In Joe Lieberman's speech last night he praised Governor Palin for reaching across party lines in Alaska and for being one maverick to match the other. Joe Lieberman has attacked Barack Obama for knowing Bill Ayers, someone who was a bad bomb-maker when Barack was eight and happened to know Obama when they were both at the University of Chicago. It is a ridiculous connection to make, and it shows the desperation of the Republicans when they feel that they need to make baseless attacks such as that.
Now back to Palin, since we are just getting to know her, interesting things come out all the time about this Village Mayor turned Governor of Alaska. Lieberman, as we already know, had cast his religious principles aside when he stood by McCain's ex-supporter Hagee as he talked shit about Jews. So I won't bother asking his opinion about Palin showing up to hear Jews for Jesus' leader David Brickner and his comments on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.
From The Atlantic:
Yes, Sarah Palin sat in a church where this message was given. Two weeks ago. The karma in all this is just amazing:Brickner also described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity.
"Judgment is very real and we see it played out on the pages of the newspapers and on the television. It's very real. When [Brickner's son] was in Jerusalem he was there to witness some of that judgment, some of that conflict, when a Palestinian from East Jerusalem took a bulldozer and went plowing through a score of cars, killing numbers of people. Judgment — you can't miss it."Palin was in church that day, Kroon said, though he cautioned against attributing Brickner’s views to her.
Well of course her views may not be the same as Brickner's, but one has to wonder about Palin's judgment in going to hear his "sermon." Now if you don't get your news solely from the concern trolls at the cable news channels, then it isn't surprising that most Jews already support Barack Obama. Though for those that don't, seeing this right-winger on the Presidential ticket has to worry those that are on the fence or who have been supporting McCain.
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