Latest Palin Scandal--She Trusts God!

[Neptune]

While we're on the subject of banning (not sure how we got there):  I want Conan banned, he asked me a question I don't understand.

And waterboy needs to be banned.  Circle jerk?  Really?  I don't think your allowed to say circle jerk without quotation marks.  You can say "circle jerk", but not circle jerk.  At least he should be banned I think, for saying circle jerk.

Recyclemichael must be banned!  He said to leave guido out of of it.  Clearly guido is the center of all things political, you should know that RM.

Swake needs to be banned for defending guido, no one defends guido, except Nazis.  Are you a Nazi swake?  Are ya??

Chicken Little needs to be banned for using big words.  God hates big words.  

Circle Jerk!

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by Neptune

While we're on the subject of banning (not sure how we got there):  I want Conan banned, he asked me a question I don't understand.

And waterboy needs to be banned.  Circle jerk?  Really?  I don't think your allowed to say circle jerk without quotation marks.  You can say "circle jerk", but not circle jerk.  At least he should be banned I think, for saying circle jerk.

Recyclemichael must be banned!  He said to leave guido out of of it.  Clearly guido is the center of all things political, you should know that RM.

Swake needs to be banned for defending guido, no one defends guido, except Nazis.  Are you a Nazi swake?  Are ya??

Chicken Little needs to be banned for using big words.  God hates big words.  

Circle Jerk!

Its just a funny little combination of words, the image of which, applied to those who have a common political purpose, gives me a chuckle. Its also very sexist as the image doesn't seem to work well for women. Besides, women don't do such things do they?

So....I apologize for using such vile imagery and promoting sexist views. From now on I will only use "Mutual Masturbation" in quotes.

BTW, Neptune needs banned because his planet is a Greek god and one of many representing nature personified. Being a good Oklahoma Christian I am deeply disturbed..er..offended.

[Chicken Little]

DO YOU WANT NEW WAVE OR DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH? (runtime 1:49)

A word war
I set off the keg
my words are war!
should a word have two meanings?
what the f**k for?
should words serve the truth?
I stand for language
I speak for truth
I shout for history
I am a cesspool
for all the s**t
to run down in

Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by Neptune

While we're on the subject of banning (not sure how we got there):  I want Conan banned, he asked me a question I don't understand.

And waterboy needs to be banned.  Circle jerk?  Really?  I don't think your allowed to say circle jerk without quotation marks.  You can say "circle jerk", but not circle jerk.  At least he should be banned I think, for saying circle jerk.

Recyclemichael must be banned!  He said to leave guido out of of it.  Clearly guido is the center of all things political, you should know that RM.

Swake needs to be banned for defending guido, no one defends guido, except Nazis.  Are you a Nazi swake?  Are ya??

Chicken Little needs to be banned for using big words.  God hates big words.  

Circle Jerk!

Well said. [}:)]

On the subject of Circle Jerks, here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvejuEhJuQ4

[Chicken Little]

quote:Originally posted by guido911


Well said. [}:)]

On the subject of Circle Jerks, here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvejuEhJuQ4

sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYW7xUUeho

[Conan71]

Hey, I made top of Nep's ban list...SCORE!!!

Meant to say: "Is it Jeebus or his dad who hates OSU so much?"

[Hometown]

I think I've been participating here for over four years and this past year I have been pleased to notice more left leaning posters than in the past.  I think TulsaNow has been trending towards the left.  But the absence or presence of a handful of posters can make a big difference.

Even some of the hard core right wingers have been trying to recast themselves as Independents.  They probably sense a shift to the left and want to be with the "in crowd."

It's very rare that you run across a real individual.

Original thinking is almost unheard of too.  It's interesting to watch people pick up each other's phrases and ideas and tailor them to their own agenda.

Banning generally runs against the grain of the expression of opinion though I do object to pointless obscenity.

[carltonplace]

Neptune should be banned: as a round gaseous giant that takes pleasure in mocking Uranus it could be argued that he is a circle jerk.

I should be banned: I used the words "gaseous" and "Uranus" in the same sentence.

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little

quote:Originally posted by guido911


Well said. [}:)]

On the subject of Circle Jerks, here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvejuEhJuQ4

sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYW7xUUeho

Are you kidding me? We actually agree on something? Someone check hell to see if it has frozen over.

[USRufnex]

Meanwhile, back on topic....

Recovering ex-evangelical and onetime King of Assemblies of God Kid's Camp here.  []

And Palin "trusting God" is not the issue...

