The scene has been played on YouTube about half a million times, a kind of Rorschach test for Americans of religious faith. Left-wing observers cite the clip as evidence that Palin is a right-wing Christian nut who believes in witches and exorcisms and, most probably, in crazy end-times scenarios. The right repeats its mantra about Palin's Bible-based values, knowing that her religious background aligns her with at least 20 million of the country's most conservative Christian voters. They know that Pentecostalism, the branch of Protestantism embraced by Muthee and in which Palin was raised, is the fastest growing religious movement in the world. Perhaps they are also aware of a recent Gallup poll, in which a fifth of Americans say they believe in witches.
Palin's Christian faith is, well, a matter of faith; that her Christian resume helped earn her a spot on the Republican ticket is understood. But...
