Comments on: I Guess This Election Really Is About Change

By: Flaming Pope

Flaming Pope — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:20:42 +0000

perhaps I’m missing the point, but I found this funny (the top half of letter)

political references toward religion parallels, good cheap laugh / made my day

By: Neil B. ?

Neil B. ? — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:05:21 +0000

Harkin, where here is “smearing” of Palin? First, remember that a “smear” is by definition false. Second, the subject of this thread was a Palin supporter, a real one, showing some of the mentality that actually goes into such support. I don’t know why some people are so defensive of these people they support, considering all the incredible flack and put-downs of Obama, Hillary, etc. that were put out or still out there.

By: Shelly Weiss

Shelly Weiss — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:18:17 +0000

I just don’t understand people’s view of Pastor Hunter… To me, he was being just like Jesus. If you remember, Jesus even went to the Pharisee’s house, knowing they were trying to find a reason to trap Him. Jesus loves EVERYONE, and for a man of God to refuse to pray somewhere because they don’t share the same beliefs, that isn’t reflecting the love of Jesus. Pastor Joel not only respected the audience’s values, he modeled Christ’s behavior.

By: harkin

harkin — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:43:18 +0000

Funny that at such a ’scientific’ website, the lack of truth and fact-checking abounds so unscientifically.

Do people even realize that by smearing Palin they actually are driving more voters in her direction?

Charlie Gibson has done a lot damage with his stupid questions and heavily-edited-for-broadcast interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpwM4Jjyrs

As a thinking voter, I will look at the facts and make my decision, not be led down the path of hate by small-minded condescension.

Remember science fans, in 2000 and 2004, the electorate has been just about evenly split between dem and repub. This year it looks to be about the same. But if Obama loses, it will be solely due to racism.

By: Arun M

Arun M — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:02:33 +0000

I usually go through your blog during meals and posts like this one makes me choke on my food sometimes. I think you should have a system/label for identifying posts about ludicrous things to prevent any accidents

By: mickeyd

mickeyd — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:47:42 +0000

i just came up with a great nickname for
Palin:

the drilla from wasilla

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:22:45 +0000

Couldn’t resist fact-checking the ‘palin’/'renewal’ suggestion…

Turns out, no bull, “palin” in greek means “more of the same”. How ironic is that?! LOL

http://devel.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3825

By: Marbelcal

Marbelcal — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:38:45 +0000

About 2/3 of the people I work with (nurses at a metropolitan hospital in the bible belt–mostly female) are planning to vote Republican because of Palin. This scares the everlovin’ crap out of me. She’s nothing but a smoke screen and they don’t get it!

By: John Knight

John Knight — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:19:43 +0000

You’ll forgive me if I am amused by some of the stereotypes & assumptions I find on this blog. As an undergraduate, I attended a church where the entire elder board was composed of M.D.’s (instructors at a major teaching hospital) and Ph.D.’s in mathematics, science, & engineering. Oh, we did have one architecture professor.

This church was (and still is) theologically a very conservative Evangelical church. Politically, well, the leadership avoided politics in the pulpit. (A partial exception was made on the abortion issue.) And the congregation contained a significant minority of tree-huggers & bleeding hearts.

I loved it. Here was church that taught the Bible with more care & rigor than most professors brought to their classes.

The point, I guess, is that Evangelicalism is not by nature anti-intellectual. (The host of universities founded by Evangelicals provide an illustration of this point.) This point is unlikely to be obvious to a certain demographic.

By: Neil B. ?

Neil B. ? — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:00:58 +0000

Thanks Ole Phat Stu, and it’s also been told that another anagram for her name is “A sharp nail” … FWIW.

BTW I think it’s odd, for all the “scrutiny” of Sarah Palin, that almost everyone has forgotten about the Alaskan Independence Party – even if she wasn’t a member, her husband (very active in her governance we have learned) was, and she addressed them approvingly at one or more conventions.