Sarah Palin has her own crazy pastor (ala Rev. Wright)

There's fundraising for indicted senator Ted Stevens' 547, not actually knowing "what the VP does all day", her affiliation with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, earmarks after earmarks for her small town projects, zero international experience, Troopergate, Babygate, Dairygate, Bridgegate, Toddgate, and now.....Churchgate.

I did a drive-by of Palin's church when I was traveling through Wasilla yesterday, not realizing the furor that would be churning the blogosphere less than 24-hours later about a speech Palin delivered there only three months ago. Here's what she said regarding the war in Iraq.

"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God."

Let that sink in a minute. A task that is from God. Sarah's war is a holy war. It's not, apparently from the God that says "turn the other cheek" or "I am my brother's keeper" or "the greatest of all these is love". It's not about diplomacy, international relations, figuring out why we are so despised in the Middle East, keeping Israel secure, revamping how the U.S. deals with its unsustainable dependence on foreign oil, combating poverty and desperation that leads young men to terrorism. Nope. This war is God's will. It's God's holy war. She went on:

That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan.

So the plan is to pray for a plan? Perhaps it would have been better to pray for a plan beFORE we went to Iraq. Better still to sit down and create a plan - a thoughtful, intelligent, human-type plan.

Knowing that Palin has only been out of the country once, in 2007, to visit the Alaska Guard in Kuwait, we rightfully wonder what might influence her international policy. How will her decisions be made? What is her style of governance? Well, folks, this might just be it. Pray for a plan and hope it's the right one.

Beyond that one speech she made in June, what else do we know about Palin's church? Good question. Anchroage residents, who comprise the vast majority of the population in this region of Alaska, know that Wasilla is the heart of Alaska's Valley Bible Belt. This is evidenced by the dozens and dozens of roadside churches, the Christian schools and bookstores, and how many people are wearing crosses in the local supermarket. But I, and most others I know really don't know much more than that. This is from Ed Kalnins, the senior pastor of Wasilla Assembly of God. Palin attended here for most of her adult life, until her new affiliation with a similar church in the state's capitol, Juneau:

What you see in a terrorist — that's called the invisible enemy. There has always been an invisible enemy. What you see in Iraq, basically, is a manifestation of what's going on in this unseen world called the spirit world. ... We need to think like Jesus thinks. We are in a time and a season of war, and we need to think like that. We need to develop that instinct. We need to develop as believers the instinct that we are at war, and that war is contending for your faith. ... Jesus called us to die. You're worried about getting hurt? He's called us to die. Listen, you know we can't even follow him unless you are willing to give up your life. ... I believe that Jesus himself operated from that position of war mode. Everyone say "war mode." Now you say, wait a minute Ed, he's like the good shepherd, he's loving all the time and he's kind all the time. Oh yes he is — but I also believe that he had a part of his thoughts that knew that he was in a war.

How will the Republican party and the pundits handle Palin's "Reverend Wright Moment"? Did McCain vet her on matters of her religious ties, knowing how devastating the impact of his church selection turned out to be for Obama? You'd think. But maybe McCain knew all along, and thought it was no big deal. Which scenario is more sobering? And how do non-Christians in the rest of the country and in Alaska feel about the "end times" philosophy of this church?

Is this one more step toward the End Times of the McCain-Palin ticket? Let us pray.
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[huntersimms]

Dude calm down you need anger management

[sayanythingkicksass]

i hope to god everybody knows thats not a real pic of her

[Joesexy424]

@sayanythingkicksass i'd still smash

[Kdigety]

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Eph. 6:12

[umbilical007]

@sayanythingkicksass These liberal liars don't care about the truth! Notice how all conservatives do is tell the truth, and the liberals can't even acknowledge THE FACTS! Then they turn around and create a false picture like this! PROPAGANDA!

[SonofPencilHead]

@Nachofuckyou

He's not talking about people, but Spiritual Warfare.

Guys, this is fairly standard Protestant doctrine. Chill already.

[Nachofuckyou]

Sounds like a christianic jihad to me.

[grendelee]

sarah palin: against freedom, against ethics, against other religious freedom, against black people, against....fuck, i dont know, not wearing a fuckload of makeup? hmmm...against the truth,obviously (caught lying), against the olympics now, im guessing hmm....oh yeah AGAINST AMERICA! fuck you, palin

[trucking42witness]

This Minister in no way can be compared to Rev. Wright. He is not speaking of hate as wright did. He is speaking of spiritual warfare as some of the idiots posting on here are good examples of.

[GIVEMEGRITS]

Palin is HOTT, alot more than that ugly hag Aunt Ester who is married to Curious George!

[Tiona777]

Rev wright didn't affect obama winning so whats your point. No one has morals these days. Liberals say yes for abortion but no to capital punishment. Strange kill an innocent baby but let a murderer live. Let gays get married that is sick. A man sticking his penis in another mans butt. Common sense tells me that stinks.

[jasonmildward]

SHE HAS A NICE RACK YEAH BABY.........