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Let's see, last year, Mommy Moose was riding the Dead Campaign Express... Currently, she's saddled-up with the Tea Party Express ...



Now, it seems, she out launching the Holy Roller Express.

And, I wonder, if they know about it, and will the Russians object to Sarah Palin's "Prayer Shield" in due time?

THE THEOCRATIC WING OF THE GOP...

A certain former half-term governor appears to be drifting even further away from the American mainstream. Over the weekend, appearing at an evangelical Christian women's conference in Louisville, Sarah Palin rejected the very idea of separation of church and state, a bedrock principle of American democracy.

She asked for the women -- who greeted her with an enthusiastic standing ovation -- to provide a "prayer shield" to strengthen her against what she said was "deception" in the media.

She denounced this week's Wisconsin federal court ruling that government observance of a National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional -- which the crowd joined in booing. She asserted that America needs to get back to its Christian roots and rejected any notion that "God should be separated from the state."

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The amusing aspect of this is the notion that the United States would return to its roots with support for National Day of Prayer observances. That's backwards -- Thomas Jefferson and James Madison explicitly rejected state-sponsored prayer days. I'll look forward to the conservative explanation of how the Founding Fathers were godless socialists.

I also can't wait to hear how right-wing voices who want smaller government believe it's appropriate for the federal government to issue decrees encouraging private American citizens to engage in worship.

Yikes!

The Wasilla Whiz Kid was really painted herself into a corner.

Since she "likes all the founding fathers", I would fork out for Pay-Per-View to see her explain this one away.

Greg Sargent, over on The Plum Line weighs in;

But I’ve got a full transcript of Palin’s remarks, and it’s worse than you might have thought: She cited the Founding Fathers as proof that God shouldn’t be separated from the state. Peter Smith, the Courier-Journal reporter who broke the story, sends over the full context of her remarks:

I beg you, Women of Joy, to bring light and be involved, loving America and praying for her. Really, it is our solemn duty. Praying for true spiritual awakening to overcome deterioration. That is where God wants us to be. Lest anyone try to convince you that God should be separated from the state, our Founding Fathers, they were believers. And George Washington, he saw faith in God as basic to life.

This is substandard history. In reality, the separation of church and state, thanks in part to the efforts of those very same Founding Fathers, is enshrined in the Bill of Rights

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There was a time when this sort of thing would provoke widespread media mockery and perhaps even be seen as a potential disqualifier for the presidency.

Ahh, not when you have a "Prayer Shield" there, Greg.

Where do you get a "Prayer Shield" - Home Depot, Lowes, Lands End Catalog?

Or, is a government thing, something provided by the Secret Service?

Is it something she demands, in her Contract Rider?

Crooks and Liars has video of the speech, and a link that could be more worrisome, "Heads Up: Prayer Warriors and Sarah Palin Are Organizing Spiritual Warfare to Take Over America".

Oh My!

We're talking Prayer Shields, and Prayer Warriors.

Sounds like a "District 9" kind of thing, sans the Sci-Fi stuff.

I knew there was a reason we tagged her "Elmera Gantry".

Elmera Gantry

"I think God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that..."Good Grief!

She makes Elmer Gantry look like a piker!

Though she could probably fit either role, the Jean Simmons/Sister Sharon Falconer, or Shirley Jones/Lulu Bains, if they go to remake the movie, they need to reach out, pluck Sarah Palin and call it "Elmera Gantry".

Check this out, from the Anchorage Daily News;

State paid for trip when Palin told students to pray for pipeline

State records show that Palin submitted a travel authorization for a quick round-trip visit to attend the June 8 graduation of the Master's Commission program at the Wasilla Assembly of God, the church where she was baptized at age 12. The only other item on the agenda for that trip was a "One Lord Sunday" service involving a network of Mat-Su Christian churches earlier that morning at the Wasilla sports complex.

"What I need to do is strike a deal with you guys as you go out throughout Alaska -- I can do my part in doing things like working really, really hard to get a natural gas pipeline." Palin said. "Pray about that also. I think God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that. But I can do my job there, in developing our natural resources, and doing things like getting the roads paved, making sure our troopers have their cop cars and their uniforms and their guns, and making sure our public schools are funded.

"But really, all of that stuff doesn't do any good if the people of Alaska's hearts isn't right with God. And that's going to be your job," she said. "As I'm doing my job, let's strike this deal. Your job is going to be: to be out there, reaching the people, (the) hurting people throughout Alaska, and we can work together to make sure God's will be done here."

Isn't this sacrilegious, against one of the Ten Commandants?

If not, praying for, and striking a deal to get others to pray for a pipeline sure inches pretty close to that "Thou shall not put false gods before me" thing.

"Making sure our troopers have their cop cars and their uniforms and their guns ..."

Well, yes, perhaps ... All but one, that is ...

There's vibes in there also (videos posted below) of Iraq being "God's work"

Think about the implications of Stumblin' Bumblin' John McCain winning the election.

We've spent the last eight-years having our government infested and plagued by the graduates of Regent College, Pat Robertson's god factory.

Can we afford to see the fine students of the Wasilla Assembly of God taking over, if not the Injustice Department, and since they'll have had that pipeline prayer under their belts, I see them being streamlined into the Department of Energy.

They'll have so many thing to pray for, like praying that all of the American people's hearts are "right with God", so they can "Drill, Baby, Drill" (likely, they'll have to have a follow-up prayer that God's hand lets the oil gush to the high heavens).

Who knows, maybe the previous occupant of the White House, his "Higher Father" will still be hanging around, so the prayers won't have to travel far, expediting the whole thing.

So much for the separation of church and state.

No wonder their hiding her in the attic.


Bonus "Jesus, Bring The Pipeline" Riffs

Pam Spaulding: Palin used state funds to give 'pray for the pipeline' church speech

The Jed Report: State Paid Travel Costs For Palin's Church Speech

Legally Alaskan ...Or: Base Hit

The 1,001 Points of Light

The Sarah Palin Church Video Part One




The Sarah Palin Church Video Part Two



H/T to Andrew Sullivan, as to the videos