I have read many blog posts today on the Sarah Palin speech, from many different political spectrums. A number were critical of Sarah Palin for her attacks on Barack Obama. Many reactions were, to me, irrational.
I ask, isn’t Governor Palin allowed to respond to attacks from the Obama camp (and their surrogates) which are critical of her own experience?
Some of her critiques of Obama and the Democratic left were quite effective – and all done with humor:
“… I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involved. I guess… a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.”
“I might add that, in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they’re listening and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening. No, we tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.”
An interesting and very revealing exchange, on the subject of VP candidate Sarah Palin, occurred Tuesday night on the floor of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul Minnesota.
Referring to Sarah Palin, MSNBC’s Ron Allen said to former Speaker Newt Gingrich: “But to be fair, her resume is not something we’re familiar seeing with presidential candidates.”
Gingrich’s response was immediate and very assertive:
“It’s stronger than Barack Obama’s. I don’t know why you guys walk around saying this baloney. She has a stronger resume than Obama. She’s been a real mayor, he hasn’t. She has been a real governor, he hasn’t. She’s been in charge of the Alaskan National Guard, he hasn’t. She was a whistleblower who defeated an incumbent mayor. He has never once shown that kind of courage. She’s a whistleblower who turned in the chairman of her own party and got him fined $12,000. I’ve never seen Obama do one thing like that. She took on the incumbent governor of her own party and beat him, and then she beat a former Democratic governor in the general election. I don’t know of a single thing Obama’s done except talk and write.”
“I’d like you to tell me one thing Sen. Obama’s done.”
"My friends on the left make much of the apparent correlation between creationism and skepticism about assured climate disaster," complains Patrick J. Michaels.
Now another professor comes along and responds to Richard Weikart's op-ed in the Baltimore Sun defending Ben Carson and gets the point of Weikart's article totally wrong.
It's not only intelligent-design advocates who are in on the action but others with no ties to ID, or evident sympathies for it, who are breaking free of evolutionary orthodoxy.
Our friend and ENV contributor James Barham is engaged in a fascinating dialogue with the maverick University of Chicago biologist, likewise an esteemed contributor.
For three days an unidentified mob set fire to homes and vehicles in a predominantly Christian neighborhood in the Moluccas as dozens of families fled in fear of suspected Islamists.
Prominent Iranian house church pastor Behnam Irani is still beaten in his prison but less frequently, an official assisting him with advocacy said Monday, just weeks after his family expressed concerns he may die.
A government crackdown on churches in southern Laos is spreading to a new district with the brief detention of two "prominent pastors" for alleged unauthorized worship and their involvement in evangelism and an order take down crosses, representatives told Worthy News.
Many of the staunch advocates of biblical inerrancy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries failed to understand the importance of defending the traditional view of Genesis.
You may remember when the Creation Museum opened to the public on May 28, 2007. Well, that will be five years ago very soon! Praise the Lord for His continued blessing on the museum for these years.
For the second year in a row, the Evangelical Press Association honored Answers magazine with its Award of Excellence from among dozens of Christian periodicals.
Thomas More Society Defended Him and Others Arrested in May, 2009 at Notre DameContact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333, tc@tcpr.net CHICAGO, May 17, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Long time pro-life activist leader, Fr. Norman Weslin, died Wednesday evening at the Cherry Hill Haven retirement home in Traverse City, Michigan, owned and operated by Patti, wife of Tom Dixon, who had served as lead attorney for Fr. Weslin and the other so-called "ND88" -- peaceable demonstrators who were arrest Source: TC Public Relations
Contact: Andrew Walther, Knights of Columbus, 203-752-4253NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 17, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- When the Mexican government of Plutarco Elas Calles began persecuting the Catholic Church in the 1920s, priests were not immune. In fact, they became targets of the regime.One of the hundreds of priests killed during that time for simply carrying out his priestly ministry was Father Jos Mara Robles Hurtado. His martyrdom in 1926 at the hands of Mexican troops is depicte Source: Kanights of Columbus
Contact: Allie Krigbaum, Birth Choice Health Clinics, 949-916-0647, allie@birthchoiceclinic.orgALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 17, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- From May 12, 2012 to June 30, 2012 Tom Massoth will ride his bicycle across the country from Los Angeles to Boston. The ride is an effort to grow awareness for the pro-life movement and support for Birth Choice Health Clinics, one of California's leading networks of pro-life medical clinics. Birth Choice Health Clinics (BCHC) is a life- Source: Birth Choice Health Clinics
Contact: Matt Smith, Catholic Advocate, 202-521-9828WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today 12 of the nation's leading pro-family advocacy groups submitted a letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for them to act immediately to stop the massive expansion of internet gambling enabled by Attorney General Holder's surprise reinterpretation of the Wire Act.The letter begins: "Six years ago, Congress voted overwhelmingly to protect v Source: Catholic Advocate
Contact: Colby May, TBN, 202-544-5171, cmay@tbn.orgLOS ANGELES, May 17, 2012/Christian Newswire/ --Trinity Broadcasting Network, America's most-watched faith channel, welcomes legendary Hollywood actor Lou Gossett Jr. to TBN's signature talk and ministry program Praise the Lord May 17. Joined by host Clifton Davis, Mr. Gossett will discuss his life in film, his latest projects, and how his faith inspires his actions and perspective.Throughout the past five decades Lou Gos Source: TBN
(Image- Princeton) Just before Easter, James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici made all sorts of sensational claims about their discovery of a new Patio tomb at Talpiot. These are the same guys who brought us the supposed Jesus Family Tomb a couple of years ago. They produced a book and a documentary all about their new [...]
I have read many blog posts today on the Sarah Palin speech, from many different political spectrums. A number were critical of Sarah Palin for her attacks on Barack Obama. Many reactions were, to me, irrational.