Sarah Palin's Beliefs--UPDATED 10/24/08

The Ever Expanding List of our Potential Vice President's Beliefs;

1. Witches Exist. They should be stoned.

Palin's church hosted a pastor who claimed that the Lord showed him the source of a string of car crashes in the village--a "witch" in the village. He then rallied the town to stone her. She escaped, fortunately, but now lives in exile. At first it seemed that Palin just happened to go to that same church. That is a fair defense--most lay members don't really control who happens to be the visiting pastor of their church, nor what that pastor's sermon will contain. However now it looks like she's participated in the sermon itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4HIc-yfgM

(warning...it's really long, and boring, despite being batshit crazy. She comes in near the end.)

2. Dinosaurs and Humans coexisted together. 7,000 years ago.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/15/bess/index1.html

(3rd or 4th paragraph down)

3. Alaska should be independent.

Ok, ok, I know it's actually her husband who believes this, but that still raises some points. First, when Michelle Obama mentioned that she was finally proud of her country, people used that to show Barack wasn't patriotic. If that idea is true--that your spouse often speaks for you--then how patriotic can you be when your husband doesn't want to be a part of the country for which you could be the leader?

4. Abstinence education works.

I have to say "hats off" to you on this one. Your eldest daughter is proof that it doesn't, yet you remain adamant. That type of stubbornness really demands respect.

5. The Iraq war is a mission from God.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_iraq_war

6. Rape victims should pay for their own rape kit. Also they shouldn't be allowed to abort the fetus.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/palin-on-abortion-id-oppo_n_122924.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5784496

7. The Government should ban books:

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html

(13th paragraph down)

8. She might hold some anti-semitic views.

Ok, let's be clear. She does not hold anti-semitic views, at least not with any direct evidence. But there are some dangers in her church's view. Once again participating at a church is not the same thing as endorsing what a minister has said, but in love, war, and politics, all things are fair, and it's often more with whom you associate than what you yourself say. Remember all the flack Obama got for Jeremiah Wright's words? I do think criticism levied at him was fair if he knew the minister believed that yet never spoke out against it or left the church. Actions, or inactions, speak louder than words. Her visiting minister announced that Jews control the worlds' money, and that good Christian financiers need to take over. She has never protested this asinine statement, and in fact participated just a few minutes later in the church service in which this was announced. Also, when she ran for Governor, rumors circulated in Alaska that originated from her camp that her opponent was a Jew, and therefore unfit to lead. This packs a double-whammy b/c first their is the idiotic and anti-semitic view that Jewish people are not fit to lead (Christians have done SUCH a good job), and that her party, while maybe not believe it themselves, would spread this idea. In other words, she's slimy.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/sep/26/sarah.palin.religion.jews


9. This Financial Crisis, and It's Bailout is really about healthcare reform, job creation, tax reduction/relief, and reining in government spending--what???

I can't even attempt to explain this. Here is a transcript from the Katie Couric Interview:

COURIC: Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries? Allow them to spend more, and put more money into the economy, instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

Palin: That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, it’s got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade — we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation.

Source: CBS News.

10. Only some domestic bombers are terrorist. The rest, even though they take American lives, are just speaking their minds. Through bombs.