Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Today’s heaping helping of wingnutty goodness.


The lipsticked pitbull is trying to tone down her bible-thumping whacko past and this girl is calling bullshit.

For more than two decades, vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was a practicing Pentecostal. She belonged to the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. But though she attended the church from her teenage years to 2002, the Alaska governor hasn't talked much about her religion since joining the Republican ticket.

Palin's former pastor, Tim McGraw, says that like many Pentecostal churches, some members speak in tongues, although he says he's never seen Palin do so. Church member Caroline Spangler told CNN, "When the spirit comes on you, you utter things that nobody else can understand ... only God can understand what is coming out of our mouths." Some Pentecostals from Assembly of God also believe in "faith healing" and the "end times" -- a violent upheaval that they believe will deliver Jesus Christ's second coming.

You read that right, boys and girls, Sarah Palin may not have the first clue about economics or foreign policy but that’s not an issue when it comes to being the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate. The important thing to note is that she comes to the office Rapture-ready and just the tiniest bit fuzzy on that ninth commandment which specifically states "Thou shalt not lie". Details, details ...

McGraw says Palin's Pentecostal roots may be being downplayed for a reason: "I think there may be issues of belief that could be misunderstood or played upon by people that don't know."

I’m curious ... when Pastor McGraw says people that don’t know, could that possibly include people that aren’t, you know, crazy? I’m just sayin’. But worry not, Palin is now a member of a more "mainstream" church.

Palin now attends the Wasilla Bible Church. She was there on August 17, just days before entering the national spotlight. David Brickner, the founder of Jews for Jesus, was a speaker. He told congregants that terrorist attacks on Israel were God's "judgment" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity. Brickner said, "Judgment is very real and we see it played out on the pages of the newspapers and on the television. When a Palestinian from East Jerusalem took a bulldozer and went plowing through a score of cars, killing numbers of people. Judgment -- you can't miss it."

The McCain campaign says Brickner's comments do not reflect her religious views. Palin's spokeswoman says she is pro-Israel. Pastor Ed Kalnin, the senior pastor of Palin's former Pentecostal church, has also come under fire for his comments. In 2004, he told church members if they voted for John Kerry for president, they wouldn't get into heaven. He told them, "I question your salvation."

The Assembly of God issued a statement online in response, which said Kalnin was "joking" when he suggested "Kerry supporters would go to hell." The statement went on to say: "We do acknowledge in hindsight that it was careless, and we do apologize for that. This statement is not written as a defense, but as a clarification."

Ooopsie.

11 comments:

canpolnex said...

Couldn't we just have somebody in the White House who thought that "The Rapture" was a Blondie song?

deBeauxOs said...

"We do acknowledge in hindsight that it was careless, and we do apologize for that. This statement is not written as a defense, but as a clarification."

And that statement is rightwingnutter batshit crazy brilliant. Equivocation at its best or worst, depending on one's view.

liberal supporter said...

It seems Scary Palin is getting rid of Obama's "church" and "experience" problems nicely.

toujoursdan said...

The plus here is Palin will have the ability to speak to anyone in their language. She can pray and then speak perfect French, Hindi, Cantonese or Swahili courtesy of God... right?

Hasn't someone tested this?

KEvron said...

"The plus here is Palin will have the ability to speak to anyone in their language."

yeah, like kramer as santa.

KEvron

The Seer said...

Why can't somebody find an open CPOC riding for Julie Couillard?

KEvron said...

"Why can't somebody find an open CPOC riding for Julie Couillard?"

(wondering if "in my pants!" will play)

KEvron

Cameron Campbell said...

Kevron.. made me laugh..

What I love about the Palin church is this: imagine for a minute that Obama was a muslim. Now imagine if he was the Muslim equivalent of what a Priest friend of my mom's called "Christmas Christians" or "submarine Christians". Imagine the fucking uproar.

But this crazy batshit bullshit? Well there's jebus involved, so it's all good.

CC said...

Kevron:

Do not use the phrases "Julie Couillard" and "riding" in the same sentence.

Thank you.

Metro said...

Ah, the McAncient/Whacko ticket--
He chooses an anti-woman, warmongering, end-times-fatalist crecon gun nut, and they apparently gained in the polls on the strength of it.

It's enough to make a happy man slit his wrists on a fine spring morning.

Luna said...

If you wanna get technical, the ninth commandment says not to bear false witness against thy neighbour. So technically, you could lie about your own experience and get off scot free. :)

Somehow, I doubt that's within the spirit of the law, but what am I? God?