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God-o-Meter Q&A With Sarah Palin's Biographer

Wednesday September 3, 2008

Categories: John McCain
There's been lots of confusion and questions about Sarah Palin's faith life since John McCain picked her as his running mate last Friday. God-o-Meter caught up with Kaylene Johnson, author of the new book Sarah: How a Hockey Mom...
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Chad
September 3, 2008 3:26 PM

What most people DO NOT realize is that she potentially is not merely the next Vice President, she could be the next President. Imagine a scenario where McCain is elected in November and the next day he keels over dead from his health and age issues. This is VERY likely, Palin is voted in as President, and now we have a 44 year old beauty pageant winner from the sticks in Alaska as our national leader. SHE is NOT qualified for this and it scares me to death to think that American policy is dictated by a woman that has more interest in how her daughter is raising her illegitimate child than how we as a nation are going to fix the tsunami of economic problems that are coming as we speak. McCain was quoted "She is either going to be a wild success or a spectacular failure."... WAIT!! Um, I am speechless! Is no one else concerned that this potentially spectacular failure may happen while she is president? I dont oppose a woman in the office, I have to say I MUCH prefer Hillary with Bill's experience behind her in the White House over someone who has been selling fishing licenses to eskimos for the past 10 years.

Bill, Virginia
September 3, 2008 3:39 PM

"a 44 year old beauty pageant winner from the sticks"

Gee, why don't you throw in "trailer trash" while you're at it? There's no end to liberals' smug elitism. While you claim to represent "the people," you sure as hell hold "the people" in contempt.

What you should be worried about is a smart, tough governor who has accomplished more in her two years than the smooth-talking, Ivy League-educated empty suit Obama has managed in his entire life.

Be warned: there are a lot more "bitter clingers" and "hicks" and "fly-over people" than you care to admit. And attitudes like yours have got them really, really pissed off.

xformed
September 3, 2008 3:48 PM
Is no one else concerned that this potentially spectacular failure may happen while she is president? I dont oppose a woman in the office, I have to say I MUCH prefer Hillary with Bill's experience behind her in the White House over someone who has been selling fishing licenses to eskimos for the past 10 years.

Wonderful, Chad....easy to pick a woman with a few years in Congress over a governor of a state, right? Oh, yeah, Bill was a governor! So are you saying Hillary would be effective because of her man standing behind her whispering in his ear? I see, you don't respect her on her own, she needs a man to tell her what to do.

Maybe a meteor will fall to earth tomorrow and wipe out all mankind. Does that mean I have to plan for it, or the possibility life may go on for me and John McCain? I'm still putting money into my IRA, thank you.

BTW, Sarah Palin has done more than sell fishing licences to eskimos. She has returned money from Big Oil to her residents. I guess that's not worth noting, becuase she got it for the people and not the govermental tax coffers. Nice...taking care of the downtrodden by taxing the economy into demise, like Obama plans to do. Of course, if you have a spare $1T laying about he can take in, it won't hurt the rest of us while you lend us a hand.

Fusion!
September 3, 2008 3:56 PM

Amen Bill. The liberal bias in the last two weeks has been completely telling. From MSM's near worship by Olberman, to the contempt by the media for a working woman who has handled a state budget in the Billions for the last two years (and managed to return to the Federal government leftover cash) . And yet all they focus on is the couple of million she handled as mayor. Newsflash: She's run the largest state in the nation, gone against her party and stood for ethics reform. If that isn't what a president should do, then what?

mark
September 3, 2008 11:38 PM

@Chad: Voting for Obama puts an unqualified person in as President without even requiring having someone keel over and die. And if you choose to ignore all that she has done and think of her as just a "beauty pageant winner from the sticks", then Obama is just a pretty boy memoir writer from the city. As she said, a mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except you have serious responsibilities.

God-o-Meter
September 4, 2008 10:09 AM

Chad writes:

it scares me to death to think that American policy is dictated by a woman that has more interest in how her daughter is raising her illegitimate child than how we as a nation are going to fix the tsunami of economic problems that are coming as we speak.

