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C.S. Lewis Schools Richard Wolffe on Sarah Palin

A few days ago we posted a segment from MSNBC’s “Hardball” program. Commentator Richard Wolffe exhibits a general cluelessness as to why Sarah Palin would find the writings of C.S. Lewis to be spiritually inspirational.

Our friends at BulletPeople (link below) have taken the opportunity to explore this topic.  It‘s not as traditional a news topic as we normally feature on our front page but I think you’ll find the insights to be pertinent.


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  • ermalu
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:10am

    The arrogant Left have begun to believe their lies about Sarah Palin and can’t help but slip into and smear themselves with their own doo-doo.

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    • IVillageIdiot
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:09am

      THAT’S… why the tell them in the first place, to get the herd moving in the direction they would have it stampede.

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  • paperpushermj
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:34am

    Come who are we talking about. This guy Wolffe is a Brit who I would bet has never crossed himself in his entire life.

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  • Red Blooded
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:55am

    It’s important to understand what our potential leaders and current leaders read, and why. If more people knew the real obummer, he wouldn’t have been elected.

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    • theCREATORisGOD
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:28am

      You are absolutely right Red Blooded. What’s sad however, is that most of America along with the lame stream media also believe that CS Lewis only wrote the Chronicles and have no insight to his spirituality and deep rooted love for God.

      GOD bless Sarah Palin and her family, she is an amazing role model for American woman, If I can turn out to be half the woman she is than I will be pretty amazing.

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  • barthom
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:46am

    Wow! He thinks CS Lewis only wrote children’s books? He would enjoy reading many of these, even if he were not a Christian. CS Lewis is heavy reading, mostly for the advance reader, not for the faint-hearted, and always interesting. [buy used books at used.addall.com, which carries all of the used books stores in the world, maybe] If one has never read any of them, a good starting place is Mere Christianity. The Four Loves is Awesome. OH, I cannot choose a best one!

    Here is a complete list of CS Lewis’ books; only 7 of them are considered children’s books.

    Nonfiction:
    The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition (1936)
    Rehabilitations and other essays (1939)
    The Personal Heresy: A Controversy(1939)
    The Problem of Pain (1940)
    A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942)
    The Abolition of Man (1943)
    Beyond Personality (1944)
    Miracles: A Preliminary Study (1947, revised 1960)
    Arthurian Torso (1948)
    Mere Christianity (1952; based on radio talks of 1941-1944)
    English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama (1954)
    Major British Writers (1954)
    Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (1955; autobiography)
    Reflections on the Psalms (1958)
    The Four Loves (1960)
    Studies in Words (1960)
    An Experiment in Criticism (1961)
    A Grief Observed (1961)
    The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1964)
    God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics (1970)
    Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1966)
    Spenser’s Images of Life (1967)
    Letters to an American Lady (1967)
    Selected Literary Essays (1969)
    Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1972)
    Of Other Worlds (1982; essays)
    All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922-27 (1993)
    Essay Collection: Literature, Philosophy and Short Stories (2000)
    Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church (2000)
    Collected Letters

    Fiction:
    The Pilgrim’s Regress (1933)
    Space Trilogy
    Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
    Perelandra (1943)
    That Hideous Strength (1946)
    The Screwtape Letters (1942)
    The Great Divorce (1945)
    The Chronicles of Narnia:
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
    Prince Caspian (1951)
    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
    The Silver Chair (1953)
    The Horse and His Boy (1954)
    The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
    The Last Battle (1956)
    Till We Have Faces (1956)
    Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1963)
    The Dark Tower and other stories (1977)
    Boxen: The imaginary world of the young C. S. Lewis (1985)

    Poetry:
    Spirits in Bondage (1919)
    Dymer (1926)
    Narrative Poems (1969)
    The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis (1994)

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:56am

      Thank You Barthom, I’ve been looking for something good to read!

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:13am

      Thank you!

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    • deannab
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:04am

      For the fantasy/science fiction lovers (who probably loved the Narnia series as children) the Perelandra series is the best I’ve EVER read of this genre….bar none.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:34pm

      Thank you for the list. My absolute favorite is the Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Peralandra & That Hideous Strength). Talk about the struggle between Good & evil.

