Web page with comments by Sarah Palin disappeared today

[patoadam]

Yesterday, at the URL http://eagleforumalaska.blogspot.com/2006/07/2006-gubernatorial-candidate.html, a "2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire" appeared dated July 31, 2006, including responses by Sarah Palin and other Alaska gubernatorial candidates to questions apparently submitted by "Eagle Forum Alaska". This web page was removed either late last night (after 11 pm Pacific time) or some time today (before 1 pm Pacific time on September 2, 2008).

It included the following questions and answers, among others:

SP = Sarah Palin (R )

1. Complete the sentence by checking the applicable phrases (you can check more than one).
Abortion should be:
Banned throughout entire pregnancy.
Legal to save the life of the mother.
Legal in case of rape and incest.
Legal if the baby is handicapped.
Legal if the baby has a genetic defect.
Legal in the first trimester.
Legal in the second trimester.
Legal in the third trimester.
Other:__________________

SP: I am pro-life. With the exception of a doctor’s determination that the mother’s life would end if the pregnancy continued. I believe that no matter what mistakes we make as a society, we cannot condone ending an innocent’s life.

3. Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?
SP: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.

11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its [sic] good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

EDIT: Copy of web page as of 2007-05-01 found on Wayback Machine and archived on WebCite.

Comments

I find it very frightening

[capplor.livejournal.com]

that the lady or her supporters are attempting to clense the internet of any potentially hostile information. This is not the first instance I've read of such a thing (and she's only been a candidate for a week.

[sibylle]

Aside from everything else, that woman needs to read up on her national history etc! the "under god" was added to the pledge of allegiance at the height of anti-communist sentiment, in 1954, around 60 years ago! Ah, bah.

(Edited because I googled the year...)

[patoadam]

Yup, you know your American history. Pity you can't vote.

[branna.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Not to mention that it wasn't written in the first place until long after the heyday of the founding fathers...

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

And by a socialist, no less....

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

"Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia...."

[poltr1]

Riddle me this, Batman. Where is marriage defined in the U.S. Constitution? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it is.