To God-o-Meter, that seems unfair. It's impossible to know how much interest Palin has in how her daughter raises her child, but how do you know that that overshadows her commitment to the nation's economic problem. It's a total apples to orange comparsion, anyway. Wouldn't any mom be interest in how her kids raise their own kids? Does that mean they're oblivious to the nation's problems?

Nel
September 4, 2008 11:57 AM

Sarah Palin is a Christian conservative - fine. She hasn't told the world. That's also fine but there is something most upsetting about Palin. She's pro-creation,pro-life- pro-gun. While the first two's acceptable the last one is not. Christians needn't be armed with guns. Let her shed her pro-gun image if she dares.
Also, a more disapponting aspect of Palin. She's does not care an iota for Planet Earth. She wants the polar bears to be extinct.In her view they're not endangered! Please ma'am get your facts right. There are only a couple of thousands of polar bears and at this moment they're fighting for survival because we've warmed the earth so much that their habitats are falling apart. Is Palin an animal lover? All Christians should be animal lovers for they are also God's creatures and she wants to dig up the Arctic for the billions of barrels of oil and she would want every American to enjoy the resources of the earth to the last drop. Why can't Palin, McCain and all the pro-gun Republicans,including Bush, be pro-life in the true sense. The Earth is life. Why don't they have the courage to tell every American to control the population and save the planet? Why don't they think of all living creatures including the Polar bears, seals and the whales and other God's creatures. This attitude would truly be considered Christian. Sarah Palin change your right wing mentality. You're beautiful but it's more important to be beautiful inside. Think of preserving the planet and all the living creatures for your children and their children's children. Amen.

Bakshara
September 4, 2008 9:10 PM

"She's pro-creation,pro-life- pro-gun. While the first two's acceptable the last one is not. Christians needn't be armed with guns."

What kind of criticism is that?!?! Would you prefer Al Qaida have guns?

Geoff
September 5, 2008 12:11 PM

>>> "She's pro-creation,pro-life- pro-gun. While the first two's acceptable the last one is not. Christians needn't be armed with guns."

Hmmm. Doesn't the Constitution grant us the right to bear arms? While some people abuse that privilege (i.e., Responsibility) most gun owners do not. The Founding Fathers understood the need. Why don't you?

Dixie
September 5, 2008 1:39 PM

Hooray for Sarah!
She is Hillarys' exact opposite!
A Christian can't hunt?
Would you rather be defenseless when some hoodlum breaks in your house and tries to kill or rape????????
Use your brain!
Evil is everywhere and a woman or man that can fire a gun or is known to own one won't be bullied by the criminal element.
And as a Chrisian I feel much safer with a war hero and marksman(woman)
in the White House!
Even King David used weapons and he is the going to rule again!

Phil Newton
September 5, 2008 4:35 PM

Both Sarah Palin and John McCain voted against aid to pregnant teens.

John McCain voted twice in the Senate against bills to fund programs for unwed teen moms.

Sarah Palin, as governor of Alaska, reduced funding for a successful shelter for unwed moms.

I am a Christian and I believe that the church's duty is very much the protection and nurturing of life. I am pro-life. I also believe that life must be nurtured after birth, and the church cannot do this alone.

Why did McCain and Palin both vote against these good and Godly programs?

Jeremy Pierce
September 6, 2008 4:56 PM

Actually, Phil, you're wrong. Palin increased funding for that shelter. She increased it from (I believe) 1.1 million to 3.9 million. Some people wanted to increase it to 5.5 million, and she thought they couldn't afford to spend that much on it, but that doesn't count as a funding cut, despite how the Washington Post immorally presented it.

bear
March 4, 2009 1:21 AM

According to second amendment, only citizens who are part of a "well regulated militia" are meant to bear arms. No militia membership, no constitutional right to own a gun.

If you want to argue that having guns freely available to all is a good idea, go ahead, but please read the constitution.

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