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:37am

    She puts herself out there and just keeps giving them ammunition. As least this time she did remember what she reads. Guess her teacher taught her that and how to remember. Wonder if she still remembers George Washington as being one of the favorite founders since glenn answered that question for her. Her trip to Haiti is the most pathetic of all. The quake happened in January and she is just now concerned about them – thinking this will win evangelicals over I guess. Everything she does is for her personal gain and the precious people of Haiti have had enough grief – they sure didn’t need her – sick of the photo ops.

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:52am

      She may be a public figure but she is free to travel to Haiti and I admire her for doing it. Why haven’t the PO, FLO, AND TOTUS gone yet?

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    • williamberry1
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:56am

      Boy! Those grapes must taste sour.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 5:11am

      Neverending…you will be ending soon from a heart attack caused by hatred of Sarah.

      Methinks hell awaits you too…

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:24am

      You know that anywhere Mrs. Palin goes there will be someone there taking her picture, so you can’t call EVERY move the woman makes a photo op. What did YOU do for the people of Haiti? did you sit back and let Uncle Sam rape taxpayers and send money or did you man/woman up and do something?

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    • NoMarxist
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:38pm

      Ignorant Amos

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  • PhilipJames
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:37am

    You are all missing something…

    One of Sarah Palin’s great attributes is the ability to let the left make total ******** of themselves… and they keep doing it willingly. Isn’t it wonderful? And even the mushy Republicans out themselves and do the same thing too.
    It is actually an amazing talent and one would should all respect, along with her other talents.

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:28am

      Amen.

      Even @neverending looks like an idiot

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    • teahugger
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:07pm

      That is a good point, Philip! If she does nothing else at all…she is at least drawing out the progressives and letting us see the truth about them. She ticks them off so badly that they expose themselves for who they are before they have a chance to think (is that an oxymoron?)

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  • JesusLovesYou
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:32am

    Screw tape Letters anyone?

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:25am

    how do these dumb asses get this kind of job??? these idiots don’t have a lick of sense, they talk out of their butts and don’t understand anything about commonsense, they should just shut the hell up and let people with an education talk and go back to their little communist dream world and let the real Americans pick this great country back up,dust her off and return her back to the greatest country in the world . people you must get involved stand up and be heard and be seen, let these commie scum bags know we are not going to let 1 percent tell the other 99 percent what to do !!!!!

    your guns are next obama is appointing a anti gunner to run the ATF and he says we should not be able to own a semi auto rifle or shot guns and semi auto handguns, so again get involved call your senators and congressman now before it is to late and they have all control!!!!!! this appointment is about to happen either this week are before the end of the year, which is now, please get involved.

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  • OneRepublic4us
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:22am

    I‘m pretty sure progressives don’t read because if they did they would have read Atlas Shrugged and found out it turns out badly for the supposed intellectual, company destroying socialists. (there aren’t any pictures in the book)

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  • Akscooch
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:19am

    These stupid reporters think C.S. Lewis wrote only the Narnia Chronicles? What a bunch of uneducated doofuses.

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  • antiwormwood
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:17am

    “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.”
    C. S. Lewis

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    • barthom
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:52am

      That is a great CS Lewis quote! Thanks for finding it!

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:22am

      AWESOME quote.

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    • jenndee
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:11am

      What a wonderful quote. For anyone feeling like god is fading in the American heart, my family went to advent mass in a snow storm and there was standing room only this weekend. What a great way to start the week!

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    • FaithHopeCharity45
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:49am

      Love it. So appropriate.

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    • liriadavila
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:03pm

      Wonderful quote. Thank you

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  • Mousey
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:16am

    WOW !!!
    just …………… wow !!

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  • dcwu
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:15am

    Mr. Wolfe might want to browse The Abolition of Man. It presents briefly the moral law as recognised by all civilizations over recorded history.

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  • The Monster
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:13am

    This is a classic Leftist “debate” technique. When we say something, they come behind us and tell us what it meant, erecting straw men that can be easily burned down.

    We protest against an over-centralized government that tries to regulate every aspect of our lives, and they tell us that what we REALLY mean is “We hate that black President”. Then they can simply dismiss us as racist, and never address our arguments. Wolffe conveniently pretends that the Narnia stories are the entire body of Lewis’ work, so that he can play into the “intellectually unserious” meme (”she gets her inspiration from CHILDREN’S STORIES!!!111eleventy”).

