What's the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick
A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian.
by JUAN COLE
September 9, 2009

"John McCain announced that he was running for president to confront
the "transcendent challenge" of the 21st century, "radical Islamic
extremism," contrasting it with "stability, tolerance and democracy."
But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more
resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the
Founding Fathers. On censorship, the teaching of creationism in
schools, reproductive rights, attributing government policy to God's
will and climate change, Palin agrees with Hamas and Saudi Arabia
rather than supporting tolerance and democratic precepts. What is the
difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick.

"McCain pledged to work for peace based on "the transformative ideals
on which we were founded." Tolerance and democracy require freedom of
speech and the press, but while mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin...