And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' - AP: Sarah Palin Charged Taxpayers $13k to Attend Her Church

[Contrary1]

WASILLA, Alaska - "The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.

What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.

An Associated Press review of the Republican vice presidential candidate's record as mayor and governor reveals her use of elected office to promote religious causes, sometimes at taxpayer expense and in ways that blur the line between church and state.

Since she took state office in late 2006, the governor and her family have spent more than $13,000 in taxpayer funds to attend at least 10 religious events and meetings with Christian pastors, including Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical preacher Billy Graham, records show..."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/palin_c...


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/11/12242/782

[JonLP24]

1. I've been reading about Sarah taking trips off of taxpayer's expense

Why haven't I heard the MSM talk about this. This is BIG if you shove it down viewers throats every day like Ayers, In which they still see Obama is lying. I did research and can anyone tell me where the lie is? Even Ayers said he doesn't know Obama that well.

[roguevalley]

10. God, she is such a douchebag. A complete douchebag.

[SpiralHawk]

2. 'Christianity' for personal profit. How perfectly republicon.

No doubt Jesus would want to drive this profiteering republicon from the temple

[Raschel]

6. She went to all these churches so she can spew hate and fear? Wow.

[TooRaLoo]

3. Wow, what the hell?

How about I charge everyone in my state for my gas and mileage for when I go to my church every week. What if my governor did that? That is just unbelievable.

[TooRaLoo]

4. dupe

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[Blue_In_AK]

5. Also for some other interesting

"religious" connections read this ...

http://divasblueoasis.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=134

http://divasblueoasis.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=159

http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/get-the-f-... /

and especially

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2008/10/republic... which brings up some very suspicious connections between the lawyers who have been representing Palin in the Troopergate matter.

[Raschel]

7. Bristol got her own car mileage and room? Did her redneck boyfriend come with?

Did they room together so Palin wouldn't have to bother with her? She's such a phony I wouldn't be surprised.

And where's the boy? He NEVER came along? In two years? Not much a part of the fam I'd say.

[Bluebear]

8. KICK

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Is there any wonder why she's in the GOP? k+r, n/t

[Dems4me]

11. She didn't represent AK, she represented herself. No wonder they found her quilty. n/t

[Shallah Kali]

12. Article: Sarah Palin used AK tax dollars to fund dominionist churches

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/4/12289/69937

Today, we find that part of those funding scandals include the tax money of Alaskans used to pay for youth programs at Juneau Christian Center. We also reveal info regarding a particularly disturbing Assemblies frontgroup Palin recently did a talk at, and we go into researching the dominionist connections of her most recent church--Wasilla Bible Church.

* dogemperor's diary :: ::
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Your tax dollars, going to support dominionism for kids

In another example of what appears to be some extensive whitewashing at almost all of Palin's former and present churches, there were some very interesting links removed from JCC's site regarding an interesting bit of largesse by Sarah Palin to the church.

Fortunately, an astute blogger happened to archive the material, which included not only documentation of a $25,000 grant to JCC's "The Hub" from Palin's administration, but also a request for $100,000 total in state and federal funding and pictures of Palin actually being at the opening of "The Hub" (which have since been scrubbed from her website).

And all is definitely not as it seems with "The Hub".

"The Hub" is essentially a frontgroup run by JCC for recruitment of future members--much of its activities focus on recruiting kids. The page itself begins with the phrase "Destiny Has Begun!"--a codephrase commonly used in "Joel's Army" circles to denote the "generation of destiny" (the new rebranding of "Joel's Army" borrowed from an Assemblies-linked church in New Zealand, now that the press is starting to catch onto the "Joel's Army" branding). "Destiny" in and of itself is a favourite codephrase in these circles--in "Joel's Army" theology, people are "destined" to inherit all manner of wealth and take over the planet and whatnot.