For those who missed it, Gov. Sarah Palin’s church in Wasilla, Alaska was torched recently:
Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $1 million, authorities said. No one was injured in the fire, which was set Friday night while a handful of people, including two children, were inside, according to James Steele, the Central Mat-Su fire chief.
He said the blaze was being investigated as an arson. Steele said he didn’t know of any recent threats to the church, and authorities did not know whether Palin’s connection to the church was relevant to the fire.
“It’s hard to say at this point. Everything is just speculation,” he said.
Pastor Larry Kroon declined to say whether the church had received any recent threats.
Palin was not at the church at the time of the fire. She stopped by Saturday, and her spokesman Bill McAllister said in a statement that the governor told an assistant pastor she was sorry if the fire was connected to the “undeserved negative attention” the church has received since she became the vice presidential candidate Aug. 29.
New info from the ATF shows that an accelerant was poured around the church, in several different locations. When the fire was started, there were children inside the church. This is more than simple arson. This is attempted murder.
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