Why I Think Sarah Palin is the Antichrist

Accusations Gov. Sarah Palin charged victims rape kits proven false. ( http://www.blogher.com/accusations-gov-sarah-palin... )

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I was pretty ticked that day and as I painted my mother-in-law's bathroom, I thought about how I'd put my anger into words.  Of course we need to question the facts.  We're being bombarded with facts these days and we need to realize that oftentimes news stories may have a hidden agenda or bias.  When we have several different sources corroborating the information we're receiving, then there's a much greater probability that the story being reported is accurate.

By the way, I did a search after I wrote this post and found that there are quite a few people out there that seriously believe SP is the Antichrist.  I don't.  The internet is an interesting place.

I also believe in the Founding Fathers and have written about them in a couple recent posts.  I've been watching the HBO series John Adams and think it's important for Americans to revisit the founding of this country.  Thomas Jefferson would be viewed as a Libertarian today; he believed in almost no governmental involvement, which isn't always practical if you want to administer roads and highways and railways and stuff like that.

The Constitution is what defines our society and the Founding Fathers would probably shake their heads at its erosion (Patriot Act).  I love this quote and I'll use it again.

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."   Benjamin Franklin

I was pretty ticked that day and as I painted my mother-in-law's bathroom, I thought about how I'd put my anger into words.  Of course we need to question the facts.  We're being bombarded with facts these days and we need to realize that oftentimes news stories may have a hidden agenda or bias.  When we have several different sources corroborating the information we're receiving, then there's a much greater probability that the story being reported is accurate.

By the way, I did a search after I wrote this post and found that there are quite a few people out there that seriously believe SP is the Antichrist.  I don't.  The internet is an interesting place.

I also believe in the Founding Fathers and have written about them in a couple recent posts.  I've been watching the HBO series John Adams and think it's important for Americans to revisit the founding of this country.  Thomas Jefferson would be viewed as a Libertarian today; he believed in almost no governmental involvement, which isn't always practical if you want to administer roads and highways and railways and stuff like that.

The Constitution is what defines our society and the Founding Fathers would probably shake their heads at its erosion (Patriot Act).  I love this quote and I'll use it again.

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."   Benjamin Franklin

Are we so quick to judge when we know how the political agenda is played this time of the year? Are we not all women who are not supporting another woman based on what the basis media has to say?  I am not saying that I agree with everything that she is saying; however I cannot believe that there is a great mass of women out here and thinking that Palin is some devil?  I find it very hard to believe {Facts} which I do believe is going to be hard to prove or disprove again due to the timing to the election. I can say, that the same thing about the other party as well.  The media seems to feed us one way or the other every time election season.  A good friend of mine told you have to read what they are not saying, and hidden within all those articles that are sometimes basis is the truth.

Maybe I am just old fashion for a young person. I strongly believe in our Founding Fathers and what they had to go through to make this Nation. I believe we have to pick our battles, and I believe that just as our Founding Father wrote “Now before the Declaration of Independence Congress directed states to devise new republican governments to replace the provincial congresses and committees that had met since 1774. Thus American men initially concentrated on drafting state constitutions and devoted little attention to their national government- At the states level, they immediately faced the problem of defining a "CONSTITUTION".  Americans wanted to create tangible documents specifying the FUNDAMENTAL STUCTURES OF GOVERNMENT. The farmers of state constitutions concerned themselves primarily with outlining the distribution of and limitations on GOVERNMENT POWER--Authority was improperly distributed among the branches of government...or not confined within reasonable limits, the states might become just what they fought against and then they would have had Britain again"

I adore his work, both as a humanitarian and an actor. Of course, it is his humanitarianism that I most admire. I won't say he's also easy on the eyes, because that would be sexist.

Suzanne Reisman ( http://www.blogher.com/member/suzanne-reisman ), Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender ( http://blogher.org/topic/feminism-gender )
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Thanks, Dr. Mary!

I'm going to check out this link.  I can't wait to read about the "murky world of Alaskan politics."

I do what I can, cry when I have to, and laugh when I choose.

check out this blogsite, www.mudflats.wordpress.com ( http://www.mudflats.wordpress.com/ ). It is a hysterical and really well done site devoted to the murky world of Alaskan politics.

Love the blog, JC 

Does seeing Russia on TV and speaking to people from other countries count as experience?  We actually have a Russian section of Los Angeles and have even driven through it.  Just wondering, because if it does, then I guess I'm qualified too.

