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"[H]ere's another speech by Sarah Palin in the Assemblies Of God church she grew up in. [snip]

She comes across as a charismatic, Pentecostal charmer in favor of the Iraq war as part of God's plan. [snip]

This governor is on a path, by her own testimony, that is being guided by God."
- Daily Dish

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The question I have is whether she believes God's guidance is a result of a relationship with God through her religious values, or whether she believes her actions are directed by God - that she is truly doing God's work - and therefor duly authorized by God.

I'm afraid it is the later and not the former, in which case, she has a lot in common with George Bush and his statements about the US War in Iraq.

Imagine going about your daily business not worried about how your actions affect others because you are confident you are doing god's work. I will leave it to you to decide if she'd make a good president.

By the way, a Canadian company won the contract for the pipeline and a lot of people in 'the valley' and elsewhere in Alaska aren't too happy with Palin about the loss of jobs.

between a Sarah Palin and a pit bull?

One can only assume that she supported Wasilla's policy of billing rape victims for their own rape kits ... not only because Fannon was her appointee, but also because this was four years into her tenure as mayor and because, let's be honest: in a town of that size, the mayor doesn't get to plead ignorance of policies or public statements of her own chief of police.

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Palin was willing to raise taxes to build a sports complex. Her police chief was unwilling to use public funds to investigate rapes.

This shit needs to be in the national news. And Palin and McCain need to answer some hard questions about it.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Some examples:

PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."

PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate."

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.