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doxydad

(1,363 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:48 AM Apr 2014

Sarah Palin tells NRA attendees: ‘Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists’

Palin’s comments stand in stark contrast with the opinions of the man who selected her as his running mate, Sen. John McCain, who was tortured for years while held in a Vietnamese prison camp.

“In my personal experience, the abuse of prisoners sometimes produces good intelligence, but often produces bad intelligence because under torture a person will say anything he thinks his captors want to hear –- whether it is true or false –- if he believes it will relieve his suffering,” McCain once said.



She needs about a 5 year stint in a POW camp....

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/27/sarah-palin-tells-nra-attendees-waterboarding-is-how-we-baptize-terrorists/
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Sarah Palin tells NRA attendees: ‘Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists’ (Original Post) doxydad Apr 2014 OP
I can see Russia from my house SkatmanRoth Apr 2014 #1
She's heading into her second childhood without ever finishing her first. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2014 #2
thin line between that and eShirl Apr 2014 #3
I am sure the idiot NRA members loved it! nt Logical Apr 2014 #4
Klondike Kardashian needs some attention. tanyev Apr 2014 #5
Posterchild for the mediocre era that we live in. marmar Apr 2014 #6
I've said it before and I'll say it again Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2014 #7
Sarah's political career is over...even if her following refuses to believe otherwise. Mike Daniels Apr 2014 #13
I know that she is finished politically as far as running for office Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2014 #15
"Christians", yep jberryhill Apr 2014 #8
Yeah, nothin' goes together like torture and Jesus! HD469 Apr 2014 #20
Sarah who? warrior1 Apr 2014 #9
Yeah, because... pipi_k Apr 2014 #10
Isn't her voice already a Level 1 torture device? Blue Owl Apr 2014 #11
Invoking Christianity while advocating torture. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #12
Somebody should waterboard Palin. nt Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #14
The spirit of anti-Christ is STRONG in Sarah Palin. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #16
Yep jberryhill Apr 2014 #18
Throwing Red Meat to The Jackals Dirty Socialist Apr 2014 #17
Fuck you Sarah Palin. 47of74 Apr 2014 #19
When is that woman going to start wearing a second depends over her mouth! n/t fleabiscuit Apr 2014 #21
Send this poor excuse for a human to S.E.R.E Separation Apr 2014 #22
She makes it really tough to actually be from Wasilla eridani Apr 2014 #23

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)
7. I've said it before and I'll say it again
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 08:31 AM
Apr 2014

Thank (insert higher power) she and McCain never made it to the WH. Let's continue to hope and pray that she never makes it to the WH EVER! So wrong on so many levels.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
13. Sarah's political career is over...even if her following refuses to believe otherwise.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 10:40 AM
Apr 2014

Her quitting her last elected position would be brought up non-stop even by her primary opponents. Nope, the only way Sarah ever runs for a significant elected office again is if the party pretty much hands her the nomination.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)
15. I know that she is finished politically as far as running for office
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:43 PM
Apr 2014

but that won't stop us from hearing about her every utterance and it won't stop her from making money off of statements like this and she will, like Rush, still maintain a loyal and steady following from some people and politicians.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
10. Yeah, because...
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 09:45 AM
Apr 2014

most religion isn't scary enough to a lot of people without associating it with terrorists/terrorism.

sigh...



 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
16. The spirit of anti-Christ is STRONG in Sarah Palin.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:44 PM
Apr 2014

Calling torture a holy sacrament is the very embodiment of the spirit of anti-Christ.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
22. Send this poor excuse for a human to S.E.R.E
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 02:12 AM
Apr 2014

I'd bet my next paycheck she would tap out before hitting stress positions, let alone any of the othe Reindeer games they play.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
23. She makes it really tough to actually be from Wasilla
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 06:26 PM
Apr 2014
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/28/1295428/-Another-woman-from-Wasilla

Another woman from Wasilla... on Sarah and waterboarding

Not everyone from Wasilla agrees with Sarah Palin. I feel it is important for my reputation as a human being who grew up in Wasilla, AK to take a stand. My family and I moved to Alaska in the early 70's. I went to public school in Wasilla from 1st through 12th grade, and I graduated from Wasilla High School in 1986. During that time, I was also a Blue Bird, a Camp Fire Girl, a Rainbow girl, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and I took History classes from a lady named Jean Krauss. (Do you remember her, Warriors?)

There is Nothing in my upbringing in Wasilla that ever promoted or tolerated the idea that it is ok, good, or necessary to torture anyone. In fact I clearly remember learning about the Geneva Conventions in which it is stated "Grave breaches of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions include the following acts if committed against a person protected by the convention: willful killing, torture or inhumane treatment including biological experiments." Also - leaders who tortured people, i.e.

<snip>


nd by the way, here's what I believe in that is different from S.P.

I understand the need for guns in Alaska. We hunted it, we shot it, we ate it. We did not however, believe it was a good idea to tote guns to school, or football games, or beer parties down by the lake, or other public places. Guns in my house were locked in a cabinet so secure even my Dad had a hard time getting them out. More guns is not good.

My family is Christian, and by that I mean we believed in the Golden Rule, and we respected the faiths and wisdom traditions of all creeds, people and nations. Including Muslims, Jews, and Atheists. We didn't view ourselves as better than people who were "different." We believed in tolerance, acceptance, forgiveness and helping people. We realized that radicals of any religious practice can be dangerous. We did not exclude people. Also - separation of Church & State: a good and necessary thing.

We had respect for nature. We knew that the fish, trees, lakes, rivers, coastline and wildlife of Alaska are precious and should never be over-hunted, over-fished, destroyed or compromised due to the demands of the oil and mining industries. "Drill Baby, Drill" is not aligned with this point of view.

We basically wanted the ability for ourselves and our neighbors to thrive, and be safe, and to live freely but in harmony with others. Much like FDR said in the Four Freedoms:
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