'This person loves Jesus'

[arenean]

Source: Guardian (UK)

The shift in the party's focus from mammon to God is illustrated perfectly in Palin's successful campaign to become mayor in 1996. All previous elections had revolved around such existential questions as how to improve the pavements and get litter off the streets. She ignored all that, campaigning instead against abortion and gun control and casting aspersions on her (Republican) opponent about his infrequent attendance of church.

Victoria Naegele was editor of the local paper, The Frontiersman, at the time and can recall the shock of the Palin revolution. "I remember thinking 'Wow! Are religious issues really germane to the job of being mayor of a town of just 5,000 people?'"

Naegele remembers vividly too a second shockwave that came swiftly after Palin's election. Instead of easing her way into the role, she went in with guns blazing, demanding that six of the department heads of the council - none of them political appointments, several with many years' service - submit their resignations. When Naegele protested through the editorial columns of the paper at what she saw as the new mayor's heavy-handed style, she felt the heat. "It was a difficult time. I was lambasted as a liberal, when in fact I am a Christian conservative Republican, just like Sarah Palin."

Then, in an incident that is fast turning into the stuff of political legend, Palin was revealed earlier this week to have attempted to censor Wasilla's library. The idea is almost laughable when you see the library itself. Its small collection of books includes a prominent section on hunting and fishing, and no visible copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Yet in 1996, after parents complained about a book their child had taken home, Palin took umbrage. Frustratingly, no one can remember the volume concerned. What we do know is that Palin turned on the then librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, asking her in a council meeting what she would do if she were told by the mayor to remove certain books from the collection.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/06/uselections2008.sarahpalin

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The more I read about this woman, the more frightening she becomes. I'm not American, but please do everything you can to make sure this evil witch doesn't help dictate policy for the next 4 years.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Can you imagine how scary she is to those of us that live here????

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[BeFree]

2. Fundie all the way

And now the fundie's have sneaked one of their own right close to ruling the free world.

All they need now is another *miracle* like what happened in the last elections and their girl will be poised to rule over all of us.

You can bet they will go all out to win. It is their MO. And they do own the voting machines, y'know?

[seafan]

3. Cross post from GDP because it is so important for people to understand.

Guardian: Ruthless, vindictive, authoritarian. But she loves Jesus.


Sarah Palin is the Religious Right's Trojan Horse, to thrust a dangerous theocracy onto the United States of America. The specter of that is very frightening.

Our media are the propaganda arm of the Bush regime and that is the primary reason that most Americans are not informed about who this woman is and what a danger she represents. Please, if you in the UK can help us in any way to inform more people, we need everyone to help us stop this Christian fundamentalist freight train from taking over our country.

[noel711]

4. She loves Jesus? So does my 5 year old nephew.. but he's

he's not qualified for vice president either.

[catnhatnh]

5. WWJF

Who would Jesus Fire? With no cause?

[depakid]

6. Unfortunately, most Americans won't be reading factual stories like this

Instead, they'll hear a very narrow and well framed narrative that, thus far, has been little challenged by the opposing candidates.