My latest post at Casting Stones

EXCERPT: I have been inundated by reporters and pundits from the media’s chattering classes wanting to know if this revelation will cause traditional family values voters to withdraw their support. It has been clear they expect my answer to be “yes” because they are surprised and astonished when I tell them that this will make traditional values, pro-life voters more likely to support her.

The fact that the secular media are so astonished by my answer shows the extent to which they just “don’t get it” when it comes to pro-life Protestants and Catholics…

Read my complete column…

So while I scrolled through my Google Reader last night, I decided to check my email ‘just in case’ there was something that would warrant my attention early the this morning. I discovered what was essentially a ‘rash’ of mail the RichardLandLIVE.com Comment inbox, followed by a few more this morning. I’ve decided to share these with you, but first, let’s see what they were responding too…

When asked about the situation with Palin’s daughter, Richard Land had this to say…

“This is the pro-life choice. The fact that people will criticize her for this shows the astounding extent to which the secular critics of the pro-life movement just don’t get it. Those who criticize the Palin family don’t understand that we don’t see babies as a punishment but as a blessing. Barack Obama said ( Video, Transcript ) that if one of his daughters made a mistake and got pregnant out of wedlock he wouldn’t want her to be punished with a child . Pro lifers don’t see a child as punishment.”

Having read this on either The Brody File or CNN, folks who I can only presume are ‘pro-choice’ found the Richard Land comment box (see the right column of this page) and responded.

CAUTION: The following comments are not exactly ‘family-friendly’. As you’ll see after the break, their classiness abounds…

Show notes on Palin

• Richard Land suggested Palin on Aug 8: Evangelical Leader Warns McCain On VP Pick - CBS News, Aug 8

CBSNews.com: Who’s on the list of people mentioned for VP that you think would most excite Southern Baptists and other members of the conservative faith community?

Richard Land: Probably Governor Palin of Alaska, because she’s a person of strong faith. She just had her fifth child, a Downs Syndrome child. And there’s a wonderful quote that she gave about her baby, and the fact that she would never, ever consider having an abortion just because her child had Downs Syndrome. She’s strongly pro-life.

She’s a virtual lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. She would ring so many bells. And I just think it would help with independents because she’s a woman. She’s a reform Governor. I think that, from what I hear, that would be the choice that would probably ring the most bells, along with Mike Huckabee, of course, who’s a Southern Baptist.

• Senator’s McCain’s bold choice - Casting Stones
• What Hillary Clinton’s women want - Geraldine Ferraro
• How Palin came to the top of the list - CBS News
• Palin, an Outsider Who Charms - NY Times

Bio stuff - Gov. Sarah Palin

• Bio - National Journal Almanac
• Bio - Wikipedia
• The Most Popular Governor - Fred Barnes, July 2007

Commentary on Palin

• Evangelical Leader Warns McCain On VP Pick - CBS News
• McCain Finally Reaches out to Christian Right - Dan Gilgoff at God-o-Meter
• Family Research Council Action Shocked and Elated - Gilgoff at God-o-Meter
• How Palin came to the top of the list - CBS News

Women voters

• What Hillary Clinton’s women want - Geraldine Ferraro

Off-topic but very important

• NoAssistedSuicide.com