Sarah Palin sits out 2012. There is a God.

By Kathleen Parker,
WashPost
Published: October 6

Undoubtedly many Americans, not least among them television producers, are disappointed by Sarah Palin’s decision not to run for president.

On the bright side, Palin has proved (finally) that there is a God.

How so?

For the past three years, since she rocketed from relative obscurity to political diva, Palin has hinted that she might run for the highest office but would rely on God’s guidance. This template is not unique to Palin. Millions pray to a higher order to discover the right path. I recently watched a few minutes of “Eat, Pray, Love” before succumbing to an ennui-induced coma; in the movie, Julia Roberts tearfully implores God, to whom she admits not having spoken on a regular basis, to tell her what to do: Dump her boring husband and follow her appetite for pasta and spiritual enlightenment through casual sex? Or . . .

The title correctly hints at God’s directive. She eats, prays and loves — and millions of like-minded fans mistake insipidness for insight. Watching Roberts eat pasta is the wet T-shirt of chick flicks. But I digress.

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