http://www.nypost.com/seven/09112008...30.htm?&page=1

" NOTHING in recent memory has driven home the divide between our self-appointed aristocracy and "commoners" as sharply as the intelligentsia's rush to mock Gov. Sarah Palin's religious faith.

While the attacks and insults are backfiring on the mortified elites, the double standard applied to "Sarah America" is a disgrace that can't be excused as "just politics."

Certainly, much of the left-wing fury over Palin stems from the Democratic Party's assumption that it "owned" the exclusive right to nominate women to the executive branch (despite the crushing of Hillary Clinton's candidacy). How dare the Republicans advance a woman? How dare they change this year's election script?

But the root of the left's dread of this happily married mother of five seems to be that she actually believes in God: How could anyone be that stupid?

Such a woman wouldn't fit in Washington (nor would a man of equal faith). In the DC area (where I live), plenty of government-affiliated men and women regularly attend a church or synagogue. But their appearances are perfunctory and well-mannered. Passionate faith is regarded as an embarrassment.

Washington fears faith - even nominal believers inside the Beltway have been shaped by secular educations and secular caste values. "

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Read the whole article ... very enlightening. Do you see yourself in there?

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09112008...30.htm?&page=1

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Yeah, I fear those kinda folks, some are barbaric.

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McCain on National Security
Sarah Speaks

Which kind? The faithful or the fearful?

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The faithful, of course.

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McCain on National Security
Sarah Speaks

Fair enough ... why?

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I don't dread her because of her faith she can have all of that she wants. What I dread is that she wants to make that crap law. The other things is her family problems don't fit well with what she preaches. If she is going to toss stones she better not stay living in her glass house.
I think she is so extreme she would give Jonestown a run for their money. Don't be drinkin the kool aid.

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i can tell you non-elites fear faith too (aka me)

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So the author makes a non-sequiter slippery slope assumption and runs with it, and you think it's profound insight?

1) Both sides are Christian....maybe you hadn't notice that there is no such thing as an aethist major party cadidate.

2) The fury stem from all the other things we see wrong with choosing her as a VP. Please cite one source that supports this assertion....no Demcrat has, or ever will say something like that.

3) Election script? ou mean the Republicans having no chance? That I'll give you. Even with the pathetic attemot to sway the racist femimist vote, it won't work.

Sorry, but this thread sucks

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Can you give me a single ... just one .. example of where Ms Palin has indicated that she wants to "make that crap law"?

Nah, I didn't think so.

Why are you so paranoid? You have no evidence whatsoever that she is trying to impose her beliefs on you ... so why are you so fearful? Why the character assassination in order to divert attention from your paranoia?

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Obviously, you didn't read the rest of the reference, so we'll forgive you for such a nonsensical response. We'll just ignore it .. but thank you for trying to play.

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