One of my takeaways on the Palin interview was the exchange on her comments about Iraq being a task from God. Could we have misunderestimated Sarah?...who would have guessed that she was so well versed in the speeches and writings of Abe Lincoln that she can pick one right off the top of her head? The thing of it is though, if her statement was in her words "a repeat" of Lincoln, wouldn't it be proper to cite Lincoln as the author? Just saying...
Oh yeah, since she is such a Lincoln buff, someone might want to ask her what other Lincoln passages she favors? Might make her head explode but should be good fun.
GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God." Are we fighting a holy war?
PALIN: You know, I don't know if that was my exact quote.
GIBSON: Exact words.
PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln's words when he said -- first, he suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.
But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that's a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God's side.
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