I’m sitting at work and just got done having a terribly frustrating conversation with some co-workers about Sarah Palin. The amount of misinformation that is permeating the country right now is disturbing. These are not uneducated people I’m talking to – and yet, they continually insist on spreading absolutel nonsense about Palin.
Today’s topic: Sarah Palin is a radical Christian who believes that the terrorist attacks on 9/11 were part of God’s plan to lead to the invasion in Iraq.
Are you kidding me?
It took all of about 5 seconds to pull up the full transcript of her words clearly showing that Palin was merely offering a prayer that any Christian would – that our actions would hopefully be part of God’s will. Of course, this type of “misunderstanding” is common when you rely on garbage reporting like the Associated Press.
After clearing the air about that one, they insisted that Palin belonged to a radical right-wing church (I still haven’t figured out why two people who support Obama so passionately are bothered by the fact that someone might belong to a radical church.) It took me another 5 seconds to bring up the NYT article debunking their second try at Palin-smearing.
One of the musical directors at the church, Adele Morgan, who has known Ms. Palin since the third grade, said the Palins moved to the nondenominational Wasilla Bible Church in 2002, in part because its ministry is less “extreme” than Pentecostal churches like the Assemblies of God, which practice speaking in tongues and miraculous healings.
So what did they have to say to the fact that Sarah Palin left a church because it was too extreme, while their rockstar Obama was married by, had his children baptized by, and for 20 years listened to one of the most radical and racist preachers in our time? Nothing, of course. Because stubborn facts like these get in the way of their worldview.
The “Palin goes to an extremely radical church and believes that the Iraq war is a mission from God” rumors were debunked awhile ago, but apparently, the facts haven’t settled in yet. I wonder why…
Sarah Palin’s understanding of the Bush Doctrine is not only correct, it manifests a depth of understanding that none on the media and even many conservatives fail to appreciate. For an analysis, see http://fightingsmears.blogspot.com/2008/09/bush-doctrine-was-charlie-gibson-wrong.html
I am disappointed that people are accepting point blank all the misinformation out there. We need to put sound bites IN CONTEXT.
The hatred of christianity seemingly has reached a phobic level…this coming from an average jane, not a church goer.