Is the latest Palin "controversy" really a controversy?

Maybe she is a joke to allow McCain to say, "see George W is not that bad" when he introduces Lieberman as his VP.

" ... that our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God."

Suggesting that the Iraq War is "God's Will" is ... uh ... fairly screwed up. It smacks of the Crusades, for one. Then there's that whole "Thou Shalt Not Kill" thing.

And praying for natural gas pipeline so someone's political career gets a boost?

Do you really think God worries about petty crap like that? A quick read of the Bible would show you he isn't Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, you know.

And had you read the entire story, DeAnn, it would describe her pastor who seems to believe God smites anyone who doesn't vote a straight Republican ticket.

Let me know if you have any questions. It'll be on the test later.

Anyone that quotes Rush Limbaugh as a reference for supporting Hillary Clinton loses all credibility

All this will do is add fire to conservatives getting behind her. There's nothing wrong with what she said. Pray for your country and pray that God's Will be done instead of your own. Gee whiz, yea, that's real controversial. NOT

Palin's saying the exact same things as the Islamic fundamentalist kooks. Nope not controversial at all ... uh-huh.

Yeah, so she fires up the "base." McCain still won't win. There just aren't enough "conservative" votes this time around.

Palin asks people to pray for our troops and the libs are up in arms. You guys are losing it.

Palin= God Bless America
Obama= God D*mn America

Palin said the national leaders were following God's plan. Just like George W Bush said the same thing because God told him so. Palin and Bush know a different Jesus than I know from the Bible. There was absolutely no justification for the Iraq war and saying it was God's plan is horrific. Palin made the statements in June 2008

On the other hand Rev Wright said God D*mn America, the Bush administration, not the American people, for thinking they were God. The media and most people have never listened to the entire Rev Wright sermon.

I applaud Rev Wright for taking the Bush administration to task for starting an unjust war the was against the teachings of Christ. There have been other pastors that agree with Wright's sermons. Far too many pastors do not stand up to the evil of the US government.

The entire audio for two Wright sermons:

Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermon delivered on April 13, 2003, titled, “Confusing God and Government"

The link below includes written detail about the sermon.

http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/03/the-full-story.html

Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermon was delivered on Sept. 16, 2001 titled, "The Day of Jerusalem's Fall" A small part of Rev Wright's sermon:

Wright’s scriptural focus was Luke 19:37-44 (New Revised Standard Version).

“War does not make for peace. War only makes for escalating violence and a mindset to pay the enemy back by any means necessary,” he said.

Wright criticizes the Bush administration and it supporters for using Godly language to justify the war in Iraq. He equates using God in America as condoning the war in Iraq to the same perspective of Islamic fundamentalists.

“We can see clearly the confusion in the mind of a few Muslims, and please notice I did not say all Muslims, I said a few Muslims, who see Allah as condoning killing and killing any and all who don’t believe what they don’t believe. They call it jihad. We can see clearly the confusion in their minds, but we cannot see clearly what it is that we do. We call it crusade when we turn right around and say that our God condones the killing of innocent civilians as a necessary means to an end. WE say that God understand collateral damage. We say that God knows how to forgive friendly fire.

“We say that God will bless the shock and awe as we take over unilaterally another country, calling it a coalition because we’ve got three guys from Australia, going against the United Nations, going against the majority of Christians, Muslims and Jews throughout the world, making a pre-emptive strike in the name of God. We cannot see how what we are doing is the same thing is the same thing that Al-Qaeda is doing under a different color flag – calling on the name of a different God to sanction and approve our murder and our mayhem.”

http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/03/listen-to-rev-1.html

Wasn't it Midtown Guy moaning and crying over Obama's preacher getting attention for "God D*** America" and the American government started AIDS.

Get ready for a McCain landslide. If you attempt to smear this woman with sexist comments and insinuate that those who pray for God's will are equivalent to the fundamentalist Islamic thugs who encourgage and promote murder and mayham, then you are doing your party and the country a disservice.

Funny how when a radical black preacher preaches hatred and lies you defend it, but when a mother of a son about to serve in Iraq urgest a congregation to pray for God's will you criticize it. The radical left is taking a page from George Orwell: war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.

It's funny how all the major dailies and networks collectively are trying to take down THE MOST FAMOUS GOVERNOR IN AMERICA!!!! 80 PERCENT APPROVAL BABY!!!!!

The media is already doing stories on Sarah Palin and her church within a few days of her candidacy...It took over a year to get coverage on the radical church Obama attended for over a decade.

And really, is any of this relevant? Palin's husband had a DUI twenty years ago? What was Obama doing 20 years ago? Oh yeah, he was doing CRACK.

Oh and Obama's mother gave birth to Obama AT ONLY 18 YEARS OLD and before she was married! Ann Dunham was only one year older than Sarah Palin.

I will admit: Obama has acted graciously, partly because he knows these attacks will backfire on him and hurt his campaign.

Why can't Midtown Guy and others heed Obama's call and contain their rabid hatred for even a microsecond? Oh well, it will help McCain/Palin win.

Again, I ask: do you want to elect a ticket of D.C. powerbrokers and insiders with 36+ years of Washington experience between them, or do you want to elect a ticket of reformers who stood up to their party and the status quo to enact real change. Vote for a real D.C. outsider in 2008. Vote McCain/Palin. We don't need more of the same...the Jimmy Carter years do not need replication. If you want more of the same, vote ObamaCarter/Biden.

