I don't think this is a big deal. That being said this is one of the first things I've read here that is attacking policy related issues and not the person.

Thanks for that

I think this is a huge deal.  This info is more important than what I wrote on an earlier post.  Good to see more facts coming out about Palin.

I think that this is actually important--it shows ignorance. I'm buddhist, but I have no problem with the "under God" in the pledge of allegence. I know that some people do, surprisingly I think that most of the people who disagree with it are old people/seniors who resented this being put into the Pledge during the Pinko Commie Witchhunt days. But, what it shows is ignorance. Someone can say "I agree that it should be left in the Pledge, because I'm a fundamentalist, and I have no problem with it" without being completely ignorant that the founding fathers put change the allegance, and of course the "motto" on dollar bills to include "Under God." We don't need ignorant Presidents or Vice Presidents... ENOUGH. We've had enough of them.

"Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support,"

that the "pledge" was not written by the Founding Fathers and it also was not written during their time.

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It sounds like Palin believes that the Founding Fathers made this a Christian nation.  I wonder where she got that idea...

From an November 25, 2007 sermon: "The purpose for the United States is... to glorify God. This nation is a Christian nation."

The problem is that we are not a Christian nation.  We are a secular nation made predominantly of Christians.

If Palin doesn't understand that, she doesn't belong anywhere near the Presidency.

Another thing I noticed, the Governor seems to have a need to give longer answers than needed. This is the type of habit that can get into to trouble at press conferences, debates and town halls.

This is what I call dazzle with BS than keeping it simple.

I read on another diary that she calls public schools "government schools".

Palin was part of a movement that included her, Scott Ogan, Vic Kohring and the gang that told us government is bad, unless it is feeding our pet interests. The movement adopted its own lexicon which made things like public schools (renamed government schools) sound sinister and intruding.

h/t to RandyMI's diary.

These questionnaire responses are a good fine.  The other ones are more harmful to Palin than the Pledge of Allegiance one.  I expect she'll be backtracking or deemphasizing some of these positions on the campaign, so it's good to have a paper trail of her prior statements.

OK, so you say you are totally pro-life, that "we cannot condone ending an innocent's life."  Does this mean that President Bush or the American military acted immorally in Iraq?  After all, tens of thousands (if not more) innocent Iraqi civilians lost their lives.  As President, would you approve an air strike on a terrorist suspect, even if you knew it would result in teh deaths of innocent children?