“Gov Palin’s extracurricular efforts on behalf of her family probably stretch ethical boundaries but they are so inconsequential versus the enormous need for leadership our country now faces.  To fault her for these efforts to avenge her family name misses the larger need:  She operates on a pretty puny scale. 

We need leaders to rise to a greater horizon and she is sadly incapable of that.  How often did the people of Yahweh miss that same moment?  I feel like we are still down in the valley right now worshiping the Golden Calf (which happens to be the well-time lectionary this Sunday) and we await our Moses to deliver us once again.”