{"id":379,"date":"2008-10-17T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/10\/and-then-the-lord-spake-unto-t.html"},"modified":"2008-10-17T11:00:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T11:00:18","slug":"and-then-the-lord-spake-unto-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/10\/and-then-the-lord-spake-unto-t.html","title":{"rendered":"And Then the Lord Spake Unto the Pollsters&#8230;. (Sarah Palin, God &amp; &#8220;Pro America&#8221; States)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2008\/10\/17\/to_avoid_being_depressed_palin.html\">Washington Post account <\/a>of a Sarah Palin rally:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Giving credit to a higher power for the day&#8217;s poll ratings, the Alaska governor told the roughly 500-person audience that things might be changing. &#8220;We even saw today, thank the Lord,&#8221; she said, looking upwards and raising her fist, &#8220;We saw some movement.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Post added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Palin also made a point of mentioning that she loved to visit the &#8220;pro-America&#8221; areas of the country, of which North Carolina is one. 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