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September 12, 2008
A Political Science Professor Addresses Palin's Prayer And 'Gibson's Unexacting Performance'
Topics: Political News and commentariesScott at Powerline offers some insight on the text of Governor Palin's prayer and 'Charles Gibson's unexacting performance' from a political science professor familiar with the relevant text to which Governor Palin was alluding in her prayer and comments in particular on Gibson's cluelessness regarding Palin's prayer. Quite obvious is the fact that the professor sees Gibson's performance as far less than stellar and Palin's prayer and comments as both graceful and illuminating:
"Unlike Palin and Lincoln, Gibson 'doesn't have a prayer.' I second the high marks you give her performance. We have in her a leader who doesn't merely quote from time to time an old chestnut from a Lincoln speech, but who has clearly reflected on one of the most extraordinary and moderate dispositions to divine providence ever taught by a leader in wartime, and found it worthy of adoption and emulation in her own speeches. What's more, she is able to explain gracefully, to a man posing as a human resources executive, what she was saying in her prayer. That Gibson understood her explanation is doubtful. Perhaps he needs a lesson in the meaning of the subjunctive mood (and I have no doubt Governor Palin could give him one). More likely, he suffers from God Derangement Syndrome, the mere mention of God shutting down brain synapses."As Scott points out, "this is a condition that Governor Palin will elicit chronically from the mainstream media through election day."
Posted by Abdul at September 12, 2008 11:59 AM
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