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Is someone after Sarah Palin or was it just a coincidence that the church she attends was set on fire Friday night? The fire that tore through Wasilla Bible Church Friday night has been labeled as “suspicious” and Sarah Palin is already apologizing if indeed the fire was set because of her.

Palin was not at the church when the fire broke out. There was, however, a group of women and children doing crafts in the church at the time the blaze was set. They were all able to escape when the fire alarm went off.

Palin did visit the church on Saturday to personally apologize, according to her spokesman, Bill McAllister. McAllister is quoted as saying that Sarah “told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice presidential candidate on Aug. 29.”

In an interview with host Fared Zakaria for CNN’s Sunday “GPS” program, former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke out about what caused the Republican party to lose their bid for the presidential election and what needs to happen for them to regain their lost credibility.

Fared Zakaria: What do you think is going to happen to the Republican Party? You sounded concerned then [during the 08' presidential elections], and you always have been concerned about certain aspects of your party. Do you think it’s moving in the right direction?

Colin Powell: We don’t know yet. I don’t know yet. I think that in the latter months of the campaign the party moved further to the right. Governor Palin to some extent pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about small town values are good. Well most of us don’t live in small towns. I was raised in the South Bronx and there’s nothing wrong with my value system from the South Bronx.

And when they came to Virginia and said, you know, that the Southern part of Virginia is good but the Northern part of Virginia is bad…the only problem is that is there are more votes in the Northern part of Virginia than there are in the Southern part of Virginia, so that doesn’t work; but it was that attempt on the part of the party to use polarization for political advantage that I think backfired, and I think the party has to take a hard look at itself.

There’s nothing wrong with being conservative. There’s nothing wrong with having socially conservative views. I don’t object to that; but if the party wants to have a future in this country it has to face some realities. In another twenty years the majority in this country will be the minority.

There was an article recently in the New York Times saying that most of our urban cities now have a minority majority as its population; and the Republican party has to begin appealing to Hispanics, to Blacks, to Asians because that’s who we have lost to a large extent in recent elections. And you can’t appeal to them just by saying “Horatio Alger pull up yourself, pull up by your bootstraps. No more welfare.” These sorts of loaded statements - the Republican Party has to now start listening to the African American community, and the Hispanic and Asian and other minority communities and see what’s in their hearts and minds and not just try to influence them by Republican principles and dogma.

And so I think the party has to stop shouting at the world, at the country. I think the party has to take a hard look at itself; and I’ve talked to a number of leaders in recent weeks and they understand that. I was impressed by an article that Morton Kondracke wrote recently that said, “Can we continue to listen to Rush Limbaugh? Is this really the kind of party that we want to be when these kinds of spokespersons seem to appeal to our lesser instincts rather than our better instincts?”

Remember that issue that erupted during the presidential elections when the media was trying to stir up a Sarah Palin Oprah Winfrey controversy saying that Oprah was refusing to have Sarah Palin on her show because it would conflict with her support of Barack Obama? Well the feud is still ongoing it seems.

Oprah Winfrey tried to get an interview with Sarah Palin weeks after the elections were concluded, but Sarah Palin rejected the offer. Sarah’s people say it was nothing personal. Sarah just had so many requests on her plate she couldn’t accept them all. They say she turned down many requests, of which Oprah Winfrey’s request just happened to be one of requests declined; but Oprah Winfrey seemed to be suggesting in an interview with Extra that Sarah Palin turned her down to pay her back for not interviewing her during the election.

“I said I would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin when the election was over…” said Winfrey.

“I went and tried to talk to Sarah Palin and instead she talked to Greta [Van Susteren]. She talked to Matt [Lauer]. She talked to Larry [King]. But she didn’t talk to me.”

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Sarah Palin, governor or Alaska and vice presidential running mate of the defeated 2008 Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, is facing criticism for appearing to be having a grand old time during an interview while turkeys were being slaughtered right behind her. Watch video

Now for a show of hands: how many of you shook your head with disbelief that Sarah Palin would be so callous as to be standing there laughing it up while turkeys were being killed? And among those of you who shook your head in disbelief, how many of you are going to be chowing down on turkey on Thanksgiving Day?

Why condemn the governor for not bothering to put up a pretense of concern over the slaughtering of the turkeys when you yourself are going to be eating the meat of slaughtered turkeys?

If you’re hoping Sarah Palin will just go away you might be in for a long winter. Sarah is showing no signs that she intends to disappear back into oblivion. Palin attended the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami today; and when asked about the talk that she’s the future of the republican party, she had this to say:

“I don’t think it’s me personally, I think it’s what I represent.”

“Every day hardworking American families — a woman on the ticket perhaps represents that. It would be good for the ticket. It would be good for the party. I would be happy to get to do whatever is asked of me to help progress this nation.”

Seriously people stop smoking whatever it is you’re all smoking. Let’s stop the BS once and for all. Sarah Palin has nothing to offer to the betterment of the United States of America. Giving someone like Sarah Palin power would be a huge mistake. Sarah Palin is not an enlightened American, and you can’t empower the unenlightened and expect advancement. The whole idea of Sarah Palin for president is so ridiculous it’s hard to imagine anyone would be taking it seriously. Let’s just get over the nonsense and stop giving Sarah Palin attention. It’s over. Let her go back to being the governor of Alaska and keep her out of the conversation when it comes to talking about the future of the country.

McCain: Palin will play a ‘big role’ in the future

Before the date on which Senator John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his Vice-presidential running mate in his bid for the US presidency, few people had ever heard the name Sarah Palin.

Now, however they might react at the sound of her name, most people in the world are familiar with Sarah Palin. Whether you think of actress Tina Fey’s SNL sketches where she parodied the former US vice-presidential candidate, or you think of the famous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric; or you think of some other image of Sarah Palin, one thing is certain, you’re not likely to forget Sarah Palin any time soon.

In Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down, author Kaylene Johnson aims to give readers a glimpse into the life of Sarah Palin from her youth up to the time she was elected governor of Alaska. Some readers call the book “great” saying that it provides meaningful insight. Of 131 customers who reviewed the book, 76 gave it 5 stars, 21 gave it 4 stars, 10 gave it 3 stars, 11 gave it 2 stars and 13 gave it 1 star.

In a review of the book Fox News Network said of Sarah Palin: “A politician of eye-popping integrity . . . and probably the most popular public official in any state.” - Fox News Network

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down is available for purchase at amazon.com for $8.77