{"id":3246,"date":"2013-12-08T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T05:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2013-12-08T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T05:46:07","slug":"here-comes-our-christmas-entertainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/12\/08\/here-comes-our-christmas-entertainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Here comes our Christmas entertainer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to admit there is nothing funnier than a rant<\/a> from Our Lady of Grace, Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n

If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, Sarah Palin said, he would probably go on Fox News to complain about the war on Christmas.<\/p>\n

The former half-term governor of Alaska and failed vice presidential candidate appeared Thursday at Liberty University to promote her new book\u00a0Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She told the audience of students that the U.S. Constitution was written by and for moral and religious people, and that nonreligious people probably were incapable of appreciating its principles.<\/p>\n

She seemed to imply that Jefferson, who spent his summers at a home not far from the present-day site of Liberty University, may have been inspired by the religious college founded in 1971 by televangelist Jerry Falwell.<\/p>\n

\u201cThomas Jefferson and his thinking, I believe that much of it fundamentally came from this area, having spent his summers here, having spent influential years here, two miles away from Liberty University,\u201d Palin said. \u201cMan, there\u2019s something in the water, perhaps, around here \u2013 again you are fortunate you get to taste it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palin said Jefferson would likely agree that secularists had set their sights on destroying the religious themes in Christmas celebrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would recognize those who would want to try to ignore that Jesus is the reason for the season, those who would want to try to abort Christ from Christmas,\u201d she said. \u201cHe would recognize that, for the most part, these are angry atheists armed with an attorney. They are not the majority of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jefferson's<\/a>
Letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cBut heaven forbid we claim any type of offense when we say, \u2018Wait, you\u2019re stripping Jesus from the reason, as the reason for the season,\u2019 but heaven forbid we claim any type of offense,\u201d Palin said. \u201cSo that double standard, I think Thomas Jefferson would certainly recognize it and stand up and he wouldn\u2019t let anybody tell him to sit down and shut up.”<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>
Letter to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 30 July, 1816<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/blockquote>\n

I, for one, think good old Jeff’s latter suggestion applies best to Palin…
\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/IE-OCDexYrU
\nBut to be fair to Palin, history has never been<\/a> her strong suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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