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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.
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  • if this gets in office? it will be like a thousand plauges of locusts , or a terrible bout of cancers, has been released upon washington DC!

    again, what church outhouse from behind what fundamentalist church did john mc sneaky did this pill box out from under? seeing that gay minister, I've kind of bitten my tongue about ALL christians; and instead; focused my hate more on the fundamentalist piles of mooseshit like sarah palin! but what I am lately wondering about her, with mc jerkass bush the 3rd, is this. WHY IS THIS WOMAN SO POPULAR?

    why are americans, seemingly sick of the FAILED bush policies of the past eight years- supporting this pile of mooseshit in a lip-gloss and makeup caked, [ supposedly] " pretty" human female face? why do so many, WOMEN SUPRISINGLY, see this sarah mooseshit palin; as the girl next door whom understands the virtues of motherhood so well and the struggle.

    to them I say this! WAKE UP!!! MIDDLE AMERICA!! GET REAL AND REALIZE THAT , SARAH PALIN DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR BEST INTERESTS! NOR DOES MULTI-MILLIONAIRE " MAVERICK-COWBOY" MC CAIN![ " maverick-cowboy" of the country club, that is! as seen in those cialis/viagra commercials during every NFL game! LOL]

    THE "GIRL NEXT DOOR" YOU REALLY NEED IN THIS COUNTRY IS THAT " ANGRY BLACK WOMAN"[ as the media giants call her]. THE ONE WHOM ASCENDED TO THE POSITION OF POWERFUL LAWYER; YET STILL DID NOT FORGET THOSE LIKE YOU LEFT BEHIND IN " THE HOOD" [ yes, y'all "crackers"! that does include the 100% white trailer parks in yreka, california and seymour, indiana!!!] SHE AND HER HUSBAND, BARRACK OBAMA!! HILLARY IS FINISHED, AND YES, THEY ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT IF THERE IS TO BE ANY HOPE LEFT FOR AMERICA! [ dennis kucinich did not even get past the democratic primaries]

    yet many still feel that john mc cain is really a " maverick", and sarah palin- the "understanding, good, church going mamma"[ whom felt that a sports complex was really more important than freedom of information in wasilla,AK

    by the way, please send a quick 20 word e-mail describing why sarah palin does NOT represent you as a woman. womensaynopalin@gmail.com

  • This is a step

    This is a good step toward specific info against Sarah, as opposed to all the assumptions people pulled out last week. Poster Upinalaska and Poster Sitka have provided some more specifics. Please pay attention to Poster FormerRepublican, though:

    Do not attack Sarah with vague, thin evidence. That approach only makes her stronger. We need to hear what she has done, what she has said. What she is hardly matters. More will come out. Keep digging; stay civil.

    P.S. Poster DrMarx is utterly wrong in his post about homosexuality and Christianity. He shows the warped fundamentalist mindset, or, "worldview," in his native fundamentalist patois.

  • @The Nose

    The difference is the rumors about Obama are circulated via crackpots with e-mail. This rumor-mongering is in a supposedly "respectable" web site with alleged "journalism."

    Big difference.

  • @ T Suarez

    It was a figure of speech... I was basing it on "public opinion" of circumstantial evidence. I am fully aware of the "laws" of printed journalism.

    Say what you like, what you will, everyone (even you and Sarah Palin) are entitled to your opinions and beliefs. The real issue is when you want to ENFORCE them on others. I DO NOT want someone, man or woman, in the White House fighting about issues we as a nation have already overcome. We need to fix more urgent matters. To be preoccupied with what other folks read shows alot about how much control ones ego needs to thrive. Wouldn't you agree??

  • sitka0230

    It appears as if there are a handful of posters a little too quick to defend Palin. Contrary to their protests, though, Salon is not the first news source to break this story and Bess is not the only one screaming foul.

    Whether first or not doesn't matter. All the sources about "Pastor, I am Gay" stem from Bess. The phrase "Bess finds himself in the Spotlight" is a distortion. It implies that something was uncovered about him, when in fact it is he that is pushing the story. That's clear in EVERY source and story so far.

    The sad, undeniable fact of the matter is that Palin, while mayor of Wasilla, inquired on at least three occasions about banning books from the Wasilla library. Palin's supporters claim they were mere rhetorical, what if, questions. However, after the librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, refused to censor any books, Palin fired her.

    That part is not in dispute, but no books were banned, and no books were actually named or mentioned, there is no list, and there is no proof that Bess' book was one targeted.

    Palin has claimed the incidents were not related and that Emmons was fired because she didn't have her "full support." Question for your apologists out there: since when does a mayor need the "full support" of a librarian?

    When the mayor wants it. It's obvious that Palin has a confrontational management style, and was quick to fire people. As mayor this lead to issues where so few experts were left that management became difficult. This is a legitimate area of attack.

    What is not legitimate is spinning Bess' allegations that his book was named, when it was not, into a false story of actual book banning. That's what this article tries to do.

    Click on my name for a link to the ABC report on the matter.

    -- sitka0230

    Do you even watch your own link? Who's the white haired person in the video? That's right, it's Bess.

    Xanthro (second post in the thread) claims Bess is the only source for the claim Palin tried to ban his book.

    Absolutely untrue. I never made any such claim. I claimed that the source of the story was Bess, which is correct. Bess is the source of Bess claim.

    Not true. I provided a link.

    The "link" you provided was "Click on my name for a link" that brings you to a youtube video showing Bess talk about his book. Even your link affirms that the source is Bess.

    Once again, a spotlight wasn't shown on him, he grabbed the light and pointed at himself.

    Clockwork Smurf (page 3) called it rumor and inuendo with very little evidence to back it up.

    Again, not true, I provided a link.

    You link is useless, it provides no evidence to back up your claims. Bess' book was not banned. It's his assertion that his book was going to be banned. That's why it's circular.

    Allow me to repeat--I provided a link, which you obviously didn't view.

    You keep falling back to a youtube video that does nothing to support what you are claiming. Once again, did you not NOTICE that the man in the video was Bess?

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