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September 03, 2008

Gov. Palin: Iraq War & Gas Pipeline = God's Will

How does John McCain think he's going to "reform" Washington D.C. when his Veep pick is just another whack job TheoCon?

In 2005 Bush showed he was as loony as Osama bin Laden by claiming, God told me to invade Iraq.

Just a few months ago in June Gov. Palin channeled Bush by claiming that sending our sons and daughters to fight in Iraq is God's will.

But that's not even the truly scary part. That much can at least be explained as religious zealotry, however insane the end result was. Oh no, she went further and claimed that getting a particular natural gas pipeline - which she just happened to be politically supporting - is ALSO God's will.

A gas pipeline??? God's will???

And where did she get those sorts of twisted notions? Well, let's just say that her pastor makes Jeremiah Wright look like a gentle-souled choir boy in comparison.

The NYT editorial board has it right.

Mr. McCain’s snap choice of Ms. Palin reflects his impulsive streak: a wild play that he made after conservative activists warned him that he would face an all-out revolt in the party if he chose who he really wanted — Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.

Why Mr. McCain would want to pander to right-wing activists — who helped George W. Bush kill off his candidacy in the 2000 primaries in a particularly ugly way — is baffling. Frankly, they have no place to go. Mr. McCain would have a lot more success demonstrating his independence, and his courage, if he stood up to them the way he did in 2000.

As far as we can tell, Mr. McCain and his aides did almost no due diligence before choosing Ms. Palin, raising serious questions about his management skills. The fact that Ms. Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant is irrelevant to her candidacy. There are, however, very serious questions about her political past and her ideology, including her links to a party advocating Alaska’s secession from the nation.

Posted by Kevin at September 3, 2008 09:37 PM