Missing Keith Olbermann

I miss Keith Olbermann. If Keith were on MSNBC this evening, we might see a picture of Todd Palin and the words “WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!”  

Alaskans’ First Pimp Todd Palin deserves that WPIW designation as much as anyone who ever made the list – Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and her mini-me Bristol.  I wonder if that would have been a record - the only family with a trinity of WPIW honorees.

Night after night during John McCain’s failed 2008 run, Keith spoke his mind and our thoughts. He made the phrase“That woman is an idiot” synonymous with Sarah Palin. It made us laugh. We nodded our heads in agreement. We repeated it to each other, posted it on the internet, said it under our breath when watching the news. Sarah knew it was “God’s plan” for her to be Vice President. (see Game Change the movie and read the book). Therefore, Sarah knew  Keith Olbermann was acting in opposition to God’s plan. No doubt  in her mind. Mr. O was serving Satan himself as evidenced by the liberal-leaning news commentator’s relish in exposing her political inadequacy. Pay no attention to the evidence before your very eyes. The Couric interview – ignore that. The Gibson gaffes – ignore those. The out and out lie about being vindicated in the Wooten matter. 

In Palinland, truth is  whatever Sarah says it is and if your eyes or ears tell you something else, your faculties have failed you.  Sarah’s the queen, whatever she decrees is fact.  Sarah facts include “Trig is my biological son,” “My children are overachievers”(from Going Rogue) “Bristol is a hard worker,” and a slew of lies – Sarah facts- we saw Steve Schmitt dealing with in the HBO movie Game Change. 

I don't know of any prophecy warning us about Sarah Palin, but all of us were warned against such a person when we were children and our parents and teachers read us the story of  The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

Tea Party members have obviously forgotten that silly emperor,  duped by conniving “tailors” into believing  they had made him a magical suit finer than any other. (He bought a garment only wise people could see?  Did they also sell him a bridge to nowhere?)  He was so proud, he put on his “suit” and held a parade to show it off to the townsfolk. (In today’s world, he’d have posted pictures on Facebook, or written a "memoir") The crowd of simpletons, sycophants, scaredy-cats, and suck-ups cheered.  “Beautiful!” “Wonderful!” “Amazing!” (“Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!”)  

But one little boy wasn’t fooled. In his short life he had not yet succumbed to peer pressure, political correctness, or self-interest. With innocence and honesty,  and probably giggling, he pointed and shouted out “The Emperer’s not wearing clothes!”Only then did the crowd burst out laughing, admitting to one another what they knew all along – that the Emperor didn’t have amazing, beautiful clothing at all, he wasn’t wiser than everyone else. What was on display for everyone to plainly see was his arrogance and his stupidity.

Keith Olbermann was our 2008 campaign version of that boy. He told the truth. Sarah is an Idiot. Bristol deserved her Worst Person in the World designation. But there are crowds of idiots who don't see what we see. Tea Party Patriots,  simpletons, sycophants, scaredy-cats, and suck-ups fill up the Conservatives 4 Palin website with stupid comments about how beautiful, wonderful and amazing that woman is. Like the stupid emperor,  they part with their money for the privilege of being taken in by a smooth talking hustlers.  And like Sarah Palin, they probably think Keith Olbermann is evil. Applying the same criteria,  the little boy in the story of “The Emporer’s New Clothes” was EVIL!.  

I’ve often wondered if he lost his post at MSNBC because of a Palin full-court press. If so, Sarah surely feels vindicated. No remorse. No sympathy. No sympathy because Sarah believes, knows without a doubt, that she was chosen by God to run for VP and was supposed to win, which means Keith Olbermann was working for the devil and helped the devil win. 

When my generation was young that story was supposed to encourage us to grow up to be brave – brave like Keith Olbermann. And if shown a picture of Todd Palin and we should say “That man is EVIL!”We should be the ones shrieking. After all,  Todd Palin has been exposed for:

Pressuring a destitute single mom with disabled children into prostitution to increase his power and wealth.

Secretly collecting sex-related information about business associates.

Arranging travel for prostitutes in a multi-state operation of sex for hire.

Mr. Olbermann might like to read this post. He might get a chuckle out of it. And he might want to look between the covers of “Boys Will Be Boys” using the Amazon.com “Look Inside” feature.  Does anyone have a Twitter account? Maybe a few dozen of you could send him this message. Think of it as making Sarah Palin squirm. If you are so inclined, leave a comment saying you did it. That will make Todd squirm, too.

Maybe she’s pointing at the screen right now and shrieking! They are all  EVIL! I hope so. 

