McCain campaign endorses Palin’s claim that the Iraq war is a task ‘from God.’

[jefferson_dem]

McCain campaign endorses Palin’s claim that the Iraq war is a task ‘from God.’»

In June, when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addressed the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God, she “painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.” “Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending out on a task that is from God,” said Palin. In a statement to the New York Sun yesterday, McCain campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb endorsed Palin’s comments “100%“:

“This is an incredibly humble statement, a statement that this campaign stands by 100%, and a sentiment that any religious American will share — the hope that our country’s actions are indeed righteous,” a campaign spokesman, Michael Goldfarb, said.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/09/mccain-palin-iraq-god/

[AuntPatsy]

1. And so says the exact same thing by the "TALIBAN" interesting ....and telling...and should

be seen as horrifying...

[ErinBerin84]

2. exactly.

[progressivebydesign]

3. Further, stunning, PROOF, that McCain will do ANYTHING to win!

He is obsessed with war, and is in bed with PNAC. We must do everything we can to win this election. McCain has proven that he has ZERO morals or normal compunction. He hates Bush's guts, yet he hugs and kisses him JUST TO WIN. Dangerous man that wants to go to war with Iran immediately -- tho we're now 407BILLION in DEBT as a country.

[RoadRage]

17. Wait.. i thought he'd rather win a war and lose an election. Was that a fabrication???!?!?

Oh my godz... he lied?

Fucker. :eyes:

Republicans will do or say anything to get elected.. political whores.

[curious one]

4. morans.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. They have no choice but to try to spin it and polish the turd

They can't outright deny it as they usually would do, because it's on videotape.

[victoryparty]

6. tasks from God are so violent these days...

War is glorious for those who have had no experience of it.

[City Lights]

7. Congratulations, John, you're now officially part of the lunatic fringe of your party.

How are you gonna stand up to lobbyists when you can't even stand up to your running mate? What a sad, little man you've become.

[d_b]

8. The debates are going to rock!

[denem]

9. !!!!!!!

I see it, but I can't believe it. "Incredibly humble" !!!???

[zulchzulu]

10. If you needed another clue that McFuckshitAsshatDickbrain is a sellout to his own principles...

...this is Example #2,861.

McFuckshitAsshatDickbrain is a fragile, brittle shell of his former "self"... the Religious Reich now have firm control of the Repig Party.

[SurfingAtWork]

11. So we actually *are* on a crusade?! Wow, thats sure to win some hearts and minds.

[pdxmom]

12. Seriously??? They agree that this war is an task from God??? Seriously?? This

is going to seriously screw out foreign relations. Unbelievable that someone believes this, and even more unbelievable that a person running for President of this country would endorse it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. A diplomatic goof worse than Bush calling the war on terror a "crusade"

And essentially affirming the chimp attitude toward Iraq, where he claimed that God told him to invade.

Incredible.

[Samantha]

13. So is she implying it is a religious war?

Silly me, I thought it was about oil and Saddam trying to assassinate George H.W. Bush.

[MadrasT]

15. Aw.... geez... wait... hold on....

:nuke: That was my head exploding. :banghead:

"Humble"? Self-aggrandazing, delusional, and pandering is more like it.

And what about NON-religious Americans??? Huh??? :wtf:

I'm going to lose my mind if these freaks get into the White House. Oh, this one has me spitting tacks!!!

[NoodleyAppendage]

16. Killing for Jesus. How nice...these people are FRIGGIN' NUTS!

McCain and Palin must be stopped at all costs. I'm serious as a heart attack. If they get in the WH, our country will become a fascist theocracy. Make no mistake. The very notion of a democracy will die if they are elected (appointed).

J

[Monk06]

18. So God told Bush and the GOP to wreck Iraq, kill 100,000 people and steal their oil. Their

God is a nasty piece of work.

[Cha]

19. tony perkins stated that mccain had to embrace palin's

views on some thread around here earlier that I didn't click on.

[Major Hogwash]

20. McCain will say ANYTHING to win. Anything at all, whatever he thinks it takes.

If he finds out tomorrow that the majority of Americans like to eat cream-filled donuts, he'll say he loves 'em, and eats 2 a day.

If he finds out tomorrow that the majority of Americans like to drink Moose Piss beer, he'll say he loves it, and drinks it all the time.

McCain is literally a blank etch-a-sketch candidate.

What a maverick!

[TwilightGardener]

21. Wow--claiming that our policies are "righteous" in the eyes of God.

Other nations and cultures have tried that--usually leads to some pretty evil shit.

[pokerfan]

22. Sharia Palin and the American Taliban

[tomg]

23. With God On Our Side

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And the land that I live in
Has God on its side.

Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.

The Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns on their hands
And God on their side.

The First World War, boys
It came and it went
The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And then we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.

I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.

So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war.

I wish we would hear from him again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziuMEX2SeK0

[Qutzupalotl]

24. Bush told Haaretz that God told him to invade Iraq.

More of the same!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. So God made Bush lie to the American public and deceive them into war

God must have divinely tasked Condi to talk us into war based on mushroom clouds on the horizon.

At all times, at every time, the connection between Bush and McShit should be emphasized. McAnus and Co. are not even mentioning the troop withdrawal today on the stump because they fear invoking the name of Bush.