while Palin was ready for the interview, Gibson wasn’t.
In one of the excerpts, Gibson misquoted her not once but twice, and copped a bit of an attitude the one time she tried to correct him.
GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war?
PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.
GIBSON: Exact words.
PALIN: But the ...
And you never ask questions When God's on your side
SteveAudio —
Normally I would say, let's not waste time on Sarah Palin. Her main claim to fame is as a skirt for McCain to hide behind, and to use dog-whistle language to excite the Rabid right in this country. But then stuff like this happens during the Charlie Gibson interview: "I would never presume to know God's will or use God's words". Right. Because that's a sin. Except that people, pastors and congregants, in evangelical churches do it all the time. I heard the leader of one of the largest evangelical churches, based in Costa Mesa, CA, say to his flock, in re: the ...