Prophecy About Sarah Palin: Most Ungodly President EVER

Religion has become a huge issue in the current election year. Last Sunday, Rick Santorum attended a church and was prayed over by Reverend Terry of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana whose Sunday morning message got applause for  lines like "This is America and we don't worship Budda, we don't worship Mohammed..."  


Well,  Reverend Terry of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana, I have news for you. Some Americans exercise their freedom of religion by being Buddists, or Muslims, or by following the Jewish faith, etc. ; and some people don't practice any religion at all. Shocking, I know. And it's protected by the Constitution! 


Now, that same day, Sunday, perhaps even while Mr. Santorum was nodding and clapping and following along in a leather-bound Bible embossed with his name on the front, I wrote a post -   Christianity, Sarah Palin and Game Change (the movie) - that reveals that I attended an evangelical church for years. I said I understand the language. For the Buddist, the Muslim, the Jew, and most Protestants and Catholics, an Assembly of God church is  a foreign place with it's own language.  The messages are for "the chosen."  So I don't expect a lot of people to share my understandings. 


If you've not been among the chosen, you've probably not been privy to prophecy by one of today's prophets. Oh, yes, evangelicals absolutely know there are still prophets walking the earth. In fact, in the comment thread of the post  Christianity, Sarah Palin and Game Change (the movie),   a troll left a link to a prophet's message. I kid you not. 


To understand today's politics, it can help to walk a mile in the boots of the born-again American, and have a prophet talking in your ear. So I've prepared a sample message for you, written as if from a self-proclaimed prophet. Want to play along?


Ok, so, you are on the e-mailing list of an evangelical ministry. Let's say it is one based in Texas.  They send you lots of stuff - usually testimonials of miracles, scriptural references to support their positions  on abortion, healthcare, gays in the military, and usually they want you to send some money to help them take a stand to save America. 

So, let's say that today, in your mailbox, is an email with the title  "URGENT Message from Pastor Fox."  (I made up that name, Fox, it just seemed appropriate.)   


Before you begin this "urgent message" I'll make this disclaimer - this is not real. I am not a prophet. 


The "prophecy" below is long, but it's important to stick with it to the end. You will be rewarded. Honest.


Now,  because this is strictly fiction, I get to make it about Sarah Palin. Besides, using her name works best for this message. Better than Romney, or Santorum, or Obama.

A Prophetic Warning from Pastor Fox:

I am writing to you today an urgent message concerning the coming American election. God has released me to share with you a powerful prophecy.  I am not going to endorse a candidate, nor am I telling anyone who to vote for. I am simply sharing what God has shown me.

I had a vision earlier this year. I saw Sarah Palin in this vision she  was speaking to a large crowd and being broadcast on television. She was speaking incredible words of unity, peace, and bringing all sides together; the words were comforting, and the words were inspiring.

But while she  was speaking I saw an all- powerful spirit of violence coming out of her spirit feeding into the spirits of those that were hearing her. That spirit of violence was directed at anybody who opposed what she  was saying. Those who heard her words and received it had the spirit of violence being implanted inside of them. It was a rage like I have not seen before.

It was the rage that would be unleashed against those who oppose and stand in the way of Sarah Palin's agenda. We are already seeing the beginnings of this spirit manifested here in America. The vicious attacks against Barack Obama have been unlike anything we have ever seen before. The sheer hate for this president from people has been shocking.

We now see it with Sandra Fluke. These people who are under the influence of this demon spirit of rage desire to completely destroy this young woman because she  dared to question the wisdom of Republican men in issues of womens’ health. In fact it wasn't just the questioning; it was because these lawmakers revealed their true agenda (a campaign against women), that Sandra Fluke became a threat. So the supporters of Sarah Palin who had been fed and affected by the spirit of violence went into full swing to destroy a fellow citizen; the very kind of person that Sarah Palin and the Tea Party has been speaking about in her eloquent speeches, saying how she  is the only candidate fighting for them.

I want to put this deep in your spirit. I am speaking as a prophet. The words I'm about to tell you are "thus saith the Lord". If Sarah Palin is elected, the attacks against free speech, against those who believe differently than she  does, and the systematic use of the government and laws to silence the voice of anyone other than fundamental Christians will be unlike anything ever seen in this nation before.

I have talked to many Christians, including pastors, not only here in the United States but around the world, who strongly support Sarah Palin. Many of them are angry with the Democrats, and understandably so. Others are inspired by the thought of electing America's first female president, while others believe Sarah Palin to be a Christian who is very concerned with the poor and needy. I am not going to address any of the many concerns about Sarah Palin and her form of Christianity. I am only speaking the words of thus saith the Lord, and you have to decide what you're going to do with it.

God does not give this prophecy to scare us, but to prepare us.

God said that the 2012 election is in the hands of the Christians. He has given us the ability to stay this judgment.

