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Monday, September 15, 2008 12:00 AM

The pastor who clashed with Palin

Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.
By David Talbot

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 10:51 AM

    what a maroon!

    He shows the warped fundamentalist mindset, or, "worldview," in his native fundamentalist patois.

    -- timbuktom

    Poor timbuktom. So sheltered is his existence that he thinks the word "worldview" is merely the province of "native fundamentalists."

    If he really knew what he was talking about, he'd know the concept goes back nearly a century, to the German cognitive philosophers.

    Ignorance: it's a terrible thing to display -- especially in public.

    —T. Suarez Read T. Suarez's other letters

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