The scales have fallen from mine eyes! I’m having a road to Damascus moment! I done seen the light! Lead me, Sarah, lead me! If I follow you, I am assured a final resting place in the great beyond. Blessed am I to have seen the light! 
Maybe. The post was just so over the top crazy I thought it must be sarcasm.
I’m proud to say I’m demonstrably *not *that lazy. Ms. Husseinobama isn’t bad, but I’ve never been a particular fan of chicks with an underbite. Makes them look a bit like—well, a barracuda, in fact.
You truly don’t think that some fundamentalist believers don’t see themselves that way? :dubious: Not all–but some do.
Who knows just what Ms Palin believes. Our sitting President has stated he has a direct line to God–his “higher” father. Fundamentalist religions tend to emphasize a personal relationship with Jesus Christ with a calling to not only spread the good news, but also correct those whose views differ(they may call it enlightment. I call it harassment. Potato/potahto).
They are taught to be tools for Christ-- living examples and role models (that so many utterly fail at this should make any thinking person look askance at the precepts. Instead , those who fail are given credit for having tried or having accepted Jesus into their hearts. Those who also say they have accepted Jesus into their hearts, but do not support the same anti-gay, anti-women rhetoric are considered messengers from Satan. Or something).
If Palin truly walked this walk, the militancy and belligerence that characterized her debut would have been absent. Unfortunately, the ineptness would still be there…
I absolutely do believe they do. I just didn’t realize Princhester was Lib and Shodan’s bastard love child…
Today’s delight was McCain telling Couric that the question answered by Palin that directly contradicted what McCain said about Pakistan in the debate was a “gotcha” question. Couric rightly said “That was a voter asking the question!” McCain continued to blather on about gotcha questions and Palin uttered something incoherent about a question being asked from “across a space”. This campaign appears to be coming apart at the seams, with both of them lashing out at any convenient target.
Link?
Please let the rumor be true. We need some laughter to get through these stressful times.
Joe Scarborough said there was also a question where she was asked “what’s the worst thing Dick Cheney did?”
And Palin answered. “Shooting his friend in the face.”
Something like “Gavel? No, Katie. In Alaska we use Asphalt.”
I’ve watched that video, and I’m still not sure what Palin (or Grandpa McCain) was talking about. Is she saying that we shouldn’t talk about the possibility of US troops crossing the Pakistani border only because that would be broadcasting our strategies to the terrorists?
I thought McCain had insisted that he would never even consider any military exercises which would violate Pakistan’s borders, and that was why he was criticizing Obama so strongly for suggesting that he (Obama) would even dare to consider such a move.
But it sounds like Palin is saying that the US should have all options available to us, even (presumably) including movement into Pakistan–only we can’t talk about it because the terrorists will suddenly realize that their hiding place in Pakistan might be compromised!
WTF?
And what was with McCain’s lame “pizza place” joke? Because the word “gotcha” sounds vaguely Italian?
Omigod. She just keeps repeating sound bytes. Even her perky wrap-up comment, “gotcha journalism, but that’s okay too” completely ignored truths: the question was asked by a voter, not a journalist, and she did in fact espouse invasion.
It helps–some–to picture her as Tina Fey. At least then I can momentarily ignore the hideous stakes. That, one old cancer victim away from the presidency.
What scares me is that in reading the transcript I totally had Tina Fey’s impression of Sarah Palin going on in my head.
And then when I got to the audio … my head turned out to be quite astute.
Wait…that was supposed to be a joke? And it was because of the word “gotcha”?
Shit, he should write for SNL…
-Joe
He was sneering at the fact that the question was lobbed by someone in the crowd in a pizza joint, so of course it couldn’t matter, since only non-persons frequent pizza joints.
I know she’s a grown ass woman who can make her own decisions, but damn.
I really do feel bad for her. She looked like a smug fool in that clip.
I am, but as you may know children often rebel against their parents and my post was certainly sarcasm. However, I don’t think you understood Merijeek’s point, which was I think to suggest that the gist of my post was that Palin was Bricker in a dress. Not me.
IMHO leaders who justify their positions using religion probably range all the way from true believers through to those who don’t believe a word of what they are saying but have learned that they can get away with anything (with a certain audience) if they cloak themselves in religion.
I haven’t seen enough of Palin to form a view on how much she believes her own religious schtick.
Gotcha. I was pretty sure I knew most of our resident crazies and I didn’t think you were one of them. So you’re not crazy and I’m not the sharpest spoon in the drawer, glad that’s settled.