Now you may be asking, "Are you saying that Sarah Palin if elected, would be America's most ungodly president ever." Yes!

Please pray for America. May God have mercy on us all.


Pastor and Prophet,  S. Fox

Thank yourself for coming this far. Here is the reward I promised:


I made this up, but not out of whole cloth.  The email above was actually written and sent out in 2008.   It warned Christians that if elected, Barack Obama would be the most ungodly president ever.  That's right - Barack Obama. I simply replaced his name with that of Sarah Palin to make my point.  Then I replaced Joe the plumber with Sandra Fluke and inserted Tea Party, Republican men, etc.  Makes the point pretty well, wouldn't you say?


Really, now, which of these two, Sarah or the President,  has attacked viciously and stirred up a spirit of violence "unlike anything we've ever seen before."  Maybe you'd want to ask Gabby Giffords, or even David Letterman.  


So much for the prophetic abilities of Steve Foss, Steve Foss Ministries, Keller TX.  But you know, I'll bet that after that email went out, his ministry got lots of donations from people who carry guns, hate our African American president, and in 2012 are supporting new restrictions on voter eligibility in minority areas.  


I would be remiss if I did not thank the troll who left a link on my previous post, leading me to this awesome "prophecy" which she/he thinks "proves" that Sarah Palin is godly and President Obama is "the most ungodly president America has ever had."  


Really, troll, you are a hoot.    I could never make this stuff up.

Christianity, Sarah Palin and Game Change (the movie)

“Don’t judge a man until you walk a mile in his boots” is one of America’s oldest and most quoted proverbs. The wisdom of that advice and the simplicity of the phrasing have survived generations, upheavals in society, and changing values.  We have a troll here at The Palin Place who likes to accuse me of misjudging the Palins. Resident troll has never quoted that idiom, our troll is not succinct, but the message of not judging is Ms. Troll’s favorite theme. The Palin Place isn’t alone in attracting this defender of the Palins, our troll frequents all the anti-Palin blogs with her (I’m assuming this is a female troll, maybe even Sarah or Bristol) one consistent argument - “You don’t know them, I’ve met them, you are wrong.”  Or maybe, “Don’t judge Sarah until you walk a mile in her bunny boots.” 

Today, I’m sharing a little more about myself to establish that Sarah and I have walked some miles on the same paths, experiences which I draw from when I analyze her actions.  Along the way, I've been a daughter, a sister, a Christian, a woman, a wife, and a mother. I was raised in a family where I was the middle sister, I had one brother (I mentioned him at Christmas),  my dad taught in the public middle school in our small town, and my mom worked outside the home, too. Sarah played the flute. I played it better than she. Sarah started wearing glasses quite young. I was seven when I got my first pair. By the time I was nine I couldn’t read the blackboard without them, I think Sarah's were pretty thick, too.  Sarah Heath married her high school boyfriend. Ditto. 

But looming larger than any of these things is the fact that Sarah Heath and I both had mothers who “found Jesus” and left establishment churches to join evangelical “Bible-believing,” soul-saving, homeschool-promoting, speaking in tongues and laying on of hands congregations. So when the troll says “you don’t know Sarah,” I think, “yes, I know her quite well.” I understand the impact the preaching of the  Word of God can have on a young girl who finds herself sitting in the pews on Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday nights, maybe even Friday nights. I walked in those boots, hearing that there is only One Way and by grace (ie God’s unmerited favor) you have found salvation.  I know why Sarah Heath was leading her teammates in prayer, and feeling smugly better than the lost souls who attended other churches, believed differently or  didn’t believe at all. I get it. Been there, done that, wore the “John 3:16” t-shirt.

In “Game Change” the movie, Sarah says “I know what I know.” Steve Schmitt and Nicole Wallace may have been baffled by that, and the director may have never has a script with phrases  like “ a servant’s heart”and “prayer warriors,”  but any kid who had an evangelical parent knows what those things mean. Those were in my personal lexicon before I took my SATs. But unlike Sarah, I don’t use them today any more than the French I took.  I’m very different than my high school self. Life experience and an intellectual curiosity worked to lessened some of my religious certitude. College and graduate school opened my mind further, and widowhood in my forties and single parenting of teenagers took me places Sarah has not been - places I do not wish on anyone. But I do wish she would grow up.

Even though she is a grandmother approaching fifty, she is often compared to a mean school girl. She's  as self-centered as an adolescent; she thinks she knows it all, she puts herself before others, and when you add to that a heavy dose of religious conceit,  you have Sarah from Alaska. Next time she’s called a mean girl, remember, she’s a religious mean girl. 

