In the last few days, video footage of her describing the Iraq war as "a task from God" and urging trainee pastors to pray for a new gas pipeline as "God's will" has been unearthed and posted on YouTube. As a fundamentalist Christian who advocates the teaching of intelligent design (a form of biblical creationism) in schools and opposes abortion even when a mother was raped or her life is at risk, her beliefs certainly appeal to the hardline Religious Right but may deter more mainstream swing voters.