Here's the article referred to by Free Republic.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/rel_palin_dobson_1

Dobson asked whether Palin was discouraged by polls showing the GOP ticket behind.

"To me, it motivates us, makes us work that much harder," Palin said. "And it also strengthens my faith, because I'm going to know, at the end of the day, putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4. So I'm not discouraged at all."

Palin has not focused on her faith on the campaign trail, but it clearly has energized evangelical leaders like Dobson, whose radio show reaches an estimated 1.5 million Americans daily.

Dobson has come around to supporting the McCain-Palin ticket after previously saying he could not in good conscience vote for McCain. He endorsed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee late in the primaries.

Palin thanked Dobson and supporters for their prayers and — when Dobson inquired about the importance of faith in her life — said: "It is my foundation, yes, my Christian faith is."

She also used terms like "prayer warrior" and "intercession" — words that might be unknown to the average listener but are common vocabulary in Pentecostal Christianity. Palin spent 20 years in a Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church, but she usually refers to her faith generically as Christian, not even evangelical.

"It is that intercession that is so needed and so greatly appreciated," Palin told Dobson. "And I can feel it too, Dr. Dobson. I can feel the power of prayer, and that strength that is provided through our prayer warriors across this nation."

She continued: "When we hear along the rope lines that people are interceding for us and praying for us, it's our reminder to do the same, to put this all in God's hands, to seek his perfect will for this nation, and to of course seek his wisdom and guidance in putting this nation back on the right track."

Describing herself as a "hard-core pro-lifer," Palin said the birth of a son with Down syndrome was "this opportunity for me to really be walking the walk and not just talking the talk. There's purpose in this also and for a greater good to be met there."

Palin said the campaign had to have faith that its message will be heard "minus the filter of the mainstream media."

"That filter has to be erased," she said. "So we have to have faith in the wisdom of the people that they'll understand what our message is. But even bigger that then, I have to have that faith that God is going to help us get that message out there."

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So, now we know who the REAL Americans are:  evangelical right wingers from the Assemblies of God Church who believe God is a Republican...

Pat Robertson's memo distributed in 1986 to the Iowa Republican County Caucus:

"How to Participate in a Political Party

   Rule the world for God.

   Give the impression that you are there to work for the party, not push an ideology.

   Hide your strength.

   Don't flaunt your Christianity.

   Christians need to take leadership positions. Party officers control political parties and so it is very important that mature Christians have a majority of leadership positions whenever possible, God willing."

[Conan71]

What does Dick Lugar think about all this Ruf?

[guido911]

I started this particular thread not as a statement against Obama's religious beliefs or that Palin is more "Christian" than anybody. The point I was attempting to make was that in some political circles having a deep religious foundation can be detrimental. Remember about two weeks ago Palin was being bashed because some religious person prayed over her to protect her from "witchcraft" or something like that, I was posting this recent press coverage about her faith to preemptively criticize those sort of attacks.  I mean really, why is the fact that Palin is "trusting" God newsworthy?

[Neptune]

For the same reasons Reverend Wright, or McCain's associations with Rev Hagee etc gets talked about.

Here's the deal for Palin:  She came on the scene a couple of months ago.  All the crappy little stories, the political BS, and even the purely made-up-stuff; that all gets talked about NOW.  While Obama, McCain, and Biden have been on the scene a long time and have all three been through this crap; Palin hasn't.  She gets it now.

This is why McCain's "vetting" process came up.  Palin is someone who has all kinds or baggage of various sizes, that the public has not seen until recently.  McCain's campaign should have saw all of this.  

McCain threw her to the wolves.  He had only two months till the General Election, and he took a gamble on Palin's background, knowing that it would all come out in the last two months of the campaign.  I think McCain hoped to steal enough of the female vote, that Palin's quirks and background wouldn't matter.  I think he also took a gamble that in the world of "television", Palin's looks would trump the words coming out of her mouth.

McCain would have done better picking a "liberal" Republican, like Susan Collins of Maine.  She's been through all the public vetting you can stand, and Obama's hold on Democrats and Independents would have been weakened.  McCain always had the right-wingers locked up, even if they didn't like him.  But right-wingers don't win elections for the GOP.  It's never been the "lock-steppers" for the GOP, it's all about Independents and swing-Democrats.

And though I love Pat Buchanan, I do not agree with his belief that Palin is the future of the GOP.  Unless McCain wins and dies in office, I think McCain ruined Palin's political future outside of Alaska, and perhaps even in Alaska.

[guido911]

Palin injures Blues' Goalie:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081025_262_STL735778