Palin: Faith, God in General has been Mocked Through this Campaign

[jefferson_dem]

:nopity:

Governor Sarah Palin tells The Brody File that "faith and God" have been mocked throughout this campaign. The Vice-Presidential candidate really opens up in this answer and takes some shots at the media. But she also defends her faith and speaks strongly about her belief in God being in control of all things.

I interviewed Alaska's Gov. Palin this weekend for 20 minutes in Lancaster, Pa. My full report can be seen Tuesday on The 700 Club. Check The Brody File for other clips regarding her faith, media scrutiny and much more.

Watch her answer above. The transcription is below.

Brody: There have been some shots taken at you…regarding your Christian faith…The Pentecostal stuff, the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Do you want to clear up exactly what you believe in and so that the record can be set straight a little bit? Because there have been some editorials and others taking shots at you regarding --

Palin: Yeah, and I think the saddest part of that is that faith, not just my faith, faith and God in general has been mocked through this campaign, and that breaks my heart and that is unfair for others who share a faith in God and chose to worship our Lord in whatever private manner that they deem fit and my faith has always been pretty personal. I haven't really worn it on my sleeve. I haven't been out there preaching it. I've always been of the mind that you caalk the walk. You just don't have to be talking the talk about your beliefs, so just wanting maybe my life to be able to reflect my faith. So it's always been pretty personal and that was kind of a surprise in the last couple of months that people would misconstrue and spin anything that has to do with my faith or anybody else's and turn it into something to be mocked. That's very sad. I don't think that there's anything that I can do about it, so you know, I won't, I won't whine or complain about it, but nobody is going to convince me that my foundation of faith is not good for me and for my family no matter the mocking, no matter what anybody says about it, I'm going to keep plugging away at this and I'm going to keep seeking God's guidance and His wisdom and His favor and His grace, for me, for my family, for this campaign, for our nation. Again no matter what anybody else says about it it's between me and God, and I am so thankful that that he has strengthened me with this understanding and this belief that I can count on Him. I can reach out to Him asking for that strength, asking for the blessings that He so freely gives and I don't know how anybody would want to do this if they didn't have real strong faith in God that He's got it all under control.

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[liberal N proud]

1. The only mocking of God has come from her false prophecy shit

[d00mzday]

2. Palin and Hate have been Mocked... Not God and Faith!

I luv how she tries to twist everything, to try to stir up anger.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. She's right. She's mockery of the Christian Faith...

She also made a mockery of the Democratic Process.

[d00mzday]

4. Could not agree more :)

[NotThisTime]

47. Couldn't agree more...

[VeggieTart]

5. If there has been any mocking of "god"...

...it has been by people who claim to serve him but use their beliefs to foment hatred, dissention, and greed. And this applies to Pat Robertson, Jeremiah Wright, John Hagee, Rod Parsely, Thomas Muthee, and their ilk.

Those who use their faith to inform their service to others and to help the less fortunate, I don't have much of a problem with them. I don't think the faith is necessary, and that you shouldn't need the prod of a possibly mythical being to do good works, but what the hey. But those who totally pervert the words of their Christ and ignore the messages of compassion, they are the ones mocking "god" and faith.

And this assumes that there actually IS a god. As an agnostic, I firmly believe it's impossible to know one way or the other.

[Bluenorthwest]

24. Lumping a good man like Wright in with bigots and haters

Does not make sense. Jerimiah Wright and his church have done tons for my community and for others, for decades.

[regnaD kciN]

6. Faith and God in general have been mocked for the last twenty-eight years...

...ever since the Republican Party first featured the "Moral Majority" (and, later, the "Christian Coalition") claiming a divine mandate to impose policies that would make Jesus puke.

[Bubbha Jo]

23. She needs to review the tape of Obama/McCains comments at the Smith dinner Thursday nite.

Obama did a nice job of reference scripture, which was appropriate for the dinner.

McCain didn't mention a thing about religion in his.

[Make7]

7. Palin: "He's got it all under control."

Given the current world situation, implying that god has "it all under control" would appear to many people to be a strong argument for atheism.
 

[Ikonoklast]

39. Unless god is a mean little kid with a magnifying glass on a sunny day

And we are the ants.

Then it all makes sense.

[Solomon]

41. "God's in charge." My father's favorite saying and one that

drives me nuts.

[mitchum]

49. Well, then God is quite a fuck up, isn't he?

[bunkerbuster1]

8. "I won't whine or complain about it."

Ok, how about that? you want to stop right now then?

[polichick]

9. It's you that's being mocked Psycho Sarah - and you're not God.

[BOSSHOG]

10. I'm guilty of mocking her faith based abstinence training

[Vinca]

11. So we're supposed to take the driving out of witches seriously?

:crazy:

[depakid]

12. People who get "hands laid" on them by African witch hunters deserve to be mocked

[JohnMcCant2008]

13. When Obama wins, will Sarah admit that her Gawd loves Obama more?? nt

:sarcasm:

[Borgnine]

14. It's her psychopathic, Christ-on-a-dinosaur interpretation of faith that I'm mocking.

It's wild times when atheism provides a closer connection to God then what Palin considers mainstream Christianity.

[Ganja Ninja]

15. Sarah and her Witch Doctor being mocked!

I'm shocked I tell you. Shocked!

