Palin is a Pentecostal is she not? I know there are a lot of different kinds of Pentecostals, but a pervasive doctrine they’ve held is obedience to God equals monetary reward. So one of the fruits of the Spirit is wealth. Maybe she sees Trump’s wealth as clear evidence that he’s right with his god. That also explains why he doesn’t need to ask for forgiveness: god obviously loves him. Again, I know there are Pentecostals who don’t hold that view, but it is pretty common.
You mean like this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385674/posts
“...The prosperity preachers hold, more or less, that God will provide financial success to believers who have enough faith. Their gospel is a heresy, as Ross Douthat explains in his book Bad Religion. But Trump is not one to dig much beyond the surface of things religious, much less parse doctrine and guard the deposit of faith. On the campaign trail he has talked about what a great book the Bible is, while declining to identify a single favorite Bible verse. And he has said he’s not sure he’s ever asked God for forgiveness. As for attending church, he says he goes when he can but always on Christmas and Easter. In discussing his religion, he often defaults to some formulation or other of “I am a Presbyterian.”...”
I think she more likely fits under the category that Rush Limbaugh talked about the other day. Namely, that there are a whole bunch of voters who don’t even care much if he is a conservative, so long as he follows through on his promise to build the wall, ban muslims, etc, etc...
There really is ZERO excuse for her to endorse Trump at this early stage in the primaries with real conservative candidates with a real shot in there fighting for the nomination. The Cruz campaign must know she’s going to endorse Trump for them to react this way. And Bristol Palin’s response to the Cruz campaign has “My Mom Will Be Endorsing Donald Trump” written all over it. If Sarah Palin goes through with this, it will be viewed as a HUGE betrayal (that she will never recover from IMHO).