1 First

2 Once again, Sarah Palin is the only Republican with the guts to say what needs to be said.  Unless someone else comes along who has some semblance of a spine, she'll get my vote if she runs.

3 It is absolutely a blood libel.  The left are trying to convince their sheep that we are out for their blood, and that Giffords' blood is on our hands.

How much more explicit do they want to get before we're allowed to call them on it.

Oh, yeah.  I forgot.  "Shut up."

4 Does anyone expect anything any different from the MFM when it comes to Palin?

They are scared to death of her.

5 The Left should pray we do not become the monsters they say we already are.

6

Sarah lays out a suit of clothes, and the Left shrieks that it's cut to fit.

Guilty conscience anyone?

7

 They don't own the words and their attempt to redefine the term demonstrates their own ignorance, not hers.

Not their ignorance but their evil intent. They change the meaning of words to suit their political agenda.

8 There's more evidence to call this a 'blood libel' than there is of Tea Party or Palin involvement in Loughner's tortured reality.

9 This woman is brave.  This is wise and statesman-like action.  She is head and shoulders above anyone else in public life right now when it comes to standing up for what is right and remaining civil and positive while calling others on their stuff.

10 And, as many have noted, if Left really thought we were unhinged and dangerous, they would be sucking our dick like we were Muslims.

11 Once again I'm on a different wavelength than the "elites" I never heard of blood libel being associated with attacks on jews. I hear it as Palin meant it. Falsely trying to associate the tea party or SarahPAC with the bloody crime committed by a psychotic bastard who fed his mental illness by taking illegal drugs.

12 Actually, they're squealing because she's calling them Nazis.

13 This was very, very good.

Perfect tone and delivery, on point content.

Compassion, leadership, patriotism.

Character.

You know it was very good, because the KosFucks and Humpington post are absolutely freaking the fuck out already.

Home run, bases loaded Sarah.

14 She seemed to stay classy.  As surferdoc says, she is a brave woman.  And I agree with the rest of what he says in #9.

15 Look, when I sucker punch you in the nose: STFU!
/s/
MFM

I'm sorry my nose got in the way of your fist.
/s/
GOP Cocktail Circuit

[kick to the crotch; punch in the throat]
How'd you like that?
/s/
Palin

16

Meanwhile TPaw is soiling himself with concern about crop-marks resembling gunsight scribes.

Where are all those other GOP POTUS hopefuls?  Keeping their little heads down so their silky-pony-hairdos don't get mussed?

17

Control the language, control the debate... its been going of for years.

They lost the debate, so now they must try to regain control of the language...

Don't let them.

18 I am worried that she says too much. People are just going to point and piss that Palin thinks its all about her for daring to respond to these lies. Everyone on the right should be railing against the entire premise that any rhetoric caused this. When we move past that point or concede it to the left they will just grin and push further. It pains me to see some conservatives buying into this argument about rhetoric. 

19

After all the shit they spewed the last few days, they get the vapors over THIS?

I think they are simply latching onto it so that they don't have to pull out their assumptions and examine them. It's much easier on the ego that way. Change is hard.

20 Beautiful response from someone who should not have to give one. Blood Libel indeed!

21
The Paper of Record^®

22 Where were all of these concerned  people when the word "ghetto" began being used for black neighborhoods?

The word originally referred to the walled-off communities of jews in Europe (such as the Warsaw Ghetto).  I didn't see anyone complaining about that change in meaning.

David Corn was on Twitter this morning saying that Palin was cmparing herself to Holocaust victims.

This crap needs to be stopped,  right now.   Palin will get my vote because she is the ONLY GOP figure who has demonstrated courage against the press.

And Pawlenty is worthless,  and should try for a consulting job with one of his pet ethanol companies.

23 David Corn was on Twitter this morning saying that Palin was cmparing herself to Holocaust victims.

Nope.  She's comparing THEM to Nazis.

24 the baking of matzos for passover.

The name of the holiday should be capitalized.  Can't even proofread their own bullshit? Or subtle jab?

25 Did Leonidas have to put up with this?

26 2 "Once again, Sarah Palin is the only Republican with the guts to say what needs to be said. Unless someone else comes along who has some semblance of a spine, she'll get my vote if she runs." She is the one for me if only for the reason that they hate her so much. The bitter sweet tears of liberal defeat, I can almost taste them....

27 I take it they will object to the term "Holocaust cloak" in The Princess Bride.

28 I hope Palin runs just so she can call out whatever squishes are also running in the debates.  Can you imagine a pussy like Romney showing the strength that Palin does?

29 NYFishwrap: "Blood libel is typically used to describe blah blah blahbity blah..."

Hey, shades of Loughner there. If I set the terms, if I set the definitions, if I say A -> B, B -> C, therefore A -> C, I mold minds. I win! And by I, I mean the NYFishwrap.

Well played, Blood Libelists Krugman et al. Only now, an Army of Davids (Hi, Gabe!) is around to check your bullshit.


And well said, Sarahcuda. Naturally.

30 Control the language, control the debate


Mind control through grammar?

31 10 This

32 How dare you say I use blood libel incorrectly, you Reich-Wing Nazi Teabagging racist.

I keeeeel you!

33 The Slime's claim of what "blood libel" is "typically" used for is a fucking lie.  I can find plenty of examples to the contrary.  Those lying assholes are so deep in it they can't help themselves,

34 They want to make this all about Palin, she needs to not put the spot light on herself and let others do the responding.

35

"I am worried that she says too much.  People are just going to point and piss that Palin thinks its all about her for daring to respond to these lies.  Everyone on the right should be railing against the entire premise that any rhetoric caused this. When we move past that point or concede it to the left they will just grin and push further. It pains me to see some conservatives buying into this argument about rhetoric." 

They're going to point and piss at SP no matter what she does.  If it's a shorter response, they'll bitch about it being meaningless.  If it's no response, they'll see it as a tacit admission of their warped idea of guilt. 

Not exactly sure what you think the appropriate reponse is other than "sit there and take it in the ass".  Because railing against a "premise" while the left is targeting specific groups and individuals just ain't gonna cut it.

36 She is a Leader.

37 It pains me to see some conservatives buying into this argument about rhetoric. 

Posted by: Drew in MO

 

We are learning what sort of leaders we do, and do not possess. The cowards that are providing soundbites and silence now will come out from the baseboards and demand your support in 2012. Others will demand that you shut up and provide that support (think McCain in 200 .

This is an ugly trial by fire, and we're learning who among us are leaders (Boehner seems to be resisting the stampede of stupidity) and who would gladly pay tribute to stay alive another day (Pawlenty).