[Marrah_G]

22. Her Witch Hunter, not Witch Doctor- Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy scarier

[Heather MC]

16. Ok, Fuck you Failin, How dare you say how you whorship is private

but you are chomping at the bit to drag Rev. Wright out as an attack against Obama

Tell you witch hunting Priest that I said you can both go fuck your yourself

Private my ass

PS
Lord Forgive me
Amen

[Warren Stupidity]

17. Kind of like a stripper complaining that guys are staring at her breasts.

However nobody in the Obama campaign has been mocking her faith, faith in general, or any of the multitude of Gods people worship. The Palin campaign has of course made adherence to Islamic beliefs an issue. Perhaps that is what she is referring to?

[mac56]

27. ding ding ding we have a winner!

:thumbsup:

[barack the house]

18. I think people are mostly worried by her entwining faith and policy that folks reject. >

Barack only calls on folks to be more humane to one another but not for faith to write policy.

[crazy_vanilla]

19. oh yeah, we know she surely has been chosen to speak for God

:eyes:

[jakefrep]

20. Some of us want leaders that can do more than spout random Bible verses

If that's "mocking" faith - I give up.

[BeyondGeography]

21. Obama mocks God all the time...so does Biden

and those Obama rally attendees? A total bunch of God haters.

Two more weeks and you'll have some much needed time to save your career in Alaska, Sarahbelle.

[bullwinkle428]

25. It certainly has - BY EVERY MOTHERFUCKER USING "MUSLIM" AS A SLUR!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[AspenRose]

29. Thank you!

:applause:

[Lochloosa]

32. Perfect Answer!

:toast:

[Doityourself]

26. Somebody tell her it is not God's will ...it's the People's! The GOP sucks

[sfam]

28. Considering her Reverend Wright comments, the "People in glass houses" comment comes to mind...

[OswegoAtheist]

30. Your ride is here, Gov. Palin:

Oswego "Mock Caribou Stew" Atheist

[noel711]

31. So now hockey-Mom is a theologian?

Sadly, her loose language is a 'code' to low information voters,
and they hear these words, and commiserate with her,
without critical thinking.

I know too many folks, and parishoners, who think she's the greatest
thing since sliced cheese, because 'she speaks her mind.'

She knows nothing about just about everything,
and for her to play the 'faith and God' card is appalling,
but that is what 'won' it for George W., and what gives
her any kind of credibility with the masses.

Damn right I can question your faith girl!
And I have the bona-fides to call you on your crap!
You if wanna have a fight with me about your 'calling'
and what you call faith, you just let me know where and when!

Don't you go pulling that 'terrorist' shit on Obama
or any of us who were willing to go to the mat for real justice.

[JBoy]

33. Translation: "The religious RW was supposed to put us in the lead"

[Johonny]

34. holy crap, Palin appolgize to Rev Wright then

only Rethugs are victims?

[BlueIdaho]

35. Why does Sarah hate Jesus? nm.

[lunatica]

36. She's half right. Blind raging faith has been mocked.

[Alter Ego]

37. Want some cheese with that whine, Moose Princess?

Fuck you and your persecution complex.

[serrano2008]

38. She's right, I'm still trying to find one of the 10 Commandments she hasn't broken

I wish she would give the Christians a break and stop making them look so hateful and horrible.

[SidneyCarton]

40. Palin is right.

The problem is, that it is her actions and the actions of those like her that have brought religion and faith to ridicule.

[marions ghost]

42. God's grace and favor and many blessings

DO appear to have been flowing freely to Sarah Palin. (Should I pray more? Hmmmm....)

So after Nov 4, I guess she's take it as God's message to go home and resume being the First Hockey Mom of Alaska.

It's God's will when you mess up and have to atone. :evilgrin:

[Essene]

43. faith isnt the issue... demagoguery is

[Faygo Kid]

44. "I haven't really worn it on my sleeve." BWAHAHAHAHAHHA!

What a nutcase she is. How could McSame - as low as he is - POSSIBLY have put this nation in such great jeopardy by selecting Palin?

[knitter4democracy]

45. She's right. Look at what they did to Rev. Wright.

Look at how they're vilifying Muslim believers. The GOP has been attacking the faithful this whole time.

[EnviroBat]

46. Sorry you dumbass shit of a woman.

So sorry your precious faith has been ridiculed. IT HAS NO PLACE IN AN ELECTION TO BEGIN WITH! We the people are tired of bullshit artists like YOU bringing YOUR faith into OUR government.

Get it Barbie? Now fuck off back to Witch's-Tit Alaska, or where ever the hell you and your fucked up "Christian Values" family come from.

[OnionPatch]

48. If her narrow, little religious ideas are criticized, it's an attack on God himself!

Talk about elitists. Todays' GOP is the epitome of the word elitism. Only their God is the real God, so if you criticize things like, oh, humans riding dinosaurs on Noah's ark, then you are "anti-God."

[Overseas]

50. Or does she mean that God's General, Sarah Palin, has been mocked?

Ms. Palin, do you put Country First or Jesus First in your life?

[olegramps]

51. Palin and her ilk are in the same league with White Supremacists

She is cut out of the same cloth as the good old boy White Southern bigots that went to church on Sunday after lynching a Black on Saturday night. The same bastards that beat Civil Rights Marchers in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, the home of the KKK. The same bastards that preach hatred from their pulpits and say they are followers of Jesus. Don't tell me about the South I have relatives throughout the South. Nothing but ignorant trash. Is it any wonder why Powell endorsed Barak Obama when he chose Palin as his running mate? She is a brainless twit who is so damn ignorant she thinks that people were walking around with dinosaurs when the earth was created 6,000 years ago. Can you imagine this nitwit discussing complex political situations. She would have even less credibility than Bush who is regarded by world leaders to be an abysmal jerk. She needs to stay home and straighten up her own dysfunctional family.