Posted 6 Sep 2008 · Report post She's pretty hard core, if this article is accurate. Note the Tribune is a relatively friendly news source for Republicans, not having endorsed a Democrat for President since Horace Greeley.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0,3371419.story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Sep 2008 · Report post She's pretty hard core, if this article is accurate. Note the Tribune is a relatively friendly news source for Republicans, not having endorsed a Democrat for President since Horace Greeley.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0,3371419.storySo Palin has some mystical religious views. So do most Americans.The issue for me is whether she has succeeded in imposing her mysticism, using the power of government, on those who do not agree with her the way that the liberals have been forcing their irrational socialistic and environmental practices on all of us for decades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Sep 2008 · Report post Betsy, since you're an LGF hatchling you know how much of a point it's been for the LGF guy that Palin has completely kept away from imposing her views on anybody. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 7 Sep 2008 · Report post She's pretty hard core, if this article is accurate. Note the Tribune is a relatively friendly news source for Republicans, not having endorsed a Democrat for President since Horace Greeley.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0,3371419.storySo Palin has some mystical religious views. So do most Americans.The issue for me is whether she has succeeded in imposing her mysticism, using the power of government, on those who do not agree with her the way that the liberals have been forcing their irrational socialistic and environmental practices on all of us for decades.She thinks that we should be fighting in Iraq because Jesus wants us to. We can argue as to whether she came to the correct conclusion for the wrong reason, but if McCain gets elected, there's statistically a 1 in 3 chance he doesn't live another 8 years. Do we really want a commander-in-chief who will decide whether we send our troops to war on the basis of what Jesus would do?Palin's views are beyond the level of mysticism of most Americans. She actively converted from Roman Catholicism (arguably a mainstream "social" religion most practitioners hold loosely) to evangelical Christianity. I distinguish between Christians. Yes, Obama's pastor is pretty weird, but as an African-American church, it fits more closely into his brand of mysticism (leftist activism), and thus, I don't hold it as a second negative. In a similar way, it is a bit of a "social" affiliation more than a religious one. Anyway, this thread isn't about Obama. It's about Palin. Regardless of whether McCain wins or loses, Palin looks like a force to be reckoned with in the future, and it doesn't bode well for future elections.Also, consider the implications of court decisions from judges appointed by evangelicals. Is the conservative support of vouchers based on a desire to privatize education, or is it a desire to use federal money to fund religion? Stated otherwise, if a conservative Supreme Court of the future decides that prayer in public schools is permissible under the constitution, will we see evangelicals drop their support for the limited privatization that they have been advocating? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
