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Bloody evangelical loon...


Sarah Palin says the United States should rededicate itself to seeking
God's will, arguing that a humble spirit could help leaders get more
answers on issues such as health care, energy and national security.

In a video released Friday by the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association, the 2008 Republican candidate for vice president said
it's important for leaders to acknowledge they don't have all the
answers.

"No one person has all the right answers," Palin said. "It takes a
united nation, and it does take godly counsel, and it takes prayer and
answers to prayer - and a collective humble heart of a nation seeking
God's hand of protection and his blessings of prosperity. I think if
we can get back to that, our country will be a safer, more prosperous
and healthier nation."

The former Alaska governor referred to an Abraham Lincoln proclamation
that declared a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. She
said the United States has been "touched by God" because the nation's
early leaders dedicated the country to God.

"If we could get back to that - that humbleness, with that kind of
contrite spirit - I think that we would be able to be provided more of
the answers to so many of the great challenges that we're facing,"
Palin said. "And these are huge challenges, whether we're talking
about health care, whether we're talking about energy independence,
whether we're talking about national security measures."

Parts of Palin's interview with the Billy Graham group have been
released since she traveled a couple weeks ago to meet the aging
religious leader at his western North Carolina home, where they dined
and prayed. Franklin Graham, who now leads the Charlotte-based
association his father founded, said he has been impressed by Palin's
commitment to faith, family and country.

In the videos, Palin talked about some of the "shots" she takes in the
media and in politics.

"God strengthens me through the challenges," Palin said, adding that
she believes in a line from the Bible she paraphrased as: "What the
enemy seeks to destroy you with, no, God is going to turn it around
for good."

"God has so blessed me in really manifesting that promise over and
over and over in my life," she said.


From basketball to beauty contests to the Governors office... she's
certainly been blessed with an overactive imagination. I wish God
would bestow some book learnin' on her.


I'm beginning to wonder if religion is the last refuge of scoundrels.