38 Good job, Palin. I see another post below that uses the phrase Yellow Journalism. That too is awesome and true. Also, since people like instapundit and WSJ have called this a blood libel since the shooting lies have started flying, this usage shows the usage thereof is unobjectionable.

39 They want to make this all about Palin, she needs to not put the spot light on herself and let others do the responding.

Posted by: Drew in MO

 

Others as in whom? Pawlenty?

40

As I said while campaigning for others last March in Arizona during a very heated primary race, “We know violence isn’t the answer. When we ‘take up our arms’, we’re talking about our vote.”

YES.  This.  This is what needs to be done.  If the MFM says, "Sarah Palin told her followers to take up arms!" the right needs to respond, "And then she said, 'Violence isn't the answer.  We're talking about our vote.'"  Excellent jab, Mrs. Palin. (OOH!  Inflammatory pugilist rhetoric!  I denounce myself.)

Just days before she was shot, Congresswoman Giffords read the First Amendment on the floor of the House. It was a beautiful moment and more than simply “symbolic,” as some claim, to have the Constitution read by our Congress. I am confident she knew that reading our sacred charter of liberty was more than just “symbolic.” But less than a week after Congresswoman Giffords reaffirmed our protected freedoms, another member of Congress announced that he would propose a law that would criminalize speech he found offensive.

BINGO, BINGO, BINGO.

President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

I pray most days that we'll find another leader with the grace, sense, and resolve of Reagan to lead us out of these dark days under the Bammy hammer.  Listening to his speeches today, it's like he's speaking ABOUT today, not the world thirty years ago.  I love Palin, but I don't know if she's the one to take up after Reagan.  Then again, maybe she is.  Reagan was the Great Communicator for a reason; he knew how to say what needed to be said in words that were accessible to anyone who bothered to listen.  I think Palin has that same ability.  Chris Christie does, too.  Others?

41 As has been pointed out, conservatives have become a stand in for Jews in the left's hierarchy of hate.

Just as anti-Semites believe that everything that goes wrong is the fault of "the Jews" the modern left puts every real and imagined tragedy at the feet of conservatives. Insane lefty shots his congresswoman?

The Conservatives cabal made him do it!
Global Warming/Cooling/Change/Not Change/Disruption? The Conservative cabal is responsible!
Communist flies into an IRS building? THE CONSERVATIVE CABAL!
Mismanaged city floods during a historic hurricane and people die? Its the fault of the conservative cabal.
Etc..

42

Hey Jimmy,

Get bent

43 She is soooo good at rattling the monkey cages.  All she has to do is look at them and they begin to shit all over themselves.

44 In an alternative universe:

Sarah Palin: "People are saying mean things about me!"

MSM: "Mean, nazis were mean. Palin = nazi!"

She's focked whatever she says.

45 I object to the word "democrat" since it's orginial meaning referred to sane people.

46 They want to make this all about Palin, she needs to not put the spot light on herself and let others do the responding.

Posted by: Drew in MO

They are calling her out personally. And the Republican party as a whole is not known for its bravery or ability to competently respond to media feeding frenzies...

47

gary gulrud: "Where are all those other GOP POTUS hopefuls? Keeping their little heads down so their silky-pony-hairdos don't get mussed?"

Exactly. The only one with gonads is the attractive chick with healthy family. Nothing has changed despite the Tea Party insurgency.

48 Wait, the NYT once again pussies out.  It should read:

Blood libel is typically historically used to describe the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, but typically now used by Muslims, in particular the baking of matzos for pPassover.

FIFT

49 Some of you fucktards can't help yourself. You always have to frame the deserved praise of Palin with a shot at other Republicans. Fucking losers.

50 They want to make this all about Palin, she needs to not put the spot light on herself and let others do the responding.

Posted by: Drew in MO at January 12, 2011 10:15 AM (ltqwL)

Oh fuck off. After 3 entire news cycles of being called an accessory to mass murder, she should now just shut the fuck up about it?

I suppose a woman being raped should just appreciate the attention, because it would be rude to interrupt the rapist while he's fucking you against your will.

What a load of shit.

51 Has anyone heard/read anything about the judge's family's reaction to all of this? 

It was understandable (but disappointing) to me that Giffords' husband would lash out at the nebulous dark forces that "made" Loughner do this, and it was gratifying to hear the little girl's dad make his remarks about not using this event to restrict peoples' freedoms, but I have yet to hear a peep from the judge's family. 

I understand (from the MSM, so who knows) that the judge had made a ruling over a case involving illegal aliens that angered conservatives, but other than that I don't know anything about him.  Are the family blaming the anti-illegal immigration movement? 

52 She is a Leader.

Posted by: lions at January 12, 2011 10:16 AM (lW97b)

Palin isn't a perfect standard bearer by any means...but dammit she is one of the precious few conservative politicians willing to fight.

53 It didn't really hit me before that Giffords was the one who read the first amendment and yet it is because of her that the Left is pushing its attempts to limit free speech.

54 "They want to make this all about Palin, she needs to not put the spot light on herself and let others do the responding."

"shut up and take it"?
That ain't Palin.
I'm still not convinced that she has the background to be President but she's showing that she's got the character to be one.

55 I suppose a woman being raped should just appreciate the attention, because it would be rude to interrupt the rapist while he's fucking you against your will

So true.

56 But, she's a quitter! Sheesh. This woman, as said above, is a Leader. She stands up to Evil.

57 Secondly, IIRC Insty used the term in his WSJ column earlier and no outrage by the MFM.

58 Wow, that was good. The best public statement regarding the Arizona attack by any political or media figure yet. The Libs might not want to make too big an issue out of it lest they lead millions more people to watch her and realize that their favorite punchline has a far better grasp of reality than their favorite President. 

59 42 As has been pointed out, conservatives have become a stand in for Jews in the left's hierarchy of hate.

They ain't too crazy about Jews themselves, either.

60 It didn't really hit me before that Giffords was the one who read the first amendment and yet it is because of her that the Left is pushing its attempts to limit free speech.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 12, 2011 10:22 AM (T0NGe)

Dude, that's what we do. Since when did the right to free speech mean you could say things we don't like?

61 38 It pains me to see some conservatives buying into this argument about rhetoric. 

Posted by: Drew in MO

I wouldn't say conservatives are buying into the argument; quite the opposite.  Any conservative worth his or her salt knows this is nothing but media-manufactured, democrat-sanctioned bullshit.

