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Palin goes too far, again
CNN ^ | May 1, 2014 | Professor David M. Perry, Dominican University

Posted on 05/01/2014 1:56:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Last Sunday, Sarah Palin stood before the huge crowd at the 2014 National Rifle Association annual meeting and condemned liberals for coddling terrorists. She loaded her speech with religious metaphors, claiming that true leaders would put "the fear of God in our enemies." She said, "They obviously have information on plots to carry out jihad. Oh, but you can't offend them, can't make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen. Well, if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists."

Palin's invocation of forced baptism shocked both conservatives and liberals, inspiring few defenders. Christian commentators, in particular, focused on her link between torture and baptism.

On Wednesday, the National Religious Campaign against Torture released a powerful condemnation of the speech. To Palin, the organization's executive director wrote, "Your statements play into a false narrative conveying that somehow, the conflict between the United States and the terrorist cells is a conflict between Christianity and Islam, or Islam and 'the West.'"(continued)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: banglist; islam; muslims; nra; palin; sarahpalin; terrorism; waterboarding; wot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Muslims in Egypt, in the village of Dalga, murdered a Christian man right in front of his son by riddling his body with bullets, then they dragged his body to the mosque. When they arrived at the mosque, they tied his body to a tractor and then mutilated the corpse as they screamed “Allahu Akbar!”

Hours later he was buried in the local cemetery, but on the next day, the Muslims took his body and dragged it through the streets and mutilated him. Most bizarrely they did this three times a day, in a very demonic and diabolical ritual.

21 posted on 05/01/2014 2:21:44 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Land of the Free and the home of the Brave!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Wasn’t McVeigh an atheist?


22 posted on 05/01/2014 2:21:45 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Conseravtives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Someone send Professor Perry a quarter so he can buy a sense of humor.


23 posted on 05/01/2014 2:21:48 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Fledermaus

I think McVeigh was an atheist, but deep thinkers such as Whoopi will not let facts get in the way of scoring cheap political points.


24 posted on 05/01/2014 2:23:00 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: sergeantdave

I believe the guy is a homo...but he’s not “man enough” to come out of the closet completely.


25 posted on 05/01/2014 2:23:16 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Palin's invocation of forced baptism shocked both conservatives and liberals, inspiring few defenders. Christian commentators, in particular, focused on her link between torture and baptism.

Riiiiight. Go Sarah.

26 posted on 05/01/2014 2:25:28 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For lefties Palin “goes too far” when she lives another day.


27 posted on 05/01/2014 2:26:38 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, she didn’t even START, as far as I’m concerned.


28 posted on 05/01/2014 2:27:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She went too far - only if she wants to be POTUS someday. If she wants to be a talk show host and celebrity figure (ala Rush or Ann Coulter), she is doing it right.

And that screechy voice...


29 posted on 05/01/2014 2:28:43 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: re_nortex

This is the type of vehicle to give losers like this some notoriety. That’s all it is.


30 posted on 05/01/2014 2:30:17 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is my tag!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whoa, some leftist faggot released a powerful condemnation, did he? What a joke.


31 posted on 05/01/2014 2:45:14 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And once again she will be proven correct.


32 posted on 05/01/2014 2:47:58 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: re_nortex
Associate Prof is a wannabe prof, kinda like the famous twit who is professed to be"a Constitutional Law professor"---actually an adjunct or associate (part time) lecturer.

I am waiting for the condemnation of people who have really gone too far, such as most MSNBC talking heads, and a majority at ABC, NBC, CNN, etc.

vaudine

33 posted on 05/01/2014 2:47:58 PM PDT by vaudine
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To: miss marmelstein

She’s not just living rent-free in their heads, she has a 10 year lease!


34 posted on 05/01/2014 2:50:41 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Oh, wow! You hit the trifecta, today :)

You managed to get the “she went too far”, “talk show host meme” AND the screechy voice slams all in one post. I am so impressed...not.


35 posted on 05/01/2014 2:50:43 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

David M. Perry is an associate professor of history at Dominican University in Illinois. He has also written for CNN.com and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

36 posted on 05/01/2014 2:51:18 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

Do I have to come out and say it?

37 posted on 05/01/2014 2:53:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: OldNavyVet
Three cheers for Sarah Palin, and none for those givung her hell.

I am so glad that Sarah is true and is still Sarah. She reminds me of the President Truman quote I have in my signature: " I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."

38 posted on 05/01/2014 2:53:38 PM PDT by ProudFossil (" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah is learning from Master Rush how to tweak the liberals!!

Libs refuse to admit waterboarding saves lives!!

39 posted on 05/01/2014 2:54:46 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Poor little Marxist got his panties bunched. GO Sarah GO!

Pray America wakes up


40 posted on 05/01/2014 2:55:44 PM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas 2022 is here)
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