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The following video from the American News Project<\/a> highlights the religious beliefs typical of the Assemblies of God<\/a> tradition with which Sarah Palin is connected, and the need for voters to ask her about beliefs which have political ramifications. Many were, I am sure, pleased to learn that her understanding is not<\/i> that it is her responsibility to impose her moral views on others. But the question of whether she looks forward to an imminent apocalypse cannot but be relevant when we consider placing someone in a position to potentially end up overseeing America\u2019s nuclear (or \u201cnucular\u201d) arsenal.<\/p>\n

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Asking questions is always a good thing, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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