The group McCain called “agents of intolerance” in 2000 picked The Maverick's running mate

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Who Chose Sarah Palin
By: Nicole Belle on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 1:00 PM - PDT

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/01/who-chose-sarah-palin/



Talk To Action:

Last week, while the media focused almost obsessively on the DNC’s spectacle in Denver, the country’s most influential conservatives met quietly at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis to get to know Sarah Palin. The assembled were members of the Council for National Policy, an ultra-secretive cabal that networks wealthy right-wing donors together with top conservative operatives to plan long-term movement strategy.

CNP members have included Tony Perkins, James Dobson, Grover Norquist, Tim LaHaye and Paul Weyrich. At a secret 2000 meeting of the CNP, George W. Bush promised to nominate only pro-life judges; in 2004, then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told the group, “The destiny of the nation is on the shoulders of the conservative movement.” This year, thanks to Sarah Palin’s selection, the movement may have finally aligned itself behind the campaign of John McCain.

Though Dobson and Perkins reportedly attended the recent CNP meeting in Minneapolis, a full roster of guests would be nearly impossible to require. The CNP deliberately operates below the radar, going to excessive lengths to obscure its activities. According to official CNP policy, “The media should not know when or where we meet or who takes part in our programs before or after a meeting.” Thus the CNP’s Minneapolis gathering was free of reporters. I only learned of the get-together through an online commentary by one of its attendees, top Dobson/Focus on the Family flack Tom Minnery. (Watch it here)

Minnery described the mood as CNP members watched Palin accept her selection as John McCain’s Vice Presidential pick. “I was standing in the back of a ballroom filled with largely Republicans who were hoping against hope that something would put excitement back into this campaign,” Minnery said. “And I have to tell you, that speech by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — people were on their seats applauding, cheering, yelling… That room in Minneapolis watching on the television screen was electrified. I have not seen anything like it in a long time.”

Like I said yesterday, it appears the price John McCain was willing to pay to those he called “agents of intolerance” in 2000 was the choice of his running mate. How maverick-y.

And now since the “experience” meme has been undermined by his choice, the new narrative is that the McCain/Palin ticket represents “reform”, which the media is only too happy to pick up and run with.

But the question must be asked: How is it reform to pander to the Religious Right?

[im1013]

1. That is EXACTLY what I was worried about..

Those people really scare the hell out of me!!

:scared:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Huffington Post: "Conservative Christian Leader Dobson: The Palins Are 'Living Out Pro-Life Values'"

Conservative Christian Leader Dobson: The Palins Are 'Living Out Pro-Life Values'



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/dobson-comments-palins-fo_n_123007.html

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson (an big supporter of the McCain-Palin ticket) released the following statement on Bristol Palin's pregnancy:

"In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing. We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their children and always advised the girls to see their pregnancies through, even though there will of course be challenges along the way. That is what the Palins are doing, and they should be commended once again for not just talking about their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances.


"Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect. Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord. I've been the beneficiary of that forgiveness and restoration in my own life countless times, as I'm sure the Palins have.

"The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a 'hypocrite,' but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans."

[im1013]

3. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!