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Ordinarily, you'd think someone with a Downs baby, a pregnant underage daughter, three other kids and a full-time job would tell someone who suggests she spend the next two months criss-crossing the country (something she's apparently never done) to go take a flying leap.
But if you believe that electing McCain is part of a divine mission, then you're sort of like the people who stayed in Galveston thinking God would provide: you're on a mission from God and everything MUST turn out right.
It's a mindset that I suspect a lot of people who read Salon can barely fathom. I've spent a lot of time in Alaska, I've seen those storefront churches in Wasilla and Palmer and elsewhere, and although I can't say I understand these people, I can say the Reverend's description is quite accurate.