    It was precisely this sort of sophistry Palin was afraid of when Couric asked her, and now they’ve proven her right.

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    • Okieflyover
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:47am

      Agreed. The Left has tried to not only control the debate but be in charge of “stating the Right’s case” so as to knock it down, when they never portray the other arguments correctly.

      Conservatives want to stop spending so much = “the Right wants to starve the poor”

      Keep the current tax rates = “Taking money from the poor to give to the rich”. I really wish someone on the Right had the cojones to get up and say “how can you be taking from the poor to give to the rich when almost 50% of Americans pay not Federal Income tax?

      Defending our county = Republicans are war mongers.

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  • woodydad
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:10am

    It speaks volumes about these second rate intellectuals that they are only familiar with Lewis’ Narnia series. Someone should invite them down here to the deep end of the pool some time. But I doubt that they could handle it well. Why it could even lead them to Chesterton and who knows where after that. Then before they knew it they would realize how pathetically ignorant they really are.

    Hey, I can dream can’t I?

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  • t4christ73
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:10am

    Mere Christianity is a beautiful treatise on the simplicuty of true Christianity,

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  • reneeannm
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:10am

    Even if she did only read C. S. Lewis’s Narnia, it is about Christ, but this uninformed toad has no cluewho C. S. Lewis is, what he wrote, and what a wonderful inspiration he is! I’ll pray for their souls,because they are clueless!

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  • Max jones
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:09am

    What ever happens in the near future, I know that there are good Christian people who I will always look to for assurance, praise God. I love Sarah Palin.

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  • gwvalusek
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:07am

    I am guessing that Mr. Wolfe hasn’t read any of Mr. Lewis’ books. He only makes the Narnia reference because of the movies. These talking heads are the very people that Lewis was talking about. Bad people doing bad things. Feeling intelligent, and being condescending. Anyone not yet understand why the cartoon network gets better ratings than MSNBC?

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  • Diamond Girl
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:07am

    I could care less about either one of them, Wolffe is a leftist nitwit. …and Sarah is way past over-exposed, media protected via Fox and tiring by now for many with the same old rhetoric she uses…give us a break….

    Enough already.

    Want somebody fresh with fire in their belly for the conservative side of the aisle…going to be interesting.

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:26am

      She is following obamas playbook – Haiti – all for show which is a disgrace. She does so many of the same things she blasts obama for doing. Quite frankly they are both empty suits with one thing in mind and that is greed and full of self. Tired also of the squeaky, whiney voice.

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    • PALINCAINTICKET
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:17am

      Those of us on the right side can never get enough of Sarah.

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:18am

      @neverending Then dont watch, and stop commenting about her.

      You obviously are not tired of her because you are infatuated.

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  • Quad-rip-legic
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:06am

    Too bad they will never see this.

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    • MilesF
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:12am

      Sorry NYSTREETKID but I think yours is the worst reason for believing in God; a great reason for believing in God would be something positive along the lines of faith, hope and charity, but your playing-the-odds reason isn’t even as visceral as fear of punishment, it’s more of an empty reason for believing.

       
    • Rn mom
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:02am

      Milesf- His reason for believing in God is a good start- at least let God into your heart, and see what He grows. NYkid has good company in this philosophy- look at Pascal’s Challenge.

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  • Atheist
    Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:02am

    Why are we talking about this woman? Why does it matter what she reads and why does it matter what douche Wolffe says about what she reads?

    Those Narnia movies kinda blow, though.

    The Atheist

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    • Max jones
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:12am

      I pray for you and pray that your suffering will be short. Max

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    • barthom
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:35am

      @The Athiest. God doesn’t believe in Athiests.

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:17am

      The Atheists movies blow even more. What was that flop movie…. Wait let me look it up.

      Oh yeah, The Golden Compass. What a waste of film.

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    • NYSTREETKID
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:22am

      to atheist:
      If you are right that there is no god,then the people who do think so,have just been wasting there time. However if you wrong you been your life here and there in the after life. I think you are the fool in this game not to at least play the odds.