And I would argue that Palin's response only briefly touched on her own savaging by the MFM.  It was largely a refudiation (yeah, I used it) of the despicable tactics that leftist political opportunists have used in the wake of this tragedy to exploit death, injury and mayhem for political gain.  She spoke of "we" as in "we Americans," not "me" as in, "me, Sarah Palin."

62 OT: One thing I can't understand is why guys waving fake guns have been shot dead, but someone like Loughner, who actually killed people with a real one, wasn't. Ditto with Hassan...

63 They ain't too crazy about Jews themselves, either.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 12, 2011 10:23 AM (T0NGe)

Hey we love Jews. As long as they don't actually follow Judaism and/or try to live in their historical homeland. Oh, and as long as they agree with us.

Otherwise, they can go to hell, uh, Poland.

64 Good post, Gabriel. "Contrived conniption" is exactly what this is. Just as I and many others expected, this kerfuffle will redound to Palin's benefit.

65 This is about Democrats rallying what little is left of their base, which certainly includes Jews.  Obama has upset a lot of them with his pandering to the Arab and Muslim leaders around the world.  He is in danger of losing a lot of them in 2012.  By manufacturing outrage about Sarah Palin using the term "blood libel" and claiming that somehow the Jews own this term, they imply that she is at least insensitive to them.  They think this will help them get the Jewish vote back in 2012.

66 I refuse to pay any sort of Dane-geld to the left.

67 You can't stop the Signal, Leftards.

68 Why did she use such a strange and distracting phrase? It jumps out and distracts from everything else she said.

69 Any conservative worth his or her salt knows this is nothing but media-manufactured, democrat-sanctioned bullshit.

Hence the use of the term 'blood libel.'

70 Oh, and by the way, if anyone here didn't know it already, Gabrielle Giffords is Jewish, and there have been some suggestions that Loughner's hatred of her may have been fed by some anti-semitic websites and such.  Liberals will certainly use this to suggest that Palin's use of the "blood liberal" term was inappropriate and insensitive.  Of course, this makes no sense logically, but this never seems to bother the David Corns of the world.

71 Fucking Pwnt. I was tired of Palin for a while, but this reminds me of why I shouldn't be.

She slammed dunked this shit.

72 The left were all orgasmic that they were going to be able to turn this into 0's "Oklahoma City," the turning point of the loser's residency. But, I suspect what has happened, with that video, is that this is Palin's moment to shine, the event where America takes another look, unfiltered through the MFM lens, and likes what they see.

They may have created the monster they feared most . .  . .

73 King Leonidas did show up today and he's wearing frameless glasses. This is a brave woman. A friggin' strong person. I am now more certain than ever that I want to go into a political battle with Palin. 2012 is going to rock Obama's world.

74 68 You can't stop the Signal, Leftards.

Posted by: eman at January 12, 2011 10:27 AM (0aJSF)

Would adding, "I aim to misbehave" be considered inflammatory rhetoric?

75 I think it was Glenn Reynolds who first used this term "blood libel" in his Wall Street Journal piece two days ago. Krauthammer, I believe, has also picked it up. Myself, I had never heard the term before. I really don't understand it.

76
Mentioned in the thread below is the Left's/Media's embargo of the 'first latina' governor.

But here's what's worse: Why isn't OUR SIDE talking about this?

I don't mean us. I mean the GOP leaders who should know enough to publicize this and score political points and raise awareness -- which is their job.

77 Wow! That speech was presidential in quality. If Obama had made such a speech regarding Arizona, his approval numbers would have spiked. Sarah got my vote in '08. She just demonstrated why she will get my vote in '12. That speech is a demonstration in leadership!

78

Whats really fun is the perfect timing of Sarah putting this out now.  She really does understand the news cycle.

She did not come out immediatly with a response, she let it "simmer" for a bit... and then counterpunched.

So, on one hand we have Obama calling a Sheriff whose failure in Office contributed to this horror, to congragulate him on his politization of the incident..

And on the other a reasoned response to continued attacks directed at Sarah herself...

Which one looks like the adult...

And remember... what matters for the future is how this plays to INDEPENDENTs and Moderates... not the party base of either party...

Sarah's Riposte was well timed IMO.

79 Modern American liberalism is largely based on a blood liberal -- that all white people for all time are guilty for the sins of slavery and genocide.

That is how they justify the systematic anti-white discrimination in admissions to college and hiring in government jobs. They will openly say white people owe black people. They believe that a white person born in 1992 shares guilt for the sins of a slave-owner in 1850.

This is an evil, despicable, anti-American idea. The American ideal is that the individual bears responsibility for their actions. I bear no more responsibility for slavery than Obama does for OJ's murders. But that's not what the leftists believe.

And, of course, they've perverted this even more. Because now they've moved onto the holy "diversity". So now asians are discriminated in college admissions even more than whites, for what I don't know. And a Mexican-American kid born in American in 1993 -- in those dark, racist times when America was ruled by not Klansman Bill Clinton. -- gets preferential treatment when applying to college over the white or asian kid.

The entire system of systematic, government-based racial discrimination which we live under is based on a blood libel at it's core. All white people for all time bear responsibility for the sins of unrelated whites 200 years ago. They've expanded the categories to include hispanics and asians, but the core idea is simple -- all whites are guilty and deserve to suffer.

Moved here from Ireland in 1860 -- and immediately joined the civil war fighting to end slavery? Too bad, fuck you, you're guilty.
Moved here in 1900 from Italy? Too bad, fuck you, you're guilty.
Moved here in 1950 from Russia? Too bad, fuck you, you're guilty.

At the festering core of the progressive, leftist, maggot-filled mind lies that blood libel. The modern left is, literally, evil at it's core and is based on one of the most wicked violence-justifying ideas -- the blood libel.

80 sarah should tone down the mama grizzlies? omg

81

THE LEFT'S COLLECTIVE RESPONSE  has been one of deplorable desperation, intentioned deceit and base hate-mongering.

The media have been supplied an agenda, not the facts.

 

 

82 "Difficult For Palin To Prove Innocence As Death Toll Mounts"

83 So, on one hand we have Obama calling a Sheriff whose failure in Office contributed to this horror, to congragulate him on his politization of the incident..

You know, I'd say when Obama calls, just don't pick up the phone.

84

Hey we love (insert group here). ...as long as they agree with us.

Posted by: The Left at January 12, 2011 10:24 AM (bgcml)

The same goes for women.  And blacks.  And hispanics.  And Muslims.  And Catholics.  And Atheists.  And farmers.  And law enforcement.  And the military.  And (continue ad infinitum).

85 Blood libel is simply slandering someone or something by falsely linking them to an event that had bloodshed. The media/left know this is a great speech and can only come up with this pathetic, semantic lie. Keep digging, jackasses.

