An Apostle of Alaska

Responsible, rational voters need to stop asking who the real Barack Obama is if he has been in the public eye campaigning for almost 2 years. Either those voters are blind to reality and prefer to be guided by ignorance and emotions, or they have been too busy to pay attention no matter how long Barack Obama has ben in the public square. Get up and do your researching, and stop complaining.
Sarah Palin is entirely new to the national scene, so it is imperative that the media do their work to help voters make informed choices. We don't want to be blinded by ignorance and select only those who share our fantasies. I know those who may prefer to vote for Palin are voters driven by passions about social issues, not issues that matter to America at large.

Any one who lies in there first ever press conference as a VP is suspect: The lie about the "Bridge to Nowhere." The lies about selling the "luxury plane on Ebay, at a profit, when the truth is: it was sold to the former governor - at a loss. The lies about rejecting earmarks, the list goes on. And remember, this was her first day

09/07/08 ALASKA DAILY NEWS
State paid for trip when Palin told students to pray for pipeline

http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/518522.html">http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/518522.html


Do you thing Charlie Gibson will ask her about her views on separation from church and state funds?

While John McCain's four-star Admiral father ensured him a prized appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, his performance - 894th out of 899 cadets in his class - does not attest to diligent effort, whereas Barack Obama (from a broken home, on food stamps) won competitive academic scholarships to Harvard, which he proved himself worthy of by graduating Magna *** Laude ("With Highest Honors").  Its been a long time since any politicians of either party could talk convincingly about "The American Dream", but Barack Obama can, because he lived it.  Without handouts, family patronage, or inheritence, he pulled himself up by his bootstraps from the Chicago ghetto through his own hard work, enterprise, and initiative to become President of the Harvard Law Review, one of the most prestigious scholarly legal journals in the country.  Which President is more likely to make a difference in the lives of people, and motivate them with initiative to best achieve their individual God-given potential?

Those who think Palin is qualified to lead are totally out of their element and in need of therapy. Someone who suddenly finds herself rehearsing, rather than being ready, on foreign policy and other issues of significance to this most complex, superpowe nation is the remotest person from being qualified. After all, America is no small-town (and small-towns and their valuesare fast disappearing in the midst of rapid urbanization in the face of the expanding global economy), and what best suits the nation is a person who understands the complexities of the global community, a world of over 6 billion humans with complex and varying cultures.
Obama, as a person representing diverse cultures(after all, the world is so diverse that a small-town Palin will never be able to comprehend) is better qualified to meet the challenges of the 21st global community. Anyone who disagrees should feel free to do so, but to insist that Palin is more qualified just reflects our utter ignorance of and disregard of the interconnected, information-age world. A governor of a 670,000-population state is too unqualified to lead a nation of over 300 million people of diverse, complex backgrounds.

Is Palin the real savior sent to us? Maybe John McCain and his Swiftboaters need to look again at their savior issues. Is she really Christian or just pretending to be?

Does non ponder things much. A pipeline is a God's will. I'm a person who daily ponders my faith and God's will in my life. I am not impressed that Palin somehow knows that God wills a pipeline. I also think it might help if she pondered a little more about all sorts of things...and about God's will. I am highly suspicious of those who easily speak of knowing God's will. I am greatly concerned about a possible president not poderiing much. In fact, I am terrified by it. We have had 8 years of a president who "shot from the hip," doesn't seem to be able to focus, We do not need more of the same no matter how bright and crisp she seems. I have no confidence in the Republican ticket and it has nothing to do with how flashy or young, woman or black, either candidate is. I want substance. She's busy and a hard worker but I don't believe it is God's will for her to be president. She may believe it. I don't. And, not matter what God wants, we will elect whomever we wish to elect. Does I don't believe the I, II, Korean, or Iraq wars were God's will. They were willed by man and fought by man.

Sara Palin is being pawned off as America's GREAT WHITE HOPE. Think about it you have Obama who the presss has dogged and who has been made to explain himself to the the nation for the last 19 months, and there have been some outlets such as Faux news that would have dug up his mother and asked her questions if it was possible. In contrast you have Sara new on the scene who is surrounded by a cone of silence and the mainstream press is Dead Silent.

Man America is just freaking amazing!

If you want to know what speaking in tongues is really all about, read the Book of Acts, chapter 2. This reporter is writing about something he or she does not understand and has not researched.

Sarah Palin???s belief that the war in Iraq is part of God???s plan introduces a whole new concept in American foreign policy. - namely we can fight any war we wish provided that we can prove that these wars are part of God???s plan

Since Palin is an expert on Russia, I wonder how she would feel if Russia adopted her beliefs. The Russian Orthodox Church has made a great come-back in Russia, so with just a nod from the Russian Orthodox, Russia???s war with Georgia is justified because it???s part of God???s plan Presumably if Palin gets an OK from God, we???ll launch a war with Russia as well, complete with nuclear weapons.

Way to go, Palin!!! Way to go, McCain !!! John Wayne and the OK Corral in the nuclear age!!!
We may get Armageddon after all - only I should warn Palin that she might not get chosen for the Rapture.

Sarah Palin???s belief that the war in Iraq is part of God???s plan introduces a whole new concept in American foreign policy. - namely we can fight any war we wish provided that we can prove that these wars are part of God???s plan

Since Palin is an expert on Russia, I wonder how she would feel if Russia adopted her beliefs. The Russian Orthodox Church has made a great come-back in Russia, so with just a nod from the Russian Orthodox, Russia???s war with Georgia is justified because it???s part of God???s plan Presumably if Palin gets an OK from God, we???ll launch a war with Russia as well, complete with nuclear weapons.

Way to go, Palin!!! Way to go, McCain !!! John Wayne and the OK Corral in the nuclear age!!!
We may get Armageddon after all - only I should warn Palin that she might not get chosen for the Rapture.

I'm voting for whoever claims to be the most patriotic. And if that happens to be Homer Simpson, then he's in. (Do Republicans think we are that stupid? Since when did this become a patriotism contest. I feel like it's the equivalent of who's got the baddest Camero or Corvette. Grow up. The lack of sophistication is embarrassing. This isn't 1950.)