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    • Okieflyover
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:30am

      Athiest….. Only you can answer this question:

      Is it more depressing and energy draining to be an atheist and use message boards to spout off against God, or is it more depressing and energy draining to know that Sarah Palin has gotten so far under your skin?

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    • ermalu
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:18am

      If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
      G.K. Chesterton

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    • MilesF
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:26am

      NYSTREETKID: Sorry but your playing-the-odds reason is the dreariest reason for believing in God. Try a more vital reason like love or failing that fear, anything but empty odds playing.

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    • Chuck Diesel
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:36am

      @ everyone picking on Atheist

      It’s not very Christian to pick on someone. I think Atheist was pointing out that the liberal media is down to character assasination, because they haven’t any damning truths. This the same way they brought down Howard Dean to get him out of the way for the 2 Johns. Same thing with Chris Christie, they can’t find any political reasoning, so they attack his looks and his weight. This is why this article is important, because we cannot allow ourselves to be draw into what the bully says and does on the school yard and become part of the mob.

      Merry Christmas everyone and I mean you too Atheist.

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    • reshas1
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:58am

      Because YOU and your moron media keep asking, DUH.

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    • lulu229
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:39pm

      Try reading the books…You do know they are a metaphor for the Gospel, right?

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  • dcwu
    Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:59pm

    He doesn’t read, does he?

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  • American Capitalist
    Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:59pm

    I guess he has never read any C.S. Lewis, except Chronicles of Narnia… Which is actually inspiting too.

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:22am

      It only shows how shallow they really are … the fact that they think that CS Lewis only wrote Chronicles of Narnia. His work is actually quite profound. (oh, and for sci fi fans… check out Out of the Silent Planet, Perlanda, and That Hideous Strength.) Be sure to read.. Screwtape Letters and check out what he has to say about “social justice”. LOL.

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    • MilesF
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:05am

      I once read an brilliant essay that Lewis wrote on Shakespeare. Talk about a guy who was no dope.

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    • Reagan/Demint.deciple
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:50am

      @FLATFOOT…. wwahhh , wwahhhh , wwaahhh !!!!.. What have you done for ME lately ? You know, I don’t want to do for myself I need you to hold my hand…
      Well, if YOUR idea of doing something for the U.S is the Obama way, you know, doing everything he can to ruin a great country then, NO THANKS, I’ll stick with the “ lazy” Mrs. Palin..
      She has done more good for this country than your messiah could ever dream of doing..
      BTW, as far as Sarah being stupid ? she has forgotten more than Obama will ever learn..

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:57pm

    Those who think Sarah Palin’s a dope need to look at her bank account. Success is the best revenge.

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    • Atheist
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:03am

      No law against dopes becoming millionaires.

      The Atheist

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:08am

      Let people think she’s dumb, it will have a more lasting effect on those that don’t like her when she becomes THEIR PRESIDENT. HEHEHEHE…

      You go Sarah!

      PatriotShops.com

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    • NickDeringer
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:14am

      @Atheist
      Absolutely. Look at Barack O’Barry.

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    • DrammyCoke
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:30am

      @Atheist look at Algore, he suckered all of the libs.

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    • PALINCAINTICKET
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:12am

      No law against atheists being dopes either.

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:14am

      No law against dopes becoming Atheists.

       
    • Rowgue
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 1:36am

      Nobody actually thinks she’s dumb. It‘s the smokescreen democrats use when they can’t debate real issues. They just claim the person is crazy, racist, stupid or whatever other insult they can conjure up, and hope it distracts people long enough to influence an election.

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:09am

      I definetly don‘t think she’s dumb..I enjoy her show…its actually a show I can watch with my 11 year daughter and not have to watch for something questionable to come up…thanks Sarah and family!!

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 5:05am

      C. S. Lewis was a genius before his time. The Screwtape Letters gives a perfect example of how EVIL has gained control of Matthews and Wolfe…they have no understanding of what darkness controled their minds…

      Yea Chris I said it, you are demon influenced and probably demon possesed.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 5:19am

      Atheist, look at John Kerry (remember he was in Viet Nam), he married his money. Obama’s dopes (oops, associates) all stick together and make sure each becomes rich, by hook or the taxpayer’s money.

