Political Capital redux
Here is a link to my friend Ray Nothstine's piece on this issue from the Acton Blog, where he is an editor. It comes at the issue from a slightly different perspective and is a good addition to the discussion we had.
posted by Aaron Perry at
10:06 PM
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Good article. I think it's true that this is how a ton of Christians pray (I hear such things routinely throughout the year from the mouths of Christians). This matches up well with the enormous popularity of Palin after just a couple speeches.
It's really amazing when you think of it. 10 Days ago only a small percentage of people knew this woman's name. Now close to 40 million Americans have heard her and have a fairly strong opinion about her politics, religion and family life.
Palin was asked about her comment by Charles Gibson. I thought you might like to read her response:
Gibson also read Palin a comment she made in her former church—"Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God"—and asked whether she thought the United States was fighting a holy war.
Palin said she was recalling Abraham Lincoln's words when she made the comment and said: "I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words."
Asked if her son Track who is headed to Iraq was on a mission from God, she said she didn't know about that.
"I don't know if the task is from God, Charlie," Palin said. "What I know is that my son has made a decision. I am so proud of his independent and strong decision he has made, what he decided to do and serving for the right reasons and serving something greater than himself and not choosing a real easy path where he could be more comfortable and certainly safer."
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