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Palin's Religious Beliefs are Crazy
Booman Tribune —
Sarah Palin believes that the Iraq War and a $30 billion construction of a gas pipeline which the supports is all part of God's plan, which she asks her (now technicallyformer since she moved to Juneau) church's congregation to pray for back in June of this year. Here she is in her own words and voice spelling out the details: (Part 2 of the video is cont. below the fold.)
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 ...
"We Are Expecting Great And Mighty Things"
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
After last night's national debut, here's another speech by Palin in the Assemblies Of God church she grew up in. (Have we ever had a president from the Assemblies of God before?) She comes across as a charismatic, Pentecostalist charmer in favor of the Iraq war as part of God's plan. Track has a Jesus tattoo on his calf, by the way. My favorite quote: "Y'all are a bunch of cool-looking Christians." Her pastor speaks after her of the "last days" when the lower 48 states may have to seek refuge in Alaska. This governor is on a path, by her own testimony, that is being guided by God. When you see this clip, you can see evangelical ...
Palin In Wasilla
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A reader writes:
Good God! I watched that video of Palin at her church through twice. The Assemblies of God are Pentecostals, of course, the real "holy rollers"--ecstatic experience of the Godhead in your own body, rolling in the aisles, talking in tongues. When I got some exposure to them, they were extremely conservative and strict (no dancing, no lipstick, no short skirts) but Palin is evidence of how they've mainstreamed themselves.
I wonder if the average reader would hear the references she makes and understand them? Master's ...
Real Vetting Roundup
Daily Kos —
"I make [decisions] as quickly as I can, quicker than the other fellow, if I can," Mr. McCain wrote, with his top adviser Mark Salter, in his 2002 book, Worth the Fighting For. "Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint."- John McCain As the true vetting of Sarah Palin continued over the last two days, we learned more about John McCain's pick for vice-president. Unfortunately for us, if John McCain is elected, it's the American people that will face the consequences of his rash decision to chose a complete unknown for his ticket. Here's a recap of what we have ...
God's Will?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Jim Henley thinks I am misinterpreting Palin's remarks about Iraq and God's will: This does not strike me as at all a confident declaration that the Iraq war is a task from God, but rather expresses a hope that it might be. It’s, dare I say it, humble, anxious and becomingly sincere - a genuine mother’s genuine hope and worry. The phrasing clearly admits the possibility that the war might not have God’s favor. I expect that Palin’s entry into Republican presidential politics marks the end of that brand of humility and genuineness touching matters of war and peace, but at least ...
Elmera Gantry
The Reaction —
By J. Thomas Duffy "I think God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that..." Good Grief! She makes Elmer Gantry look like a piker! Though she could probably fit either role, the Jean Simmons/Sister Sharon Falconer, or Shirley Jones/Lulu Bains, if they go to remake the movie, they need to reach out, pluck Sarah Palin and call it "Elmera Gantry". Check this out, from the Anchorage Daily ...
BuzzFlash Mailbag for September 11, 2008
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BUZZFLASH MAILBAG Want to join the conversation? Share your thoughts with other Mailbag readers by clicking here . You also may comment below; post articles yourself at BuzzFlash.net ; or send urls for BuzzFlash to post to: www.buzzflash.com/contact/newstip.html . Subject: The Vietnam War and Our Heroes There was no honor in the Vietnam War. There was bravery and comradeship, and adherence to orders, but it is a mistake to speak about the war in reverent terms. We need to feel sad for those conscripts who fell in battle, but not piously intone about honor. The criminal civilian command structure of our ruling class (oops, sorry) ...
Robert S. McElvaine: Let Bill Moyers Question Palin
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
On Friday, the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech and Q-and-A session addressing concerns about his religion, I called upon Sarah Palin to have a similar open forum in which she can be questioned about what appear to be her potentially dangerous religious views.
In his interviews with Gov. Palin last week, Charlie Gibson touched ever-so-slightly on those religious views, but did not follow up on her previous indications that she considers the "War on Terror" a holy war or ask the truly critical questions, such as whether she believes in "the ...
Palin is a Young Earth Creationist?
Daily Kos —
Via Ed Brayton, Salon reports disturbing evidence that Sarah Palin is a follower of Young Earth Creationism: "I pushed her on the earth's creation, whether it was really less than 7,000 years old and whether dinosaurs and humans walked the earth at the same time. And she said yes, she'd seen images somewhere of dinosaur fossils with human footprints in them." Palin may have been referring to shyster Carl Baugh's dino-human footprint scam. A hoax so transparently dishonest that even Baugh's fellow creationist carnival barkers have turned on him for hawking it. A young earth creationist ...