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    • 1911a1
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 7:14am

      Hey Flatfoot lets break this to FACTS , first of all , Why did she quit her job as Gov of Alaska ?

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:24am

      @Foot Your irrational attacks are further proof that progressives only bother to attack those they fear. Sorry for the pun, but your arguements left you flat-footed. Please engage reason before you attempt to think. Otherwise, your head will hurt when your only two brain cells collide.

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    • cyntro
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:34am

      Nope, no law, but you’ll notice that the only religious conservatives who become rich are dopes. All other newly rich are insightful liberals, funny that, huh?

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    • DSTSS2010
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 9:41am

      Progressives think they can make their own candle brighter by blowing Sarah’s candle out! LMAO

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:15pm

      I was a huge Palin fan in the beginning. Voted Repulican in spite of my disgust w/McCain. Sent money to her PAC.

      However, I began to wane when I read her first book. There was too much hyperbole about her nay-sayers. Her “need” to mock those who stand against her shows a personal weakness that eliminates her as a presidential candidate. She is not above the name-calling which brings politicians down to the level of gutter snipes.

      Her reality show has sealed the deal for me. While it’s nice to see the beauty of her state, I see a family that is dis-engaged from one another, even while pretending to be one, big happy unit. The road trip in the motor home? Sara was always seen texting. Same with Willow. That’s not “family bonding.”

      She is constantly talking about how whatever she is doing that week is a “family tradition” yet the show only highlights that the family has NOT been doing this activity together. Teaching Bristol to shoot? I thought she would be a pro by now. Same thing with gutting fish the other day — all the kids were trying to figure out how to do it. I would have expected there to be a production line where the kids worked right along with their parents, showing that this wasn’t anything new to them.

      All in all, the show has given me more reasons NOT to vote for Sara if she decides to run. Her need to mention the unwanted neighbor (more than once) as well as the pot-shots about her being able to “see Russia” all point to an insecurity that is beneath a true leader of the caliber we need.

      We need someone whose every-day life is not a promotional commercial. Someone who really understands that “family time” is not sitting in the same room while you’re texting someone else.

      Sorry, but Palin has eliminated herself from the competition in my mind.

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    • drbage
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:43pm

      @Atheist.
      Look at Bill Clinton who one bobblehead on TV called the most revered and respected politician alive today. How quickly the Progs rewrite or whitewash their pasts and their cohorts in the MSM buy the line and push it! We can forgive, but we should never forget.

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    • dasmoondog
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:55pm

      no law against dopes becoming atheist,,,,,(only the natural law …in joke lol)

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:57pm

      One other thing that has been glaring about the Palin Family on this reality show. Her kids don’t have any respect for her.

      The middle girl, Willow, shrugged off her mom’s warning that no boys were allowed upstairs. The disrespect was glaring as the boy continued up the stairs in front of Sara and then Willow moaned and groaned. Made me wonder if this was a “new” rule meant for the audience and Willow was calling her mom out for equivocating on old family rules.

      Piper has consistenly done the eye-roll and ignored her mom without punishment. In the first episode she called her mom Sara and while Sara said on camera that Piper uses this to get attention, it was obvious that the ploy works. Piper calls Sara by her first name and gets what she wants. Not a good example of leadership skills.

      Piper is seen in an upcoming commercial doing her homework and wanting to cheat by using a calculator. Sara obligingly says, in a parental tone, that she can‘t use a calculator because it’s cheating. Piper goes on to use the calculator in her cell phone with immunity, showing that being devious has no consequences.

      Yes, this show has shown me that Sara is likeable but not Presidential material. Let her continue her tweets and show-downs through Facebook. It gets the media going and highlights issues that otherwise might escape the masses who don’t have any other regular source of news.

      But let’s get off the Sara for President bandwagon. If she doesn‘t have the stamina to risk her children’s ire by getting them to understand the rules of right versus wrong, I have no confidence in her ability to lead this nation out of a severe case of self-indulgence.

