FAILED 1/2 term Governor takes assasinated President to task for wanting to run away from his faith

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Palin book challenges noted JFK religion speech

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101120/ap_on_en_ot/us_palin_book_10

NEW YORK – In her new book, Sarah Palin takes on everything from "American Idol" to "American Beauty," revives talk of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and finds fault in JFK's famous religion speech, saying he "seemed to want to run away" from his faith.

In a chapter on faith and public life, Palin addresses at length John F. Kennedy's noted speech on religion during the 1960 campaign — a speech many saw as crucial to counter sentiment that his Catholic faith would hold undue sway over him if he became president.

"I am not the Catholic candidate for president," Kennedy said at the time. "I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president, who happens also to be a Catholic."

Palin writes that when she was growing up, she was taught that JFK's speech reconciled religion and public service without compromising either. But since she's revisited the speech as an adult, she says, she's realized that Kennedy "essentially declared religion to be such a private matter that it was irrelevant to the kind of country we are."

She praises Mitt Romney, a Mormon, for not "doing a JFK" during his campaign for the 2008 GOP nomination. "Where Kennedy seemed to want to run away from religion, Mitt Romney forthrightly embraced it," she writes. She attributes the gulf not just to the difference between the men, but to the distance the country has come since 1960. Now, she says, America is "reawakening to the gift of our religious heritage."

[hlthe2b]

1. Ahh, such a disconnect...

A picture of that hateful hag juxtaposed with the iconic "Its a beautiful day" graphic. I think I'll go play the song on my ipod and try to block her image (and especially her shrieking voice) from my mind. ;)

[sufrommich]

3. It's not a disconnect, it's a dog whistle heard only by her

teabagger taliban fans. She's basically saying JFK's attempt to separate religion from politics is what's wrong with this country.

[hlthe2b]

4. I think you read my post too quickly

The disconnect I was referring to was her nasty face next to the graphic for the 1960s group, "It's a Beautiful Day." One preaches angry hatefulness and the other sang upbeat, beautiful soft rock music.

[tanyev]

2. Your headline is better.

Yes, Sarah, keep praising Romney for embracing his Mormon faith! That will go over great here in the Bible Belt.

:rofl:

[Riley18]

5. Just when I thought she could not sink any lower. The

thought of her even mentioning JFK's name makes my skin crawl.

[Adsos Letter]

6. Thomas Jefferson characterized the Missouri Compromise as a "firebell in the night"

I think statements such as this from Palin and her minions are another firebell in the night for those who hope to retain freedom of conscience.