86

 

Jane Fonda, the baby killer, and the creeps and the hack ultra-left-wing site Huffington Post and places like the Democrat Newsweek are some of the worst perpetrators of blood libel.

 

87 The left couldn't be reached for a response. They were hiding under their beds.

88 "blood liberal"

Posted by: rockmom at January 12, 2011 10:28 AM (w/gVZ)

That?  Is an awesome typo.

89 Sock OFF.

90 Mr. and Mrs. Green have shown a class and strength of spirit that have exposed the left as morally bankrupt.  Sarah Palin has done the same.

91
Furthermore, the GOP should make it its mission to make sure every single black man woman and child knows Col West is in Congress.


It's not exploitation, it's awareness.
For fuck's sake, don't keep it a secret.

I'm sick of being a member of the shy, take-the-high-road, lazy-ass party.

92 i hope all of you morons on the right make sure to not walk away from a conversation about this with out pointing out the facts of the situation and how absolutely foolish the left and the msm looks and is and how WRONG THEY ARE......i don't suggest arguing with these idiots but i do suggest addressing their stupidity.....AND THEIR WRONGNESS.....

93

You don't know how badly I want her to run for President.  Not only is she far and away the best option of a very weak field (Romney?  Huckabee?  Really?), but she irritates all the right people so incredibly very much.

I'm not convinced she'll run-- heck, no one knows what she'll do or not do-- but she'd do really well in the debates.

Even if she's not the nominee, fine, at least she'll focus attention on the right issues.

So there's my Palinbot cheerleading.  Denounce away.

94 Ah, it's good to see that Journolist 2.0 got the memo on me today.

95 She did not come out immediatly with a response, she let it "simmer" for a bit... and then counterpunched.

...on the very day that Obama was scheduled to give his own address.  Very carefully done.

Sarah is like Bush in one thing.  She knows how to play poker.  She's willing to fold some bad hands to wait for the pocket aces.

96 Has anyone else noticed that the "this happened because conservatives hate having a black president" meme has started circulating?  I have. 

97 oh...i would end the conversation with....are you stupid or evil? because to be that wrong you can't be anything else.......

98

Ariiana Huffinton promotes ultra facsit left-wing libel.  for emotional reasons.  It feels good, huh Arriana?

You fucking left wing ugly leftwinger leftwinger leeftwinger bitch.

 

99 The Wikipedia page for "blood libel" has already been edited by the libs.

100 Amish,
Hence the whole Surveyor Mark thing. I wouldn't have walked that shit back, but she did

101 This is a brave woman. A friggin' strong person.

Posted by: TexMex at January 12, 2011 10:28 AM (WZnD

I am scared to death for her because of it.  Much as the lefties want to accuse the right wing of being violent, crazy maniacs, we all know it's the left wing that's most likely to sprout some crazy who thinks assassinating Palin is the only way to assure a communist Utopia under the benevolent dictatorship of Lord Obama.  I pray for her safety, and the safety of her family and those close to her.  She needs all the protection she can get, both earthly and heavensent.

102 Romeo13: "Sarah's Riposte was well timed IMO."

I was thinking the same. What's more, she preempted "Obama's big speech." She's leading the news cycle and Obama has to exceed it later today. Her content was quality, her timing impeccable.

That doofus snowbilly sure knows how to get the most out of her yokel-college degree.

103

It is a blood libel. And they are talking about me and you. That was their choice to make.

Every additional idiotic unfounded assertion on this matter by the Left, such as this new, constrained definition for "blood libel," digs them in deeper.

They are preaching to a shrinking audience of the faithful and driving away the rest.

104 "Obama Mum On White House Role In Shooting Aftermath"

105 Has anyone else noticed that the "this happened because conservatives hate having a black president" meme has started circulating?  I have. 

Posted by: Y-not at January 12, 2011 10:35 AM (pW2o

Hey, I'd trade Bambi for Col West or Thomas Sowell in a heartbeat. Hell I'd have traded either Pres Bush.

106 76 I think it was Glenn Reynolds who first used this term "blood libel" in his Wall Street Journal piece two days ago. Krauthammer, I believe, has also picked it up.

Myself, I had never heard the term before. I really don't understand it.   In the 20th century, the term "blood libel" has been used mostly to describe a vicious lie originally circulated by opponents of Zionism that suggests Jews have for centuries killed Christian (and later Muslim) children and used their blood to make ceremonial unleavened bread called matzo.  This seems so absurd to any Western mind that it is impossible for us to believe that anyone would take it seriously, but millions of Muslims today believe it, and it appears from time to time in otherwise legitimate articles and books printed in the Muslim world.   But the figurative term "blood libel" has been used before and since, to describe any organized attempt to hold innocent parties responsible for bloodshed, whether during war or in an individual act of violence.  It may be a little extreme to use it in this circumstance, but since Glenn Reynolds already did it wuith little fanfare, it's ridiculous for liberals to now jump on Sarah Palin for using it.

107 Hey, I'd trade Bambi for Col West or Thomas Sowell in a heartbeat. Hell I'd have traded either Pres Bush.

Hell, I'd trade him for a President Steele.

108

It was a great speech and Palin's timing was perfect. The leftist media can't take too much time talking about it and immediately jumping on it because it would take away from their Obama worship today, so it will sit out their and let people make up their own minds.

That's dangerous for the media.

109 I'm a glass half full kind of a guy and I see this whole left "blood libelous" response a wonderful thing. I hope Obama adds fuel to the fire in his great speech coming up today. Because this whole sordid affair has been utterly devastating for the left. They jumped the gun in letting their inner hatred out, they can't walk it back, and they ironically took away the pres's opportunity to gain political points. Trust me, if there is a scintilla of politics in his speech, he loses. And had the left not jumped the gun, you can bet he would have been able to play it politically.

110 But here's what's worse: Why isn't OUR SIDE talking about this?

Because we don't measure people's importance by their skin color, ethnic background, genitalia, or who they fuck?

111 Well, God bless the families of the victims, living and dead, and let's pray that the frenzy the Left has whipped up does not lead to any more violence.  I agree that Palin, Beck, Rush, and the rest are at increased risk right now.  Fortunately, they are successful enough to be able to afford security. 

I guess in a way I'm a little more concerned for Boehner, Cantor, and some of our other congressional leaders. 

112 ynot.....the nut at lgf is propagating this crap on his site when he's not "tweet stalking" breitbart

113

Hey, I'd trade Bambi for Col West or Thomas Sowell in a heartbeat. Hell I'd have traded either Pres Bush.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2011 10:38 AM (bgcml)

Oh my God.  Pres. Thomas Sowell and VP Allen West....

