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New Footage From Inside Palin's Church

A video report from the church where Gov. Sarah Palin was baptized.

This is the first original, on-the-ground video report from inside the church where Gov. Sarah Palin was baptized and spent over two decades as a member, the Wasilla Assembly of God. The video features the only known footage of the man who publicly anointed Palin for higher office, the Kenyan witch hunter Bishop Thomas Muthee, during his return to Wasilla this September. Though filming was not allowed, I managed to capture through hidden cameras Muthee's violent invocations against "The Enemy" and the "python spirits.” I also spoke with Rev. Howard Bess, whose book, "Pastor, I Am Gay," was removed from Wasilla's public library after Palin personally pressured the librarian. Those who embrace spiritual warfare see Palin as nothing less than the Anointed One, a modern day Queen Esther, as one anti-abortion protester told me on a rainy night in Anchorage. See for yourself.

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October 9, 2008 | 7:12pm
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rdeanelder

Interesitng!

10:52 pm, Oct 9, 2008
pixel105

Palin needs to go back to Alaska & McCain needs to move back to Arizona, where polygamy thrives in Colorado City, Arizona (McCain's home state) where thousands of American families (10,000 people) are systematically stripped of their democratic rights and women & children are abused. John McCain hasn't lifted a finger to stop it. What qualifies McCain to be president when he can't even clean up the Taliban in his own backyard?

9:36 am, Oct 10, 2008
Concordian

Everyone should see this! Sarah Palin is a superstitious, unenlightened woman who was first elected in a town where the average level of education achieved is 8th grade. They don't know any better, and neither does she. Fortunately, the rest of the country is better-informed.

11:54 am, Oct 10, 2008
nikkor

Can somebody please explain to my why this is not being plastered all over CNN? We had to listen about Jeremiah Wright for so long and I think turn around is fair play. She has been listening to this religious dribble since she was four and there is no doubt in my mind that she is brainwashed.

It will truly be a sad day if McCain/Palin is elected. The funny thing is, I actually respected McCain as a leader until he chose this fruitcake.

I am increasingly becoming more concerned about the religious fanatics in my own country than with the fanatics in the other parts of the world.

12:08 pm, Oct 10, 2008
lrvetteman

If you watched the last debate you should have noticed that minorities have no value in McCain's view. Two moniorities asked questions and one was told he probably had no idea what freddie and frannie were about until recently and the other he never looked at her while he spoke directly to every other person that asked a question. I thought it was rather interesting.

3:35 pm, Oct 10, 2008
bdaved

This seems so foreign to the idea of the Jesus I learned about that I almost think they must be saying "Cheeses". Is that what they're talking about?

4:02 pm, Oct 10, 2008
ellsie

From "born again Bush" to pastoral Palin...do we really need to be bullied and preached at for 4 more years?

8:46 pm, Oct 10, 2008
SweenyTodd

Sarah Palin is the epitome of Chbristian values in our country today. Just look at her family and their "values!"

9:51 pm, Oct 10, 2008
Azoth23

"The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites" Thomas Jefferson

9:33 am, Oct 11, 2008
ste4ve

Time for Sarah to land back on planet earth, don'tcha think? Here's a Palin palate cleanser to help things along:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4kXgF88wQ

11:50 am, Oct 11, 2008
pixel105

Palin should go back to Alaska and McCain should go back to Arizona, where polygamy thrives in Colorado City, Arizona (McCain's home state) where thousands of American families (10,000 people) are systematically stripped of their democratic rights and women & children are abused. John McCain hasn't lifted a finger to stop it. What qualifies McCain to be president when he can't even clean up the Taliban in his own backyard?

1:20 pm, Oct 11, 2008
sonofeinar

I just spoke to Rev. Howard Bess who shared that Max Blumenthal misquoted him. His book, "Pastor, I'm Gay," was never removed from the Wasilla Public Library. Also, the librarian from that time period has never stated that Palin pressured her to remove the book.

I also spoke to a supervisor at the Wasilla Public Library. From 1986 through 2007, five books have been challenged but they all remained on the shelf. "Pastor, I'm Gay" is not part of that list.

Rev. Bess, a retired Baptist minister who never served in the Assembly of God denomination, revealed that he had heard that four copies of his book had disappeared at one time or another from the library.

6:16 pm, Oct 11, 2008
kristieboo

i am just so still amazed that we have even gotten this far.

1:08 am, Oct 12, 2008
sonofeinar

I wrote that Rev. Bess's book "was never removed from the Wasilla Public Library." It was not "removed' in the context of being banned; in fact, official records show it was never challenged. Bess shared that it's not currently in circulation at Wasilla.

9:12 pm, Oct 12, 2008
santi-jose

beware of false gods.

11:26 pm, Oct 12, 2008
Mac-the-knife

"Casting of rocks" .... is what!
I like Sarah Palin.

8:56 am, Oct 13, 2008
Mac-the-knife

not necessarily correct

3:31 pm, Oct 13, 2008
DABROAD

I remember stumbling across an online discussion between Christians about what to do if one finds an "objectionable" article, magazine or book in a waiting room. Most said that they would sneak the magazine out, or tear out the offending article, and throw it away. Some said they do the same thing with a library book they find offensive.I guess that "thou shall not steal" doesn't apply if you're doing "the lord's work".

9:53 am, Oct 21, 2008
deadman49

what this naion needs, is a leader, who has peace with-in himself, nad with others around the world. what this nation doesnt need, is a very beautiful lady, who knows absolutely nothing about the world affairs, and has a big mouth in many issues, and would be a gret candidate to poe for playboy magazine instead. lets keep it real people. mccaine is an idiot with no real direction, that he chose a lady as his patsy, and knows all the other candidates turned there backs on him, because they all know their are many hidden bones in his closet, many, but will soon come out and put him in his place, in history.

4:22 pm, Oct 24, 2008
EdUSNRET

EdUSNRET
God wants spiritual fruit NOT religious nuts

3:36 pm, Oct 27, 2008
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