While doing some Google research for my cartoon the other day, I inadvertently came across an article written by pastor (and hardcore "Obama is a secret Muslim" conspiracy nut) Grant Swank, asserting that "John Edwards has a lying spirit." On the subject of Edwards’ affair and subsequent cover-up, he states:
Now he speaks to media from two or six sides of his mouth. In biblical terms, Edwards is possessed. He is possessed with a lying spirit of the devil.
There are sins of the flesh. There are sins of the spirit.
Adultery is obviously a sin of the flesh. But now Edwards, caught in the unfaithfulness toward his wife and family, is committing the sin of the spirit — lying.
This got me thinking. It has been widely demonstrated that Sarah Palin has been speaking from two or six sides of her mouth. The Ninth Commandment states pretty clearly: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Could Palin be possessed with the lying spirit of the devil?
If so, that would be big news, since we all know how she feels about sinnin’. As the New York Times reported over the weekend, when she was a city councilwoman in 1995 she wanted to remove the book Daddy’s Roommate from the shelves of the Wasilla Public Library. The book, according to her former campaign manager, inoffensively explained homosexuality to children. Palin didn’t even want to read it. I can only imagine she feared the devil within. So why isn’t she afraid to lie? Is she trying to get off on the technicality that Obama isn’t literally her neighbor, since he doesn’t live in Alaska? Hmm…
I was going to throw in the Pet Shop Boys’ video for "It’s a Sin," but I thought I’d do one better. Sarah, this Tom Robinson song is for you!