For Me? Mrs. Palin, You Shouldn’t Have…and On My Birthday No Less!

She is the gift that keeps on giving! I had conflicted reactions when I heard that Palin was appearing on Oprah on my birthday, November 16th, 2009. On the one hand a wave of nausea came over me…then I thought that because she truly is a gift to our efforts of exposing religious zealots in American politics that the more she parades her persecuted self around the better. So…it really is the gift that keeps on giving.

As I sit here writing this I just received another call for an interview for a radio station out of North Carolina to discuss Palin and Political Dominionism. I am preparing for speaking engagements to audiences from university political science students to democratic precinct meetings, up and down the west coast. The interest is growing, the questions are formulating and the exposure would not be available without her relentless pursuit of the limelight and never-ending accolades.

So you see, I am not being merely sarcastic. If Sarah Palin had not come onto the scene, we would not be engaged in this discussion about dominionism and the Rebiblican Party. It would instead continue to be relegated to academic discussion and the books would remain on the shelves collecting dust. I honor those researchers who have devoted much of their lives to exposing this movement and their efforts to warn us of the impending threat to our secular society.

As much as Palin is a thorn in our intellectual sides, she has brought attention to this powerful, well-funded effort to insinuate religious extremism into our institutions and legislation.

This is not simply a matter of ignoring a narcissist who would just go away if not for those of us writing about her. She won’t. Every time she speaks or “writes” it is a reminder of the millions of Americans who support her with devotion. Absurd? You betcha! But to deny their numbers is naive.

Just take a look at the audience (oops! congregation) in the background of “churches” like Joel Osteen’s in Houston, Texas where there are weekly crowds in the neighborhood of 42,000 (2008 figures) Sheeples in attendance. As painful as it is…listen to 10, 15 maybe 20 minutes of his “sermon” and tell me that the audience has not been sold a bill-of-goods! They are only a sampling of the demographic in America who will be watching Palin’s every move with adulation.

The Palin followers see themselves as the only TRUE 1) Christians; 2) patriots; 3) conservatives…and of course 4) Americans! For you cannot be one without all four.

She will continue to paint herself as just a homespun gal, mom, wife and persecuted Christian. It works! And for all of my progressive and secular republican friends out there who think she is, “yesterday’s news”; “no longer relevant”; or “too ridiculous to take seriously”…I implore you to take a closer look at the type of person who supports her. Whether it is Osteen, Haggee, Warren, Paul & Jan Crouch at CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), and the endless list of Phalse Prophets for Profit…really absorb that this is not about what we think is legitimate, it is the hordes of indoctrinated rebiblicans who do.

So here we are, on MY day…about to be set on sensory overload due to the hugely promoted Oprah interview! And tomorrow the release of her much anticipated book, “Going Rogue: An American Life”. She will not disappoint us with her portrayal of herself as a misunderstood…just a nice gal who really just loves every life so much that she can’t do enough for the world.

I received about 120 pages from her new book, as have numerous others who are writing about it. I have skimmed (and believe me, you CAN do that with this tripe) and it is safe to say that she mentions God far more than Todd. Every thought, every action, every intent is bound to direct “instruction” from prayer. This would not be disturbing if not for the fact that she, like so many – Falwell, Robertson, Loren Cunningham, James Dobson, et al – feel that they have exclusive rights to God’s direct answer to their prayers.

Her book is full of derogatory slights against anyone who dared disagree with her and then even more for those who publicly expressed their detracting view points of not only her religious arrogance, but her basic readiness to govern. Palin, through Lynn Vincent, uses words like “co-belligerent gadflies” (pg. 353); consistently refers to the “Democrat lawmakers/party/candidate” (eg. pg. 215 and many more); she talks of a “hit squad” that was out to get her (pg. 372); and goes on at some length about the unfairness of the McCain camp stifling her…until the

“third week in September, a “Free Sarah” campaign was under way and the press at large was growing increasingly critical of the McCain camp’s decision to keep me [...]all bottled up.” (pg. 255).

“Meanwhile, the media blackout continued. It got so bad that a couple of times I had a friend in Anchorage track down phone numbers for me, and then I snuck in calls to folks like Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and someone thought I thought was Larry Kudlow’s producer but turned out to be Neil Cavuto’s producer. I had a friend call Bill O’Reilly after I was inundated with supporters in Alaska asking why the campaign was “ignoring” his on-air requests[...] I had another friend scrambling to find Mark Levin’s number.” (pg. 257)

From there she just goes on and on and on about how they suppressed her. Look at that list! Wouldn’t YOU! She makes it sound like they did everything short of hiring a defensive tackle from the Arizona Cardinals to prevent her from having any press exposure. And when you look at the walking talking disaster she was (and remains) I wouldn’t blame them if she had.

Kiss of GOLD!

I bring this point up because for a woman who cries victim, she certainly has become an expert at avoiding press directly. Aside from Oprah, which everyone knows is the kiss of gold when one launches a book sale, she has refused not only interviews…but put a media blackout on any speaking engagement she actually DOES attend.

You get my drift…it is chalked full of poor, pitiful me stories. Everything is ALWAYS everyone else’ fault. Those who oppose her have no basis in truth, fact or reality and are very likely to be influenced by the darkness of evil.

But…she will very likely garner the largest viewing on any Oprah interview, and she will sell her books, and her followers and devout Sheeples will swell in increasing numbers. Which leads me back to my original point – we owe Palin a twisted debt of gratitude! For without her…millions would not be enlightened to the antics of those who steeple-jacked the Republican Party over the past couple of decades.

Thank you, Sarah! Happy Birthday to ME!!

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