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God Laughed

By Michael from Denver, CO - Oct 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm EDT

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There is an old Yiddish saying: A mench trachts, und Got Lachts – which roughly translates as: A man thinks/has ideas and God laughs. Perhaps He was laughing when Focus on the Family commanded their flock to pray for rain during the DNC, and drown out Obama’s speech at Mile High Stadium. So he sent Hurricane Gustov, glooming the RNC instead.Perhaps He was laughing when John McCain answered the prayers of the religious base of his party and chose a little known politico from Alaska as his running mate; Sarah Palin. Sarah who? S-A-R-A-H P-A-L-I-N! Hallelujah! Perhaps God laughed at Sarah Palin, firm in her stance against sexual education with an abstinence only credo, and now she is a soon-to-be grandmother at 44. The RNC and McCain himself remind us of his public service. We are very well aware of John McCain’s sacrifice to our country and what he endured as a POW in Viet Nam at the so-called Hanoi Hilton. They won't let us forget it to the point it has become trivial. OK, we get it! He’s war a hero. Thank you John McCain! God Bless You, John McCain! Mazel Tov, to John McCain! That being said, the office of President of the United States is not a prize to be rewarded like an Academy Award or gold watch for public duty. It is also about his voting record, his vision and his agenda for the next four years. And it is also about sound judgment. McCain’s premature poorly vetted decision for VP is as premature as the upcoming impulsive nuptials of Palin’s daughter Bristol. And we all know how that happened. Someone did not get all the info, did not listen to the message, and poor choices were made, and they ended up getting screwed. The deserving candidate has to be a person with the best plan of improving our country from the current morass that has been created by eight years of Republican control from the Bush/Cheney/Rove era. A poor foreign policy, a failed energy plan, economic decline and a greater social chasm of Americans. Remember when, on September 12, 2001 we stood shoulder to shoulder and declared “I AM AN AMERICAN”. Look how far we have fallen. John McCain’s voting record supported George W Bush’s policies by 90%. That is more of the same than any change he expects us to believe. All that John McCain seemed to say in his acceptance speech aside from his ad-nauseous military service record was that he was going to clean up DC by kicking butt and taking names! Nothing substantial about healthcare, better jobs, and the bread and butter issues of the middle class. And he has been part of the beltway for decades.And what of Palin’s religious affiliations? On August 17, 2008, at her church, Palin sat in the pews and listened to David Brickner, of the Jews for Jesus group sermonize that God is punishing Israel with suicide bombers because the Jews refuse to accept Jesus as their lord and savior. That is just as despicable as Jeremiah Wright’s screed at Obama’s church to which he was made to account, and he wasn’t even there when Wright said it. Obama answered to his critics and we have yet to hear from Sarah Palin. I have heard that she supports Israel as does Obama, Biden and McCain. But it concerns me if she is of the same heart as Jews for Jesus, that Israelis deserve to be killed because of their particular beliefs in the almighty. Perhaps God is not laughing now.

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