Perhaps Palin is like Deborah of the Bible

[young_at_heart]

LTTE in the Asheville Citizen-Times today: "Could it be that Sarah Palin is raised to leadership for such a time as this, much like Deborah, who God used to deliver His people when there was not a qualified male? Worth pondering."

[valerief]

1. More like Mama Pastafarian from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. nt

[flvegan]

2. God uses Fed Ex for His people delivery.

Consistency goes a long way with Him.

[Warpy]

3. Deborah was a great poetess and orator

and also qualified to lead her people. Palin fails on every comparison except sexual plumbing.

[stopbush]

11. The difference? Deborah is a mythical figure.

Palin is a real (ie: historical) figure.

One can make up whatever spin they want in a myth. Life ain't so accommodating.

[Solly Mack]

4. Not worth pondering at all.

There are some scary people in the world

Damn

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Well, if Katherine Harris is like Queen Esther.....

Anyone who doesn't get the reference should watch this scene from the HBO movie "Recount":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59t2CDA2JEY

"She was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people."

Somehow, I doubt there was much dramatic licensing in this scene, knowing the things I heard about Harris.

[old mark]

6. OK, I pondered it.

It's total bullshit.

mark

[Critters2]

7. I love how they're suddenly discovering women heroes in the Bible.

But personally, I've always preferred the story of Yael.

17 Now Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between King Jabin of Hazor and the clan of Heber the Kenite. 18Jael came out to meet Sisera, and said to him, ‘Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear.’ So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19Then he said to her, ‘Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.’ So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. 20He said to her, ‘Stand at the entrance of the tent, and if anybody comes and asks you, “Is anyone here?” say, “No.” ’ 21But Jael wife of Heber took a tent-peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, until it went down into the ground—he was lying fast asleep from weariness—and he died. 22Then, as Barak came in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, ‘Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.’ So he went into her tent; and there was Sisera lying dead, with the tent-peg in his temple. Judges 4:17-22

I'll bet Yael could've field dressed a moose!

[The Stranger]

8. Oh my fucking God.

[stopbush]

9. Ignorance breeds ignorance.

Yes, I'm saying that the Bible spouts ignorance. In fact, the Bible wrote the Bible on ignorance.

[ogneopasno]

10. Madame Nhu, more like it.

nt

[mitchum]

12. No, according to reports, she's more like the adulterous woman

[young_at_heart]

13. From a journal at IHOP---- (International House of Prayer):

When McCain announced that he had chosen Palin as his running mate, I was reminded of the biblical story of Deborah, the Old Testament prophet who rallied God’s people to victory at a time when ancient Israel was being terrorized by foreign invaders. Deborah’s gender didn’t stop her from amassing an army; she inspired the people in a way no man could. She and her defense minister, Barak, headed to the front lines and watched God do a miracle on the battlefield.

Sometimes it takes a true mother to rally the troops. I hope that Palin, a woman who believes in prayer and is filled with the Holy Ghost, will take her hockey stick and smash the glass ceiling in American politics once and for all.

[marions ghost]

14. her defense minister Barak???

:wtf:

[Bluebear]

15. Jezebel