I'll be in my bunk.

114 Gosh darn it - every time that woman opens her mouth -- I hear something I like!

Anyone notice how she looks straight ahead throughout - not side-to-side like someone else I could mention.  Maybe she's got a better teleprompter.  And then, again, maybe she really means what she's saying - and doesn't need a teleprompter?

You know, the way she speaks - you get the feeling she really believes it.  That means she has real values - ones she doesn't need scripted out all the time.

Tingle in my leg . . .

115 "Khaybar, Khaybar, O Jews, the army of Muhammed will return.”

Yet crickets from the MFM when Daisy Khan compared GZM opposition to antisemitism, implying Islamophobia could lead to a Muslim Holocaust.

116 Okay, lefties, it's a manufactured smear with no evidence whatsoever designed to scapegoat your hated political opposition for a horrific act even to the point of producing laws to 'reign them in.'  If it's not a 'blood libel,' what would you call it?

117 Palin's going to incite heart attacks and strokes in the liberal ranks with rhetoric like that.

I'll be in my bunk.

118 Umm, uhh...

119 As long as we're using blood metaphors, there's also some "waiving of the bloody shirt" going on here.

120

We are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy.

When I read that the first time my mind replaced the word "mindless" with "middle".

121 109

It was a great speech and Palin's timing was perfect. The leftist media can't take too much time talking about it and immediately jumping on it because it would take away from their Obama worship today, so it will sit out their and let people make up their own minds.

That's dangerous for the media.

Yesterday, someone pointed out that not a single GOP leader was coming forward to show strength and leadership.

Well, it just happened....SP is a leader, the strongest person I know and she has my respect.

And right now, the cute GOP'er crowd with their hands crossed over their privates--- has my disgust.  And never my vote.

122 Posted by: MWR at January 12, 2011 10:37 AM (4df7R)

I tell you what, if that happens, God forbid, the gloves will really come off in this country and all hell will break loose.

123 OT: From Fox News:  Lebanon's Government Collapses

Hezbollah bloc resigns, forcing government to collapse

124  I doubt that this fact needs pointed out to sane people, but to those who don't fall into that rather wide category-YOU LOST! You lost,you got your asses handed to you, your  marxist views were soundly rejected. Conservatives outnumber you nearly 3 to 1 and very,very soon you will go the way of the whigs. Sarah Palin has shown grace under fire- AGAIN-and now the journolister crew are out with their saran wrap spin, It is absolutely hilarious that these people still think they have any sway whatsoever over the American people. They have still not grasped that they showed their ass last year and thinking people saw the cellulite and pimples and drew back in disgust. I'm sure they can attend all the Georgetown cocktail parties they want and talk amongst their dwindling numbers and come to the  group think consensus that the tea party will just go away and that Palin is an idiot and just an irritant-EXCEPT those adjectives describe themselves and they are too stupid to see it.

125 51
Your obviously a very stupid person who doesn't understand the subtleties of politics. Equating my comments to not defending a woman against rape? Brian72, are you fucking mentally ill?

126 it's ridiculous for liberals to now jump on Sarah Palin for using it.

Posted by: rockmom at January 12, 2011 10:39 AM (w/gVZ)

They can't help themselves, and she knows it. She plays them brilliantly.

127 119 Umm, uhh...

Posted by: Barack Obama's Teleprompter Responds with Soaring Rhetoric at January 12, 2011 10:44 AM (FcR7P)

FIFY.

128 Hezbollah bloc resigns, forcing government to collapse

Organized anarchy to follow.

129 Hell, I'd trade him for a President Steele.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 12, 2011 10:39 AM (T0NGe)

Are you down with the the Lesbian Strip Clubs Stimulus Act of 2011? I'm really excited about it. I think it will really get parts of our economy humming.

130 "she irritates all the right people so incredibly very much."

I have my doubts about her but all the right people do hate her.
The Left's instincts are scary accurate.

131 Now, Conservatives and GOP folks need to confront MFM and other Lefty folks with, "That's pure crap and you know it. Shame on you."

132 18-1: "Hey, I'd trade Bambi for Col West or Thomas Sowell in a heartbeat. Hell I'd have traded either Pres Bush."

Either West or Sowell would be better than both Bushes. One of either kind would trump the pair, as it were. West and Sowell are conservative. Family Bush? Not nearly as much.

133 Hezbollah bloc resigns, forcing government to collapse

Posted by: Tami at January 12, 2011 10:45 AM (VuLos)

Iran really wants that natural gas discovered in Israel. Cue the fireworks.

134 I think this article and most commenters here miss the point entirely...in the aftermath of this senseless tragedy, there was a moment (just a moment) of collective questioning. The Tea Party talking heads were initially silent and their supporters quiet because, I think, they experienced during that moment a brief fear that they might be culpable, then immediately went into simultaneous offensive ("he was a liberal") and defensive political mode. Now, SP produces a video that is intended to defend herself against unjustified attacks but can't help herself when she steps into the hyperbole .... And THAT is what is objectionable to those of us who think with our brains rather than our "guts". It is correct to condemn the attempts to blame this on SP or the TP. Olberman is an idiot for the same reasons that Beck, Limbaugh, and Palin are. But comparing the misguided attempt to explain the inexplicable to "blood libel" is simply more hyperbole. This video is just more of the narcissistic nonsense that flows so readily from SP and contributes to the nonstop hyperbolic rhetoric that passes for political discourse today. This mass murder was the act of a sick and misguided individual who had all-too-easy access to firearms and it occurred at a time in our history where over-the-top rhetoric supersedes thoughtful discourse. If those who contribute to the rhetorical hyperbole aren't, at least for a moment, introspective; if we, as a people, don't ponder the true nature and purpose of this rhetoric (which is simply self promotion and aggrandizement of the speakers); if all we can come up with is more finger pointing at the other side, then we truly have lost our "exceptionalism"

135 Has anyone else noticed that the "this happened because conservatives hate having a black president" meme has started circulating?  I have.

My own stupid boyfriend tried that shit on me--"no one ever cared about federal spending until there was a black president" and refused to believe that his ignorance of events (I have a hard drive full of political cartoons, there was plenty of bitching about spending during the Bush years) doesn't mean they didn't happen.  Plus, it's not really about spending.  Because Keith Olbermann said so.

136 Stop waving the bloody shirt, wingnuts.

137 129 Hezbollah bloc resigns, forcing government to collapse

Organized anarchy to follow.

