The American Spectator

ruth| 10.30.08 @ 1:09PM

Whenever Hitchens' name comes up I think about that hilarious waterboarding stunt he pulled. He wanted to find out for himself if it was 'torture'. What a wimp. I wish I could have administered it to him.

Real American| 10.30.08 @ 1:36PM

Hitchens un-hitched! Again, why does this science-worshiping atheist judge Palin without very much evidence to support his conclusions? He's merely offering a gut reaction, not a reasoned evaluation. I also expect that he isn't smart enough to see the irony.

BD57| 10.30.08 @ 2:30PM

Unfortunately, Hitchens comes unhinged (unhitched?) whenever he encounters believers.

This one's a candidate for the "Andrew Sullivan" award.

Tom Paine| 10.30.08 @ 3:42PM

Hitchens made a good point. I don't think what he wrote could fairly be called Palin "bashing."

He simply pointed out what anyone can plainly see: the woman is not a good pick for VP. She's weirdly anti-science and anti-intellectual, and it shows.

ruth | 10.30.08 @ 3:53PM

TP go pick up your astroturf check from Axelrod.

theanchoressisright| 10.30.08 @ 8:10PM

There are many more Americans who realize the Bible is not only the Source for truth, but much more reliable than Science.

Many of us who have been abused by the Hitchens' of this world obey God's Law and listen to His Word.

Evolution is a Theory: Creation is a Fact.

I wish some candidate WOULD take on the Socialist brain-washing that tells our kids "Science" proves anything.

If we had the courage to teach Creationism in "Science" Classes, students would see for themselves that there is proof that God Created the world exactly as the Bible tells us.

Why are Christians relegated to the back of the bus? And why do so many Christians allow God to be mocked?

I hope Sarah believes the Truth and I think it is time we ended the Darwinist Brainwashing.

I cringe when some pseudo-intellectual calls the Bible's authority into question and pray: Father, forgive them for they KNOW NOT what they do!

theanchoressisright| 10.30.08 @ 8:14PM

dear Ruth:

It is worse than astroturfing. Mocking Sarah in this case is mocking God.

God loves us and is patient, but when will He decide "Enough is enough"?

We need politicians who are not afraid to face down the mockers in the name, the Sacred Name, of The Truth.

And any liberals here, don't give me your tired "Whose truth?" It is and always will be God's Word, right there for everyone in The Bible.

ruth| 10.30.08 @ 9:35PM

The first time I saw Governor Palin grab her infant Trig and hold him to her heart I knew I would crawl through glass for her. It's true, I am a sucker for God fearing, pro-life women. Protecting the most innocent among us defines us as human beings. She is a special person who actually lives her beliefs. Hitchens is no threat, he is a piteous lump of a man. Ugh.

Trurl| 10.31.08 @ 12:52AM

As a "science worshiping atheist" myself, I find little to fear in Sarah's religiosity. People like Hitchens and Dawkins tend to get tunnel-vision about their personal perceived persecution at the hands of The Great Other every bit as much as some fundamentalists have. Obama could very well be the final nail in the coffin of the great experiment in capitalism that was the United States of America. If that means putting someone in office instead that believes in an invisible man who lives in the sky and grants wishes, that's OK by me. And theanchoressisright is OK by me too, as along as he doesn't ever decide to strap a bomb to himself to try and give his convictions a little more, shall we say, weight.

ruth| 10.31.08 @ 1:29AM

With all due respect, Trurl, when I reflect on the pantheon of twentieth century atheists several come to mind: Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot. Need I go on? Wasn't that about 100 million dead? Do you really want to talk about violence perpetrated on behalf of ideology/religiosity? You are right, though, you have nothing to fear from us, we stand for the individual, even the most defenseless one still in the womb.

Trurl| 10.31.08 @ 3:07AM

Ruth, I'm pro-life as well. Why would you assume otherwise? I don't believe a fetus is imbued with some kind of undefinable ghost at the very moment of conception. I do believe that it is at the very least a nascent sentient being unto itself, and as long as I can't tell you with any certainty when it crosses the line to what we all would accept as a human unto itself (and no, neither can you) I much prefer to err on the side of safety and say that once it's conceived whoever created it has to consider its rights, suffer (so to speak) the consequences of their actions and bring it into the world. And don't pretend I can't play the tit-for-tat game in choosing evil crazy religious world leaders. Why, I think there's one in Iran right now! He hasn't matched Hitler's record yet, but he's still just getting going. Let's not play that game. There are a lot of us out here- people who don't fit into your pre-defined notions of those with moral character just because we didn't read a book- we thought it out for ourselves.

And I know I don't have anything to fear from you. I play in a Baptist church band every Sunday morning and everyone there is very nice. I like to help the Christians, as long as they don't hold any illusions about dunking me. *g*