{"id":276,"date":"2008-09-13T22:14:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T22:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/gods-will-the-pipeline.html"},"modified":"2008-09-13T22:14:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T22:14:33","slug":"gods-will-the-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/gods-will-the-pipeline.html","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Will &amp; The Alaska Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/?p=3917\"><\/a>GetReligion.org offered me kind words for pointing out that when Palin&#8217;s religion came up in the ABC interview, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/palin-is-right-gibson-is-wrong.html\">Charlie Gibson was wrong and Sarah Palin was right.<\/a>Good press watchdog that he is, Terry Mattingly has challenged ABC and AP to issue a correction. I agree.  Terry, the driving force behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/\">GetReligion,<\/a> also challenged me to provide the evidence for my suggestion that there are <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/palins-religion-whats-scary-wh.html\">other<\/a><\/em> Palin faith-related issues that do put Palin on thin ice, if such a thing exists in Alaska.Fair question. The most troubling comment was her claim that it was God&#8217;s will that a natural gas pipeline get built.  Let&#8217;s go to the videotape:<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LS_VduCWhzM&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LS_VduCWhzM&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>Here&#8217;s the transcript:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I can do my part in doing things like working really, really to get a natural gas pipeline. It&#8217;s about a $30 billion project that&#8217;s going tol create a lot of jobs for Alaskans and we&#8217;ll have a lot of energy flowing through there. And pray about that also. I think God&#8217;s will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas pipeline built. 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