Religious superiority is partly responsible for Sarah Palin's lack of shame. She has what I call bumper-sticker Christianity. Bumper stickers can be passive-aggressive ways to preach or brag or say which team you support. Like the one given to Sarah that reads "My Kid Has More Chromosomes Than Your Kid," Sarah might just as quickly gravitate to one that says "My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter."  The depth of Sarah's Christianity matches the thickness of a bumper sticker. But she really doesn't have to worry. She knows once saved, always saved.  Sarah knows she's mean. Sarah knows she lies. Sarah knows she's greedy. But she can dismiss it by repeating another bumper sticker phrase, “Christians aren’t perfect, they’re forgiven.”  

She’s incorrigible. I don’t think she will ever change because the path she took brought her fame and money.  She seems to have forgotten the story in  Luke 4:1-13 when Jesus was tempted by the devil "All this authority I will give You and their glory;"  in exchange for Jesus' worshiping Satan, he refused. He did not bend to the temptation of authority and glory and riches in exchange for denying God and serving Satan. 


I doubt Sarah can apply that to her own story. On the contrary, in her immature and convoluted thinking, she equates money as proof that she is walking with God, doing his work, pleasing him and being rewarded as a good and faithful servant.  Neither you nor I can tell her she’s wrong. She has proof – her bank account balance.

We may have walked the same paths in early years, but we have gone far apart.  It’s unlikely I will ever make seven million dollars from my memoir, and I'm never going to be portrayed in a movie. Even if that very unlikely thing happened, there wouldn’t be a scene where I am bowing my head in prayer before going onstage to debate Joe Biden.  Now, Sarah may read this and say that's proof that her life’s experiences have been more valuable than mine, a or proof that she's been blessed more than I have. But I would disagree. 


I admit my bank account is modest, but the fact is, I’m far wealthier and happier than Sarah from Alaska. You see, I know that there is no money in my name that came from exploiting women, sex trafficking, or selling lies. Unlike she, I have more compassion for Shailey Tripp than I have admiration for Bristol Palin; I have more admiration for Shailey Tripp than I have for Franklin Graham; I have deep loathing for Todd Palin and I love President Barack Hussein Obama; I have adult children who not only love me but they like me; I have grandchildren and their birth dates and stories are real and I can brag like a grandma about all of them; I am happily married to a kind and devoted man; I’m  not hiding deep dark secrets or worrying that the FBI will be knocking on the door; and I no longer believe everything that is preached by another imperfect human being standing in a pulpit on Sunday morning.

Sarah and I have other experiences in common, but it’s the born-again one that gives me insights I use more often than others.  Like Sarah, I know what I know. I know that Sarah Palin does not have a servant’s heart, she is all about herself. She doesn't serve, she exploits. Sarah is not honest.  She is a deceiver.  She is not a family person. Being a good wife and mother is not Sarah's priority. Evangelical women can't avoid hearing about the high standards of the woman in Proverbs 31. Sarah Heath Palin makes a mockery of that image."Game Change" recreated the most memorable examples from her run for national office that showed McCain's running mate was the opposite of that ideal-“She openeth her mouth with wisdom," is says in verse 26 of Proverbs 31, "and in her tongue is the law of kindness.” (It was Sarah who was itching to bring up Bill Ayers, and use Jeremiah Wright to turn the campaign into something ugly. There is no kindness in Sarah Palin. Neither does she care about laws, kind ones or otherwise.)

But people who love her are as stubborn as she to see the truth. Many of them are good people who think she is walking by faith. They think this because they don't pay attention. She has them fooled.  
 I have hope for them. I have hope we can show them the truth. If we can expose Todd Palin via national media, or if we get Babygate solved and publicized, some people will see and hear and understand who she really is.  That is why I will continue blogging and exposing Sarah Palin and her political cronies. These politicians who put Sarah on the public stage and continue to keep her there are not good people. They are not harmless.

The message of “Game Change” was that an ugly, hateful spirit was unleashed in 2008 by a VP candidate wearing six inch heels.  The  Republican Party was transformed in Sarah Palin’s image. It’s a holier-than-thou image. It’s ignorant. It’s a mean-girl and frat-boy political party that acts as if God loves rich people best.  It’s very Sarah Palin.  In the name of God, we have politicians trying to stomp out compassion in our government and in our national policies. Whatever your beliefs or mine, we can’t let that happen. Not in 2012. Not in our life time. Not while we can blog, twitter, talk to our neighbors, and vote. 

Do what you can, whenever you can. It all makes a difference. That's what I believe.

PS - Let's all contact the IRS this week and ask them to investigate Todd Palin's income from prostitution. Did  he report it? Did he pay tax on it?  


You are not required to identify yourself. Here is the website:


http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=106778,00.html