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    • jblovesAmerica
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:59pm

      While The Lady Gov-was running for VP she was nothing. after the election it was noted how much attention she garnered. As Gov she was attacked, dragged into court and had to pay for her defense from personal funds. baseless suits that were thrown out. She left office-able to take off restraints-now she is really getting attention. Why? she is irrelevant?
      the libs absolutely hate her. is she ready for the white house-probably not-however she can raise attention to issues and bring in the cash-while speaking up for The America we Love-without recourse.
      Pretty smart for a DUMBIE-NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the while gaining $$$$ for a possible run down the road as a congresswoman or Senator-from NY????????

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    • FlatFoot
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 2:27pm

      @Sheepdog911 Seriously? You’re punning my name and yours is -Sheep- dog. Fittingly dumbtastic.

      Instead of falsely claiming I am being ‘irrational’ and getting all ad-hominem about my snippet of an opinion of Sarah Palin, reality teevee superstar and book mogul, why didn’t you even make a feeble attempt to refute my obviously true assertions about her? Not one sentence in my post is untrue. On the contrary, as a lifelong Republican conservative and Constitutionalist, I went easy on her. But you could not muster even one little tiny morsel of rebuttal and instead automatically go for the easy ‘progressive fear’ catch-all cop out?

      Oh. Right. -Sheep- dog. Nevermind.

      Anyone who cannot see Sarah Palin for what she is all about, and that being all about Sarah Palin and only Sarah Palin, are all, in fact, sheep. dogs. The cult of personality got us what we currently have, and now you want to do it again. Fools.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:06pm

      @ROWGUE
      “Nobody actually thinks she’s dumb. It‘s the smokescreen democrats use when they can’t debate real issues. They just claim the person is crazy, racist, stupid or whatever other insult they can conjure up, and hope it distracts people long enough to influence an election.”

      Actually, I DO think she’s dumb, and I think there’s ample objective evidence to support my view (which is shared by everyone who isn’t a Palin supporter, the majority, on the Left AND the Right, who will stop here from EVER running our beloved State into the ground).

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rXmuhWrlj4
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZITdTFfPY

      Which is not to say she’s a “bad” person, just dumb and misguided, with the potential to bring down the State with her.

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    • toxic_freedom
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 4:51pm

      @Flatfoot
      and your very first post. Man what high dollar whores, porn starts, and stripers do you hang out with you need to hook me up i can be a pimp for a measly 10 percent hahahaha and for the porn stars is that where the budget for their crappy movies go?

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    • iamhungry
      Posted on December 13, 2010 at 6:00pm

      @NickDeringer, Just look at the bank accounts of Ted Turner, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates….

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    • jmanuola
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 4:31am

      professing to be wise, they became but fools. A fool says in his heart there is no God.

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    • BrandyWilson
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:52am

      C.S. Lewis was an avowed atheist… he so-called “Lion” is NOT a depiction of Jesus as the “Lion of Judah” …What would Jesus Christ have to do with WITCHCRAFT? People (regardless of age , rank, or position)who are delusional enough to get “spiritual encouragement” from ANYTHING written by a proponent of WITCHCRAFT…they need to open their KJ bible and READ if there is EVER ONCE any difference made between “White and Black” WITCHCRAFT… IMHOP!

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    • RaeMarie
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:10am

      C.S. Lewis was not an avowed atheist.

      Note that one of his most famous works is the nonfiction book “Mere Christianity.”

      The description of “Mere Christianity” on the C.S. Lewis website calls it “A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewis’s books. Uncovers common ground upon which all Christians can stand together.”

      He also published a devotional bible called “The C.S. Lewis Bible” which is described on the C.S. Lewis website as such: “The C. S. Lewis Bible draws upon the distinctive wisdom of Lewis’s celebrated spiritual classics—Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, and A Grief Observed—as well as his other distinguished works, and pairs them alongside the life-giving words of Scripture. As you engage in devotional Bible reading with the full text of the trusted NRSV Bible, you will also gain insight from Lewis’s writings and spiritual journey while exploring key issues in the life of faith. Each reading will draw you deeper into Scripture as you wrestle with and meditate on spiritual truths woven throughout the text. The C. S. Lewis Bible is an indispensable companion for everyone who cherishes Lewis’s timeless words and seeks to meditate on the truths of Scripture.”

      Anyone can easily check out the website http://www.cslewis.com/

      Does this sound like the works of an avowed atheist?

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