Eeek. She scares me, she really does. My friend Marian lives up in Alaska and says she is WORSE than we think. The whole making the woman pay for the rape kit thing is beyond evil. 

So  how come the media isn't whacking her and hunk husband Todd over the whole kooky Alaska Independence Party stuff? The founder was a loon, and ended up blowing himself up with plastic explosives. His comments are still part of the mantra on their web page. Hubby was a member of the party till 2000. Creepy.

I hope she implodes. Who would a thunk it could get worse than W? 

This is all very scary stuff.  It's strange, I keep hearing people talk and it seems that they're really only concerned about what's in their wallets.  The economy has affected me big-time, but there are maybe more serious issues like fighting two wars at once.  
Not that I'm not concerned about the economy.  A McCain/Palin presidency would most certainly sink us further into debt, but I'm sure those in the top earning tier will continue to prosper. 

Maybe that would be the time to draft both men and women. If Sarah can do it all, I guess all of us girls can do it all, too.

Laura, www.rebelliousthoughtsofawoman.com ( http://www.rebelliousthoughtsofawoman.com )

Well, if we were to go into Georgia, we would have to bring back the draft.  Because we don't have the troops to engage in Georgia.  Or the funds.

So, if you have a son, or brother, or husband between the ages of 18 and 44, know that a vote for Palin would be a vote for sending your loved one to war.  Congrats!

I saw the interview--and his concern was palpable, and not in an acting way, in a real person way. I loved that he said he needs to know if she really thinks dinosaurs roamed the earth 6,000 years ago. My goodness, there are so many negatives to this woman it is scary. But since she is enlivening the base, they won't pull her off the ticket, as so many of us hoped. Maybe this is our wakeup call that politics do matter.

Laura, www.RebelliousThoughtsofaWoman.com ( http://www.rebelliousthoughtsofawoman.com/ )

I haven't seen it but will look for it on youtube and I'll check out your blog and then get away from the computer for a while.

Your words remind me of that Twilight Episode, "It was good that you wished him into the cornfield.  It was real good."  I've thought about that episode a bit lately.  
On CNN a little while ago, some journalists were discussing the Charlie Gibson interview and one of them (I think it was Jeffrey Toobin) quoted Mark Twain's line about a lie can travel halfway across the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
Let's hope people can separate the truth from the lies and care enough to know the difference.

JC - it's not easy to come out and say what you said - it just doesn't seem nice or whatever, but you know - did you see the Matt Damon AP video?

You are so not alone.  

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As a Jewish woman who grew up in NY and then lived in Israel for many years, I could understand how my world view could be skewed. But this is not a difference of opinion (should our national food be mooseburgers or filet mignon), this is breathing different air difference. This is bizarro. The problem is that the last 8 years have been bizarro and too many have gotten used to it, they think it's the way the world should be. Yes, we should be fighting two losing wars. Yes, people should be losing their homes. Yes, people should not have health care if they're not rich. Yes, rich people and rich companies need us to help them. Yes, torture is okay. Yes, lying to the people is best. Bizarro. Indeed. Maybe we are living in a 1984-alternative universe and only some of us are aware of it. Let's hope enough go out on November 4.

Laura, www.RebelliousThoughtsofaWoman.com ( http://www.rebelliousthoughtsofawoman.com/ )

Thanks, Laura,
I was just getting ready to put on my flak jacket (well, if I had one).  Nobody reads my posts, so I thought I'd be safely obscure.  
Yes, it's McCain's fault and the McCain I used to respect seems to have left the building.  I feel like I'm in bizarro world (and so does everybody I talk to).  
Could we all be wrong?  Are we missing something here?

It's all John McCain's fault. How could this man bend over to such a degree and let himself get rammed and ram himself. There are still people who go "yada yada" on the tv "news" program extolling his virtues and his ethics, about the John McCain they knew. Hello! That man no longer exists. If he selected this woman, whose actions show her to be no friend of women's or men's, then they need to start addressing this duo and not some imaginery duo. You've got one guy saying Mccain wouldn't really approve of an especially nasty ad and another saying that he loves the ticket because it's a great December-May image. Oh God. The telling example of forcing rape victims to pay for their physical exams should be enough for anyone to discount her and fight against her and this ticket. Who's the devil here? I think they both are.  

Laura, www.RebelliousThoughtsofaWoman.com ( http://www.rebelliousthoughtsofawoman.com/ )