Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Gott Mit Uns and John McCain's VP Pick
Soldiers of the Wehrmacht wore belt buckles that read Gott Mit Uns (God is with us). We know what took place during the infamous Third Reich. We do not know what would happen if John McCain wins the White House. But articles about his vice presidential pick Sarah Palin often contain the phrase that she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency. That is a frightening scenario to think about.
Adolf Hitler is long gone. Reading about Sarah Palin and her views gives the impression that there is not much difference between her and fanatical leaders of Islamic groups. No middle ground, no compromises. Tolerance is a word that does not exist in their vocabulary.
Huffington Post Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God. Her speech in June provides as much insight into her policy leanings as anything uncovered since she was asked to be John McCain's running mate. Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord. "Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan." |
Condoms Are Satanic Devices ?
Governor Palin does not believe in sex education -- birth control, prevention of STD. In her world it is OK for a young girl to get pregnant and hope that the person who impregnated her would end up marrying her. What if the impregnator was her uncle ? Simple: Carry the baby to term and pray. What did she really say to her daughter?
"All I Wanna Do"
(Before sex)
"Dennis: Look, even if you did get pregnant, I'd marry you.
Odette: Do you believe in centralized government or states' rights ?
Dennis: What?
Odette: I just want to know the kind of guy I'm marrying.
Dennis: I'm starting to get the distinct impression you don't want to do this anymore."
From Sarah Kernochan's 1998 film "Strike"(also released as "All I Wanna Do")
"Palin, with her meat loaf and rifles, reminds us that there are two hopelessly incompatible Americas"
McCain and Lieberman
If reports that Senator Lieberman was his first choice but John McCain backed off because of fear of backlash from conservatives are true what does that say about the Republican nominee?
