I watched some of the Sarah Palin interview shown last night on ABC News with Charles Gibson. Now we know why the McCain campaign wont allow the press to talk to Palin. I can’t say I really blame them either.
One of my favorite parts was when she blamed Abraham Lincoln when asked about her comment to her former church that the Iraq war was a “task from God”.
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. That’s what that comment was all about, Charlie.
No, that’s not what that comment was all about Charlie. Her statement to the Wasilla Assembly of God church was nothing at like anything Abraham Lincoln said. In fact, it sounded a lot more like the Blues Brothers’ “We’re on a mission from God” then anything Lincoln ever said.
If she’d called him Charlie like that one more time, I would’ve kicked in the television.
@Steve: I thought it was just me that found that annoying.
I’ve never been to Alaska- do all the women-folk sound like her? If they do, I can take a guess why so few fucking people live up there.
True story: The allure of Alaska is so non-existent, the state government will actually pay your entire family (including infants) an allowance (called the “Alaska Permanent Fund”) to live there on a long-term basis. It’s like Alaska is the fat, annoying nerd in the school who wants to bribe you to be his friend.
I once spent two hours in the Anchorage and I’m pretty much a fat nerd. Does this mean I’m due some money?