Posted by: nickless at January 12, 2011 10:46 AM (MMC8r)

Purge of Christians in 5... 4... 3...

138 She plays them brilliantly.

Palin's biggest strength as a political force seems to be that she knows her opponents are going to overreact to anything she does or says.  And, rather than try to pull back to keep them happy as too many GOPers would do, she doesn't fear that and diverts their overreaction to her advantage.

139 132 Now, Conservatives and GOP folks need to confront MFM and other Lefty folks with,

"That's pure crap and you know it. Shame on you."

Posted by: eman at January 12, 2011 10:47 AM (0aJSF)

I heard a couple of people talking about this in the line at the grocery store the other day.  I honestly laughed, they sounded so foolish.  I don't think they understood what I was laughing about, but I like to think they got to their car(s), turned the ignition, drove away, and then went, "Wait, WTF?  Was she laughing at ME?"

Yes.  My answer is yes.  You made me laugh.  Because you are RIDICULOUS.

140 Equating my comments to not defending a woman against rape? Brian72, are you fucking mentally ill?

Posted by: Drew in MO at January 12, 2011 10:45 AM (ltqwL)

Oh, come on.  It's not like it was blood libel-blood libel.

141 129 Hezbollah bloc resigns, forcing government to collapse

Organized anarchy to follow.

Posted by: nickless at January 12, 2011 10:46 AM (MMC8r)

Or even disorganized anarchy.

Meanwhile, Southern Sudan is still voting on whether to form its own country, separate from the Islamist north.  I pray they succeed.

142 132 Now, Conservatives and GOP folks need to confront MFM and other Lefty folks with,

"That's pure crap and you know it. Shame on you."

Posted by: eman at January 12, 2011 10:47 AM (0aJSF)

This is why I have a new greeting for liberals I meet.

"Oh, you're a liberal? I thought you were just mentally retarded. You could understand my confusion. Now, fuck off."

143

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 12, 2011 10:48 AM (4ucxv)

Perception is their reality... and the MEDIA by and large did not talk about spending problems until the TEA party protests made it impossible to ignore...

Kinda like Perot and the balanced budget... the MEDIA was not talking about it, until Perot ran and became too big to ignore...

So, from your BFs perspective, it was NOT an issue, because the Media did not cover it... even though many of us were out here screaming our heads off.

144 The liberal focus on grammar has become unhealthy.

145 Do these pants make my ass look fat?

146 My own stupid boyfriend tried that shit on me

May I offer a suggestion?

147 This video is just more of the narcissistic nonsense that flows so readily from SP

Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 10:48 AM (Nssy9)

SP didn't make this about her, the MFM and the unhinged Left did.  She had to respond, and she did so with grace.

148 They complain about misuse of the expression "blood libel" and suddenly get all historical.

1. Someone else used the expression "blood libel" in an article denouncing what was being done against Palin. Even if her use if not defensible someone else came up with it first and she was echoing that other writer.

2. "Eliminationism/ist". Reason.com has a great article getting into the history of that term. Its roots are in works describing Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The next person to use it was - this could be wrong but the article implies it - Paul Krugman.

Dear G-d these people are so clueless.

149 heather.....you might want to rethink the relationship

150 Interesting,  Palin's use of "blood libel" and the media uproar will get people to examine the metaphor and find it valid.  Score.

151 Palin, a private citizen, speaks out with a perfect message on an event that, in truth, had absolutely nothing to do with her.  As president, Obama had an obligation to speak out and attempt to stop the politicizing and false accusation orgy that's been going on but he has not.

The fact that Palin spoke first and that her speech will undoubtedly outclass whatever Obama recites off the teleprompters in Arizona is incredibly significant.  Voters take note.

Palin teaches.  The wise learn.  The rest can kiss my ass.

152 "Now, SP produces a video that is intended to defend herself against unjustified attacks but can't help herself when she steps into the hyperbole .... And THAT is what is objectionable to those of us who think with our brains rather than our "guts"." Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 10:48 AM (Nssy9) She is condemning the use of hate-filed hyperbole with a rational response. Get a clue.

153 But comparing the misguided attempt to explain the inexplicable to "blood libel" is simply more hyperbole.

Dave, the real problem being highlighted by the term 'blood libel' is that we have a Democratic Media happily parroting what they're fed by the likes of DailyKos.  Decry the rhetoric all you want, but when the single force that's supposed to be the impartial gateway of information is a rank propaganda organ, you'll never get that dispassionate introspection that you're hoping for.

154 This mass murder was the act of a sick and misguided individual who had all-too-easy access to firearms and it occurred at a time in our history where over-the-top rhetoric supersedes thoughtful discourse. If those who contribute to the rhetorical hyperbole aren't, at least for a moment, introspective; if we, as a people, don't ponder the true nature and purpose of this rhetoric (which is simply self promotion and aggrandizement of the speakers); if all we can come up with is more finger pointing at the other side, then we truly have lost our "exceptionalism"

Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 10:48 AM (Nssy9)

You lost Dave, get over it. Your attempts to smear people that had nothing to do with it backfired. The reason this animal had a gun is because the Sherriff you worship so much dropped the ball and didn't intervene when he had several opportunities to do so. There are already laws preventing people that make death threats from owning guns.

Palin pointed out exactly what you were doing and now you have been outed and you are rightfully embarrassed.

155 They can't help themselves, and she knows it.

In their heads, rent-free, 24X7.

156 #6 - "Suit of clothes... cut to fit".

I have been wracking my brain trying to recall where I first encountered that. Feel like it was a science-fiction novel I read. Does anyone remember where that comes from?

157 Just chalk this up again to "What if Palin were a Democrat?"

I like to think about what it'd be like if Sarah Palin were a Democrat and held the EXACT same ideological views.

They would adore her and call her a working-class hero.  (BTW, note how many of the Dem elites are Ivy League law grads from relatively privileged backgrounds.)

In this incident, they would be praising her use of a clever metaphor.

(Of course, "blood libel" is literally a metaphor to begin with.)

158 RENT FREE

159 147 My own stupid boyfriend tried that shit on me

May I offer a suggestion?

Posted by: AmishDude at January 12, 2011 10:52 AM (T0NGe)

Ditto?

Also, AmishDude... has your hash tag always been "T0NGe?"  Because I have always felt you have good taste.

(Yes, I love puns.  I denounce myself)

160

Meanwhile the AP says that Barry is going to make everything alright

 

Obama to be nation's consoler

WASHINGTON – Searching for unity out of tragedy, President Barack Obama will honor the victims of the Arizona mass shooting in personal terms and remind those in grief that an entire nation is with them. The president is again stepping into his role as national consoler, a test of leadership that comes with the job.

