Jesus and Witches

It is so very obvious that Palin believes that everything is about Sarah Palin and she thinks that is the way it should be. How does the Republican Party come up with these people? The Republican Party literally does not offer the responsible approach to solve the problems at hand; their thinking has proven to be part of the problem. They have continually advocated deregulation, open markets and free trade without the checks and balances, control and enforcement required to avoid the regrettably naturally occurring greed, self-interests and dishonesty that we have just seen. It is simply their intent to encourage and facilitate without restriction, as part of their philosophy, the select few to excel, to be aggressive and to take advantage of every opportunity ??? which in turn encourages the negatives mentioned above and then empowers the aggressive, arrogant, self-focused and even dishonest individuals, like GWBush, DCheney, KRove, TDeLay and Sarah Palin to name a few. Even their strong supporters can display these personalities ??? RLimbaugh, SHannity, BO???Riely and EHasselbeck as examples. The Republican Party focuses on benefit for the select few and gives apathy, subterfuge and the costs to the rest. As we clearly see today, they have become the party of dirty politics depending on lies, manipulation, and scare and smear tactics, without ever having honest and real solutions. John McCain himself is simply impulsive and just jumps to whatever position he feels will be more favorable to him; which is how he conducted himself at the academy, in the Navy (being what he said got him shot down and a POW) and as demonstrated throughout his career, including his selection of Sarah Palin. The point being that McCain and Palin don???t offer what is needed now and just can???t be trusted to provide other than more of the same. Fortunately Obama and Bidden have demonstrated that they do offer the conscientious, well thought out, cautious, concerned and responsible approach with the needed solutions. The Republican Party should now be encouraged to step back and reorganize, to regain the conscience they once had, to move more towards center and to gain the will to benefit all of the people; they should simply be beaten soundly in this election.

wow, you are completely brainwashed and you are a racist. Anyone who thinks a country should be run by religious fundamentalists is just ignorant. Obama is a Christian. It's people like Palin and Bush who try to change the constitution. progressive tax plans in the USA were creater by Teddy Rosevelt, McCain's republican hero. Guess he was a socialist too. It's is really a shame I have to live in a country with so many people who thought Bush deserved to be prez when he so obviously was a terrible choice. You are all the same fools who would put someone like Palin in. You were so wize in your choices over the last 8 years.

So is Newsweek calling Obama a witch? If Palin has blessings over witchcraft, and she is opposing Obama, does this mean that Obama has witch power. Keep up the good reporting Newsweek.

Reread again what you wrote regarding the prayer. They were not invoking witchcraft but asking it to leave. Is English your second language or what?

I am a Pentecostal and find this article extremely offensive. What kind of responsible journalist would attack the beliefs of an entire denomination of people? I find it interesting that so many Democrats talk about being open minded and accepting of others, until their views differ or they lack understanding. It might really benefit Ms. Miller & Mr. Murr to actually attend a Pentecostal service and experience the spiritual enlightenment that millions across the world already have before condemning them -- no a Youtube video doesn't count! It is not a coincidence that so many people from every walk of life and every corner of the world have experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit and have spoken with other tongues as the Bible also testifies to. It is an arrogant person that condemns and mocks something / someone without full understanding. The laying on of hands is both symbolic and biblical in the process of invoking Christ's blessings upon someone, healing, ordination of ministers, etc. This practice is observed throughout the world and by many religions. I do not believe in Catholicism, but I do not degrade Catholics. I don't interpret the Bible as the Church of Christ, but I respect them nonetheless. I do find it ironic that I have not heard one word about Obama's religious beliefs, even though his pastor has spewed such hatred and contempt for white people and America in general. Since when is it ok to attack people's religious beliefs? What? Muslims, Catholics, Baptists, Church of Scientology, Adventists, etc. are all protected, but attacking Pentecostals in acceptable? If you want to attack Sarah Palin on her record, her experience or her policy proposals, then you have every right to do so. Attacking her family and her religious beliefs should be off limits. This goes to show you that the liberal media is willing to stoop to any lows to bring down Republicans in this election. Newsweek should be ashamed!

