no deflection, just a reasonable question, IMO.
i have no idea why palin chose her church; i've read several sources that said that one of the reasons senator obama chose the reverend wright's church was because it was politically advantageous for him.
just food for thought.
"When Obama picked a "church home," he chose one that helped him with another weak spot in his biography. Before Obama joined Trinity United, Rev. Wright warned Obama that the church was viewed as "too radical ... Our emphasis on African history, on scholarship..." But Obama joined anyway.
With that act, he had become significantly blacker -- and more like local voters. Part of the cultural divide between the half-Kenyan Hawaiian and his Chicago neighbors, most of them products of the Deep South's black diaspora, was bridged
The crazy uncles in Obama's attic | Salon
apparently, the neanderthal righties at salon.com agree with me on this.
go figure.