Ralph Peters isn’t just a little upset with liberal elites about their criticism of Sarah Palin’s religious beliefs. Based on this article, I’d bet the ranch that Ralph Peters is PO’ed and then some. Here’s the first hint that there was a bee in Col. Peters’ bonnet:

NOTHING in recent memory has driven home the divide between our self-appointed aristocracy and “commoners” as sharply as the intelligentsia’s rush to mock Gov. Sarah Palin’s religious faith.

While the attacks and insults are backfiring on the mortified elites, the double standard applied to “Sarah America” is a disgrace that can’t be excused as “just politics.”

Here’s where Col. Peters empties the clip:

But the root of the left’s dread of this happily married mother of five seems to be that she actually believes in God: How could anyone be that stupid?

Such a woman wouldn’t fit in Washington (nor would a man of equal faith). In the DC area (where I live), plenty of government-affiliated men and women regularly attend a church or synagogue. But their appearances are perfunctory and well-mannered. Passionate faith is regarded as an embarrassment.

Washington fears faith, even nominal believers inside the Beltway have been shaped by secular educations and secular caste values.

Humans fear what they can’t understand, and our comfortable ruling class just can’t comprehend the power and the glory, the beauty and the ecstasy, the awe and commitment experienced by those who believe in a divine power. To paraphrase the late Leona Helmsley, “Faith is for the little people.”

I remember in 1994 how Rep. Vic Fazio, (D-Calif.), ridiculed people of faith, essentially saying that Republicans wouldn’t retake the House because people were turned off by religious fanatics. It was apparent that he thought of Christians and other people of faith as foreign as people from a different solar system.

After President Bush was sworn in as president, Washington was abuzz with rumors that “George Bush shuts his eyes when he prays.” The practice was apparently totally foreign to them.

Sen. Barack Obama’s behind-closed-doors remark in San Francisco to the effect that worried blue-collar chumps cling to God and guns perfectly captured the left’s worldview, equating faith and firearms as equal menaces to an enlightened society.

This highlights why I think Sen. McCain has a great shot at flipping Pennsylvania and holding Ohio. There’s alot of culturally conservative Democrats living in Pennsylvania’s T and throughout Ohio.

Elitist attitudes towards people of faith would get our Founding Fathers’ blood boiling. Europe’s dictatorial rule over faith issues is one of the reasons why we declared our independence from the throne. The last thing we need is to heed the anti-religious elitists.

Technorati Tags: Elitism, First Amendment, Religion, Liberals, Sarah Palin, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. All conservatives, christians and all who believe in our constutional freedoms need to get out and vote for Mccain and other conservatives in our congress races who are people who will defend our constutional freedoms and not compromise our national security. Obama is evil, he has lied numerous times about his own voting record including on his radical abortion stance, he has lied about taxes saying he would lower but votes for higher every time, lies about our troops fighting he has voted against funds for them. Now only does he lie about himself but he now lying about John McCain record. His record speaks for himself and now one should believe obama’s lies and deceptions and he should be exposed for who he is. He is also now using bullying tactics against stations that air ads he doesn’t like which is assualt on our freedoms. And he has always attacking the second admendment of the constutiotion which states the right to bear arms. Liberals have attacked freedom of religion with recent court ruling in california against following convictions and a continual assault against praying in the name of Jesus in public and expressing our christian/biblical befiefs. Obama and other liberals show disrespect for our constitution and we need to stand against thier evil and defeat. them

   Comment by charlie — October 8, 2008 @ 6:59 am