There is nothing wrong with that prayer. You have it all wrong and you need to read what you wrote again. What he prayed meant that he was asking the Lord to rebuke witch craft. He wasn't invoking it. Is English your second language?

This discussion is moot considering the fact McCain and Palin lose the election in 6 days. Unfortuantely, we'll stil have to deal with all the Christian-spam for the forseeable future.

Just one more time. Please read this carefully, our humanity makes us one!
This is the scariest information I have heard of Palin so far. Does she really believe that the earth was created 6 thousand years ago? Does she believe in dinosaurs? I surely hope she does. Is she going to become the modern American Inquisition (Opposed to the Spanish Inquisition) on earth to destroy and torture loving spiritual movements such as Paganism, which by the way predates all monotheistic religions on earth. Does she honestly believe in the fairy tale witches such as the one that gave the apple to sleeping beauty so that she sleep until her true love gave her a kiss. Would she kill and torture innocents such as the poor individuals in Salem, MA. due to heresy and Witchcraft. Which in this modern age the truth of this hysteria has been uncovered? Is she living in a world full of fantasy and horrific dreams made up by religious zealots? It makes me wonder if in the 21 century in this wonderful World that we all share, the powers that may become a reality revert America the Great to the Dark Age due to a lack of historical knowledge and the lies for power founded by past conquistadors based on deception and bigotry that this poor woman has been exposed to herself will dominate American minds. Is that what you really want as an American? Really ask yourself this question over and over again. Is that who you want in power?
This issue has not started with Sarah Palin and will not end with her if she does become Vice President of The United States. This Issue has been ongoing far longer than the time we were born and will continue to cloud the political arena till our deaths. Please mind my saying so. Thank you.

She's a [Socialist] and she Shares and Spreads the Wealth..Thats for sure

The New Yorker Sarah Palin Admits Alaska is a [Socialist State]

In a Special Campaign Comment, Keith Olbermann cites yet another example of the McCain campaign accusing Barack Obama of something of which they themselves are guilty. In this case, Sarah Palin is accusing Barack Obama of advocating socialism when she literally used that word to describe the collective wealth sharing in her home state of
----------------------------------------------

http://www.amazon.com/tag/politics/forum?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1S3QSZRUL93V8&cdThread=Tx1YBQ97ZEOFWQD

-------------------------------

Sarah Palin acknowledges that Alaska is literally the only [Socialist State in America]

Initial post: Oct 28, 2008 12:18 PM PDT


Stout House says:

Somebody pointed this out on another thread, but it bears repeating.

In a New Yorker interview before her selection as VP nominee Sarah Palin said of Alaska, "we're set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans who own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs."

Got that? Share in the wealth, or "spread the wealth around."

I expect this to show up in an Obama ad very soon. It's utterly devastating to Palin's false "socialist" accusations against Obama.

Unlike Obama's plan to restore the Clinton-era tax structure by cutting taxes for the middle class and allowing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent to expire (resulting in a roughly 4 percent tax increase for the rich),

Palin's Alaska is the closest thing we have to ACTUAL [Socialism] in America, because, as Palin herself points out, the state owns the resources, a citizens' collective, and those citizens benefit from the government's "spreading the wealth around."

I hope the Obama campaign seizes on this instantly and pours millions into ads.

Here's a link to the interview in which Palin acknowledges that she's a [Socialist]...



http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/22/080922fa_fact_gourevitch?printable=true





And here's a video compilation in which the she slams Obama for saying (but definitely not meaning in the same way) the very same thing:



http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/27/palin-shares-wealth/



From the Think Progress page:


"In fact, Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share (ACES) program, which manages the redistribution of oil wealth in Alaska, brings in so much money that the state needs no income or sales tax. In addition, this year ACES will provide every Alaskan with a check for an estimated [$3,200]"

Palin's running the biggest welfare state in the nation by means of the socialist redistribution of wealth, and she's stupid enough to make false accusations against Obama? Truly astonishing, but not at all surprising. That's what happens when you don't vet properly, Senator McCain.

Also Account for the Windfalls Prof