Holy Freaking Crap!

[omorka]

So Sarah Palin's comment at 9:12 in this liveblog? This one here on YouTube?

HOLY FREAKING CRAP! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

First of all, how tacky is it to say to a man whose first wife is dead that his second wife's reward is in heaven?

Second, the little head bobby thing there makes the "god bless her" part sound entirely too much like "bless her heart." (Also, the fake-folksy thing makes me want to put on the ol' plantation drawl and get mean. I will not subject you to the drawl.)

Third, uh, no. Her reward is not in heaven, nor is mine, nor is any other teacher's. Our reward is right here on Earth, filling thirty-two seats a day, struggling through a concept and finally getting it, shrieking with glee at winning a trophy at a competition, juggling school and a part-time job and swim team practice and still managing to make it in for tutorials, working through college and sending back an e-mail saying how much easier college algebra was because they had you. That reward is right here, here in flesh and blood, and in all of our futures together. For those Christian teachers, that reward will stay here on Earth and do good after them, for a generation or more, long after they've gone on to their heaven.

Fourth, way to make the church crowd comfortable while making all the rest of us squirmy. I'm sure the thought never entered Palin's mind, but if a teacher's reward were in her heaven, what would the point be for all of us non-Christian teachers?

Grr and arrgh.

Comments

[greeneyedpagan.livejournal.com]

I dvr'd the debate, to watch after we got home from HACK.
When she said that, I backed up, watched it again, and again.
After screaming incoherently at the stupid bitch like she could hear me, I wondered if the media or bloggers were going to pick up on this incredibly insensitive, arrogant, and assumptive piece of bullshit.
I am sorry you ever had to hear that coming from the mouth of someone who would be one of our leaders.
That alone should be enough to get the entire teacher voting block to vote against McCain, in my perfect world.
And yes, I agree. It made me want to get very nasty indeed. I can "bless her heart" with the best of them, as you know.

[ghostdogmeta.livejournal.com]

"god bless" can be an analogue for "bless their heart"

I missed the debate live, but I just read a transcript hosted
by the New York Times. Biden came across better, because he
threw out facts (or at least factoids). Palin was arguing
from emotion almost the entire time.

There are no non-christian teachers in her little world,
dontcha know? There are those there gay people who have made a
choice, god bless em, but True Americans worship Jeebus.

One of the things that jumped out at me..


Israel is our strongest and best ally in the Middle East. We have got to assure them that we will never allow a second Holocaust...

We will support Israel...with this peace-seeking nation, and they have a track record of being able to forge these peace agreements.

They succeeded with Jordan. They succeeded with Egypt. I'm sure that we're going to see more success there, also.

Setting aside the dominionist subtext...

Who succeeded with Jordan and Egypt? What I recall from history
class, Egypt and Jordan decided to thump Israel and Israel turned out
to be a very mean little dog.

[the-kiggy.livejournal.com]

I have the feeling she considers non-christians (and possibly catholic christians) to be second class citizens....

[omorka.livejournal.com]

Don't think there's any need to preface that with "I have the feeling" - have you seen the anti-witch stuff from her home church?

[auditrice.livejournal.com]

That REALLY bothered me, even on top of the fact that everything she does annoys me. I don't like the way she winks all the time. It makes me feel uncomfortable, like she's in on this big joke that I just don't understand. Everything she does and says just grates on my nerves.