His mission at Wednesday's memorial is to uplift and rally, not to examine political incivility.

 

Bullshit. Barry is a political hack and rabble rouser not a leader. He'll turn it into a political event because that's all the asshole knows

161

Kinda like Perot and the balanced budget... the MEDIA was not talking about it, until Perot ran and became too big to ignore...

*giggle*  Okay, I'm sorry.  I just had a mental image of a 50ft tall Ross Perot storming Washington D.C., like Godzilla with glasses and big ears.  That gave me a happy.  :-D

162 Anonymous drivel is the type of loser i refer to. Why did you find it necessary to inaccurately criticize the Bushes on a positive post about Palin?

163 Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 10:48 AM (Nssy9)


Ass still sore from November is it?

164 She is the one for me if only for the reason that they hate her so much. The bitter sweet tears of liberal defeat, I can almost taste them....

Posted by: Percopius at January 12, 2011 10:14 AM (rrs4u)

A friend on FB wrote that CA and NY should secede from the union to be run by gay communists and SP should be barred from crossing the border. She also said SP should be dropped from a plane in Waziristan and left to fend for herself. The tears, if this woman wins the presidency, would be so worth it.

165 Your obviously a very stupid person who doesn't understand the subtleties of politics. Equating my comments to not defending a woman against rape? Brian72, are you fucking mentally ill?

Posted by: Drew in MO at January 12, 2011 10:45 AM (ltqwL)

I don't understand the subtleties of politics, huh?

Is there anything remotely subtle about this weekend long assault on Palin, accusing her of mass murder incitement?

Just how the fuck is it ever going to be an advisable action to sit back and take this kind of shit without standing up for yourself? Never, that's when.

Let me clue you in on a "subtlety of politics".

When the other side is allowed to define you to the public and you take no corrective action, you fucking lose, every damn time. Understand that little "subtlety"?

Your suggestion was stupid, nonsensical and bad advice.

If you didn't like my rape analogy, well too bad, wrap it up in a sausage and fuck yourself with it. It is entirely appropriate given the public bloody fucking these media jackals have tried to administer to Sarah Palin this weekend.

That was effectively combated today with this video.

Those are a few "subtleties" of politics you might want to think about.

166 Dave, the Concern Troll, falls on his ass.

167

The liberals had a cow when Sarah used the term "death panels" to describe end-of-life treatment under ObamaCare. Yet the term was accurate and it has stuck.

They are having another cow now that she has used the term "blood libel" to describe the accusation that she is responsible for the Arizona shootings. My guess: the public will regard the term to be accurate and it will stick.

The liberals have expended hundreds of thousands of words trying to link Sarah Palin to this tragedy. With two words (and the truth), she has defeated them.

168 MSNBC poll - Is Palin to blame?

Results as expected.

169 Romeo13: "So, from your BFs perspective, it was NOT an issue, because the Media did not cover it... even though many of us were out here screaming our heads off."

In Flyover Country, No One Could Hear You Scream.

170 I know I've personally only used it against the Jooos.

171

"Shout out to Sherrif D" Clownbama is rewriting his speech right now

172 I am Jewish. By the power invested in me as a Jew I hereby appoint Governor Palin as a member of the Tribe. Ergo, she may use the term "blood libel" as she sees fit.  Go get them Sarah!

173

A friend on FB wrote that CA and NY should secede from the union to be run by gay communists and SP should be barred from crossing the border. She also said SP should be dropped from a plane in Waziristan and left to fend for herself. The tears, if this woman wins the presidency, would be so worth it.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 12, 2011 10:57 AM (mHQ7T)

I assume "friend" is only a term of Facebook convenience in this case, and not a factual reality?  Because she sounds like a granola-crunching asscan with breasts.

She also said SP should be dropped from a plane in Waziristan and left to fend for herself.

The woman shoots caribou and clubbed a halibut on national television. I think she'd do fine, ne?

174 His mission at Wednesday's memorial is to uplift and rally, not to examine political incivility.

I'd like to believe it, but I'd liken it to trying to house-break a yak.  If you could, it would be great, but, more likely, there will be a helluva mess.

175 Super job by Palin. She called the Agit-prop Media on the smear and yet kept things positive. Just the right balance. A+.

176 A magnificent speech.

Again we see that Palin is the ONLY viable Republican candidate for2012. Picture any of the others or Hussein giving such a moving, deep speech.

And yes, Palin continues to seize the dialog by her canny use of language.

177 "all-too-easy access to firearms and it occurred at a time in our history where over-the-top rhetoric supersedes thoughtful discourse"

Please provide how each of the "facts" you assert and imply are any different than in any other time in our history.
Then, explain how your "final solution" will increase liberty and freedom rather than curtail and hinder.







Better yet: Fuck off you liberal piece of shit.

178

because Obama is to be the 'nations consoler at memorial service' 

whatever

179 "all-too-easy access to firearms and it occurred at a time in our history where over-the-top rhetoric supersedes thoughtful discourse"

Yeah that whole Second Amendment is such a buzzkill, and omfg open a history book, you ignorant fucking libtards.

180

His mission at Wednesday's memorial is to uplift and rally, not to examine political incivility.

Um, Obama's sole mission is "Make Obama Look Awesome."  The speech will be all about him, with some lip service paid to the victims. 

"When I took office in 2008, I did so with promises of hope and change.  This violent (political) action has not dampened my desire nor my resolve to bring positive change to our troubled nation." 

Just mark my words.

181 Mr. Sar Kastik: "Anonymous drivel is the type of loser i refer to. Why did you find it necessary to inaccurately criticize the Bushes on a positive post about Palin?"

Au contraire. Mine was a positive post about Sowell and West and the comment perfectly accurate. Thanks to the stylings of the Bush family, the likes of a Palin must fight Statism that much harder.

But thanks for all your concern.

182 open a history book, you ignorant fucking libtards.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at January 12, 2011 11:06 AM (eCAn3)

A what?  History started when I was born man!

183 181 You stole his thoughts!

184 Heather, dump your boyfriend and find yourself a nice conservative man. Like me.

185 Posted by: Avogadra at January 12, 2011 11:00 AM (dtIOD)

The striking similarity between "blood libel" and "death panel" immediately stood out to me, as well, and by the media drawing attention to her comment, they reinforce the validity of both comments. They lend Palin credibility. It was a genius comment from her, and she has her mojo back.

186 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

187 is this the same dave from a couple months back?

188 185 Heather, dump your boyfriend and find yourself a nice conservative man. Like me.