WTF? No one knew who Sarah Palin is until last Friday. If she's so famous, why has her name been mentioned on the floor of either chamber of Congress only three times?

And an 80 percent approval rating? Pfft. Alaska has a population smaller than the Kansas City metro area.

Nice try with the sexist tag though, numbnuts. Too bad you have nothing to back it up.

The discussions about Palin's pregnant daughter occurred because it was a McCain campaign announcement.

Palin has a pastor problem:

David Brickner also described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity.

"Judgment is very real and we see it played out on the pages of the newspapers and on the television. It's very real. When [Brickner's son] was in Jerusalem he was there to witness some of that judgment, some of that conflict, when a Palestinian from East Jerusalem took a bulldozer and went plowing through a score of cars, killing numbers of people. Judgment — you can't miss it."

Palin was in church that day

http://wasillabible.org/sermons.htm

8-17-08 David Brickner Matt 23:37-39 The Jerusalem Dilemma

The hits just keep on coming.

Thank you James Dobson. LOL Never thought I would say that.

Palin's secessionist pals are far more interesting than her kooky religious beliefs or her pregnant daughter.

Joe Voegler, the head of the Alaska Independence Party, which Palin supported and her husband belonged to, has some ... uh ... interesting thing to say about America.

"The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government"

"And I won't be buried under their damn flag," Vogler continued in the interview, which also touched on his disappointment with the American judicial system. "I'll be buried in Dawson. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home."

Even better:

"And then you get mad. And you say, the hell with them. And you renounce allegiance, and you pledge your efforts, your effects, your honor, your life to Alaska."

Awesome. So we have an elected Alaska state official, who pledged to uphold the U.S. Constitution, actively courting the support of a bunch of traitors who want to weaken the Union.

"Country First" indeed.

I made a substantial bet last night that Palin would be the VP choice through Election Day. Now I'm starting to have my doubts.

Hang on, Sarah! Don't let the liberals and the media get you down!

Their involvement ended in 1982. Was this guy around then?

Would you like to see a few Ayers or Wright quotes? Many more skeletons in the messiahs closet.

That normal behavior seems odd to you kooks in the media. How strange, she prays for our troops. How strange she prays for God's wisdom in the policy decisions she makes.

Thank you for demonstrating once again that the media is like an occupying army trying to propagandize a culture they have nothing in common with.

To the day the revolution comes and we overthrow our liberal oppressors. Up against the wall M*()_&%$ers.

PS, sorry for the caps in the headline, but I'm too lazy to give a hoot today.

Todd Palin, Sarah's husband, was a registered member of the Alaska Independence Party from 1995 to 2002, right about the time Sarah ran for statewide office.

Nice try.

Palin's "pastor problem" is a big deal.

Here he is telling his congregation that Israelis deserve terrorist attacks because they don't love Jesus.

"Brickner also described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity.

"Judgment is very real and we see it played out on the pages of the newspapers and on the television. It's very real. When [Brickner's son] was in Jerusalem he was there to witness some of that judgment, some of that conflict, when a Palestinian from East Jerusalem took a bulldozer and went plowing through a score of cars, killing numbers of people. Judgment — you can't miss it."

Palin was in church that day, Kroon said, though he cautioned against attributing Brickner’s views to her.

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Palin was in church that day? Did she expose her children to that hate? Good God, it's hard to see how this isn't as bad as Jeremiah Wright.

Why does Sarah Palin hate Jews?

Saying that its Gods plan to pass any sort of legislation to bring money via a pipeline to Alaska is ridiculous! This is the same type of extreme religious views that got us into the mess in Iraq!
I am all for someone to be "religious" and have their own personal relationship with God - but to then wrap their politcal aspirations in the guise of God's will - that is reprehensible!

I hope that no one just reads the crap posted on here. There are always so many mis-reads and outright lies to contend with from the hacks.

I think that Ms. Smith did an excellent job analyzing the First Look article. NBC clearly says that Palin 'She urged students to pray “that our leaders -- that our national leaders -- are sending [soldiers] out on a task that is from God.”'

Personally, I constantly pray that the things are government does are either tasks from God or part of the big picture. This applies to the pipeline stuff as well.

Feel free to be uncomfortable that she prays. Feel free to be uncomfortable that she is willing to listen to God. Religion or Christianity makes some people nervous; it's clear that many of you fall in this category. Do not pretend that what she prays for makes you uncomfortable, admit that her faith makes you uncomfortable.

I am sure Palin would pray for you too.

I am a liberal and I am a devout Christian. Yes, the two can exist together. I don't have a problem with Palin's comments as quoted but I do find the fact that she is involved in an extremist denomination that regularly preaches fear and hate dangerous if she is unable to separate her religious beliefs from her duties and policies if she were to become VP. Not everyone has the same beliefs, even in the context of Christianity. That is why it is so important that public figures not try to convert the whole country. This nation was founded on religious freedom and that means everyone should have religious freedo Yes, even the non-Christians. I think that there definitely tends to be a palpable sense of very un-Christian judgment coming from the extreme religious right and it scares me.

correction to the above. That should be "freedom" not "fredo".