Palin, God and a Mercedes Benz
Janis Joplin memorably spoofed Christians whose relate to God as a sugardaddy, without a trace of anything spiritual. Sarah Palin recently did an interview with Wolf Blitzer, and in responding to a question about God's will and the election results, she explained her faith and relation to God. She never ceases to surprise. In her answer there was not a bit of humility about having assumed God would favor her election, nor about being a sinner and needing forgiveness, or about asking that God maker her wiser -- indeed there wasn't a trace of any sense of transcendence. It was as if God was riding shotgun, enabling her opportunism: "God, don't let me miss that open door, and even if it's only cracked, I can barge right through there."
I'm glad I don't believe in God, if Palin's God is what it's all about.
I'm glad I don't believe in God, if Palin's God is what it's all about.
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Then she proceeded to offer parental advice to the Obamas (prodded by the nitwit Wolfe Blitzer): Let 'em be kids; let 'em have friends over to the White House, etc. OK, how many of her kids are even going to graduate from high school? I think she should keep her maternal advice to herself, and maybe read a parenting book or two before trying to speak as the voice of experience and wisdom on this subject.
Her advice about choosing staff: "Do it just like I did it in Alaska..." She really should start praying for some new brain cells. She has always gotten by with stringing phrases together -- she has pretty much used them all up now. She needs to do some serious self-education.
But I'm with you. It's people like Palin that made me realize years ago that god was something they made up to justify whatever needed justifying. Betcha god will never tell Palin to work harder to keep her children on track; to take some time to actually learn about global warming, evolution, and policy issues; to learn to disagree without demonizing an opponent; to always tell the truth. Nope, god is just gonna tell her to run for President again -- now when? Well, Todd will tell her that probably.
November 16, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink