Latest attack on Palin: She prays!

The first cut [later redacted] of Charlie Gibson's interview with Sarah Palin reveals someone embarrassingly unprepared. His name is Charlie Gibson. Here's the transcript:

Gibson: You said recently, in your old church, "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God." Are we fighting a holy war?

Palin: You know, I don't know if that was my exact quote.

Gibson: Exact words.

Palin: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln's words when he said--first, he suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words. But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that's a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God's side.

Palin was right, as we noted Tuesday. Although she had spoken the words Gibson attributed to her, his rendition of the quote was a dowdification. He took the words out of context to make a prayer that "the task is from God" appear to be an assertion that it is....

ABC seems to have realized its mistake as well. The version of the interview that aired on ABC's "World News" last night (video here) edited out the lines in which Palin disputes the accuracy of Gibson's quote and Gibson replies, "Exact words." In their place is a YouTube clip of Palin speaking at the church. Again, as far as we know, ABC has not expressly acknowledged the error.

The journalists at AP, CNN and ABC who took liberties with Palin's quote might or might not have intended to deceive. But there can be little doubt that they intended to further a stereotype of Palin as some sort of religious nut. What's interesting is that in the course of doing so, they ended up disparaging her for praying.

As we noted yesterday, some of the less well-grounded members of the political media have been harshly attacking Palin for having a baby. Egads! Can we really have a heartbeat away a Christian who prays, or a woman who has borne children? It really does seem as though the media and the Angry Left loathe Sarah Palin precisely because she is normal. Through the words of his supporters, Barack Obama has become the candidate of those who oppose religion and motherhood. With friends like these, who needs Karl Rove?

I thought this would have pi$$ed more people off than it did. You don't see much new on it.

she made a fan out of me

she wants creationism to be taught in schools. that=religious nut

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Originally Posted by Phreak

she wants creationism to be taught in schools. that=religious nut

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agreed...but its an argument that can be fought all day...there is absolutely NO proof of god..its all made up by man..evolution however has scientific backing...but now ive heard some religious folks say that evolution was part of gods plan...way to try and steal our logical thunder...lol

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Originally Posted by straydoglogic

agreed...but its an argument that can be fought all day...there is absolutely NO proof of god..its all made up by man..evolution however has scientific backing...but now ive heard some religious folks say that evolution was part of gods plan...way to try and steal our logical thunder...lol

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yeah well i can argue the case for unicorns all day too

YOU CAN'T PROVE THEY DON'T EXIST MAN!!!!!!111

...etc, etc. the bottom line is it's just as foolish. anyone who would favor teaching a pathetic attempt by the political wing of the religious right to infect the school system with their theology is a moron.

first they called it creationism, now intelligent design. it's a load of crap no matter what you call it and isn't worthy of a debate. if you are going to debate it we need to debate unicorns and leprichauns too.

this is why i can't vote for mccain.

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Originally Posted by Phreak

she wants creationism to be taught in schools. that=religious nut

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I think small children should be taught about sex. Let's not waste any time with religion!:bull:

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Originally Posted by baby1

I think small children should be taught about sex. Let's not waste any time with religion!:bull:

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way to shift the topic and avoid the message.

once again, creationist=religious nut

whatever!

btw, she is also misinformed on a great many things. she thought that taxpayers supported fammie mae and freddie mac, and that the bailout from the us govt. would ease the burden on taxpayers.

someone may want to explain to her that the events of late will actually place the burden on us.

once again, woefully unqualified for veep when compared to biden.