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Sarah Palin Has an Esther Complex

She and supporters like comparisons to the biblical figure

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2010 4:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Read enough comments from Sarah Palin's supporters, and you're bound to come across some that compare her to the biblical figure of Esther, writes Michael Joseph Gross in Vanity Fair. Palin herself takes the analogy seriously, and suggests "her rise to power is divinely ordained." Today, Gross prints an email she received from right-wing pastor Lou Engle just before her debate with Joe Biden. (Aides passed it on to her as "urgent.")

"I know you’ve heard it, but I believe this is an Esther moment in your life," it reads. "Esther hid her identity until Mordecai challenged her to risk everything for such a time as this. ... I could be wrong, but I’ve been praying for five years for an Esther, with dreams of being a Mordecai to that Esther. I believe you’re the one." He also offers debate advice and refers to abortion as a "holocaust." Gross explains Esther's story in more detail in the full article. For more news on Palin, click here.

Sarah Palin gestures while addressing the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010.
Sarah Palin gestures while addressing the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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Nora_Kit
Sep 19, 2010 10:14 PM CDT
My problem is with things is that Republicans think that because of Obama and Sarah Palin that the power is swinging back to them. This is so hilarious. I have said over and over again in here the Republicans are no more favored than the Democrats and no one is safe. I left the Republican party after the last election and became an independent. I have no more affiliation towards the Republicans. They ruined it in my site.
brawne
Sep 19, 2010 9:30 PM CDT
You know, the problem here is when Christians read the Old Testament. It isn't their book. Sorry, but that be the Jews' book. The part where Jesus said I'm the messiah and could have lived if he'd simply said--OK, not the messiah -- after that--that part of the book belongs to Christians--can't be a Christian without Christ. Why do so many prayer warriors hold onto a book that isn't theirs? Kinda like a Mormon using part of the Quran for their own benefit. Sorry, prissassilla, you don't get to pick and choose. Wanna be Ester--then you get the God that Ester got--not the one who evolved into the New Testament. That God would have smote you to a cinder for having the audacity for one moment to think that you mattered more than he. That's why Christians wrote another book--for your lame ass to practice the Golden Rule--oops.
BlueAyez
Sep 19, 2010 5:03 PM CDT
If I want to live in a theocracy I'll move to Iran. In the meantime keep your damn religion out of my government.

 
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