Gene Lyons: Enter Sarah Palin

[mooseandsquirrel]

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Enter Sarah Palin, stage-right, dandling an infant swaddled in an American flag and dragging behind her the eviscerated carcass of a moose. Two weeks ago, Alaska’s preposterous governor was less well-known than the last man in the Kansas City Royals bullpen. Today, she’s the universally acknowledged dominatrix of the Republican party’s influential Magical Christian wing and the presumed savior of its presidential hopes.

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[grasswire]

1. thanks for bringing Gene to us

He's one of my heroes!

[mooseandsquirrel]

2. You're welcome

I have Gene's permission to do this. We've exchanged some emails over the years especially over the whole Wayne Dumond story. He's a great guy and super fine writer/journalist/OpEd, etc.

m&s

[Miss Authoritiva]

3. So is Palin merely Elmer Gantry in a bathing suit?

(H)asn’t Alaska’s one-time “Miss Congeniality” a right to believe anything she likes ? Absolutely. But the rest of us are not compelled to take her views on Biblical “prophecy” more seriously than rival forms of soothsaying, such as Tarot card reading, crystal ball gazing, or examining the entrails of sheep. Persons who practice such rites, whether in the wholesome suburban confines of the Wasilla Bible Church or a cavern in the tribal areas of Pakistan are either frauds, fools or both. It’s time the rest of us quit being polite about it. So is Palin merely Elmer Gantry in a bathing suit ? Let’s put it this way: A Miss Alaska contestant who falsified her credentials would be asked to turn in her sash and tiara.

And it ain't her bra that Palin's stuffing, either.