Posted by: Holger at January 12, 2011 11:10 AM (YxGud)

How's the rash?

189 Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at January 12, 2011 11:11 AM (eCAn3)

Growing and oozing puss.

190 187 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

Posted by: Wiki at January 12, 2011 11:11 AM (vUdSP)

This page was last modified on 12 January 2011 at 16:10.

191 Growing and oozing puss.

Posted by: Holger at January 12, 2011 11:12 AM (YxGud)

Have you named it yet?

192 ;">"When I took office in 2008, I did so with promises of hope and change."

Referring to the 2008 campaign would be epically stupid.

193 Yo sucka, cut the check. I got the trademark on that bloody shirt line. OUT the Bushes!!!111!!!

194

Have you named it yet?

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at January 12, 2011 11:12 AM (eCAn3)

Yes, I named it Obama.

195 SNAP, Unclefacts!

196 This does kinda show that Palin is an Instapundit fan. Which makes me like Palin even more.

197 Assuming for the sake of argument that there is a lack of civility on the right, here's some introspection for you. Do you gradually raise your voice when the person you are talking to appears not to hear you? Or grandstands with a big gavel? Or calls you a racist, etc, etc.? Is raising your voice violent or not civil in these circumstances?

198 Referring to the 2008 campaign would be epically stupid.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 12, 2011 11:13 AM (mHQ7T)

 

I hope that he does ramble on about himself and try to score political points. No matter what he says the MFM will hail it as the most wonderful speech ever but it would be nice if he can't help himself and show what a shallow, self-absorb, arrogant, petty little shit he is

199 I denounce rash statements.

200 The New York Times ought to get the meme: Sarah's too dumb to write her own speeches.

201 I assume "friend" is only a term of Facebook convenience in this case, and not a factual reality?  Because she sounds like a granola-crunching asscan with breasts.

Before she returned to grad school during the 2008 election, she wasn't that political. She ignored the Bush years (like me, except I liked him better when he was gone.) But she warmed up to Obama then fell heavy in love. I couldn't end our friendship, but you start seeing people differently.

The woman shoots caribou and clubbed a halibut on national television. I think she'd do fine, ne?

Another friend said something to me after Obama won in 2008, and he asked about it when I saw him recently after two years. I told him then, "Sarah Palin will survive the zombie wars." My faith has been vindicated.

202 Wow.  Excellent job Sarah.  That took guts, IMHO, and she's gottem.

203 This crap needs to be stopped,  right now.   Palin will get my vote because she is the ONLY GOP figure who has demonstrated courage against the press.

And Pawlenty is worthless,  and should try for a consulting job with one of his pet ethanol companies.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 12, 2011 10:10 AM (Fo83G)

Newt just posted something.  But yes, it's a sad day in the GOP when we see just how cowardly our guys really are.

Piss on them.

204 I think this article and most commenters here miss the point entirely...in the aftermath of this senseless tragedy, there was a moment (just a moment) of collective questioning. The Tea Party talking heads were initially silent and their supporters quiet because, I think, they experienced during that moment a brief fear that they might be culpable, then immediately went into simultaneous offensive ("he was a liberal") and defensive political mode.
Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 10:48 AM (Nssy9)

No, Dave.  No one here thought he might be culpable or that Sarah Palin or the Tea Party might be culpable.  We all thought the motherfucker who pulled the trigger was culpable.  And then the blaming began, not from the right, but from the left.  As always.

FYNQ

205 I hope that he does ramble on about himself and try to score political points.

Now THAT you can bank on. But he will avoid reminding voters of his failed campaign promises, which would mean personal accountability.

206

I hope that he does ramble on about himself and try to score political points. No matter what he says the MFM will hail it as the most wonderful speech ever but it would be nice if he can't help himself and show what a shallow, self-absorb, arrogant, petty little shit he is

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 12, 2011 11:20 AM (1Jaio)

There's no doubt in my mind he'll make an ass out of himself.  He's had plenty of opportunities in the past to give a gracious speech and it never happens; after a point you know what to expect without exception.

207 Wow! That speech was presidential in quality. If Obama had made such a speech regarding Arizona, his approval numbers would have spiked. Sarah got my vote in '08. She just demonstrated why she will get my vote in '12. That speech is a demonstration in leadership!
Posted by: Donald Kotowski at January 12, 2011 10:29 AM

She so gets it. Can you imagine how cool it would be to have her in the White House?

208 After Pawlenty's inteview on the CBS Evening News last night, he is . . . well think Rahm Emmauel in a steak house.

209 If Palin said this "we're on a crusade against poverty" The left will come out and denounce the incorrect usage of the word crusade. Crusade is a holy war. This is really stupid. Common usage of words are suddenly incorrectly used because Palin utter them.

210 What "uproar"? Seriously. An internal uproar inside their head? It's not like there's a crowd of people standing outside their building and then he sticks his head out the window like the guy in Wizard of Oz going "Do you like Palin's use of the term blood libel?" "NOOOOOO" "Uproar it is! Gadzooks!"

211

It is morally wrong to end an unborn human life by abortion. It is also morally wrong to take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to promote abortion at home or abroad.

Last year, Planned Parenthood received more than $363 million in revenue from government grants and contracts. During that same time, they performed an unprecedented 324,008 abortions.

The largest abortion provider in America should not also be the largest recipient of federal funding under Title X.

The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act will prevent any family planning funds under Title X from going to Planned Parenthood or other organizations that perform abortions. It will ensure that abortion providers are not being subsidized with federal tax dollars.

I am grateful for the support of more than 122 original co-sponsorsÂ….

Make sure your congressman is a cosponsor here!

212 "cackle of rads" "blue blood" "death panel"

213 Now, Conservatives and GOP folks need to confront MFM and other Lefty folks with,

"That's pure crap and you know it. Shame on you."

Yeah, but can you imagine Romney saying this? Pawlenty? Or (giggle) Huckabee?

Me, neither.

214 No more charges of racism.  Now opponents will simply be responsible for all mass murders.

215 But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.

MSM "corrupt bastards"

216

 Two years ago his party was victorious. Last November, the other party won.

Hmmm.... not OUR party won, but the OTHER Party won...

Intentional? or a little "slip"...

 

217 Just a quick follow-up...and thanks to many of you for proving my point ... I clearly denounced hyperbolic rhetoric from both the left and the right in my first post... to which the overwhelming response is that I'm a f...ing libtard or other nonsense to that effect. I would love for us all to dial down the profanity and elevate our discourse so that disagreement doesn't necessarily end in the conclusion that the other guy is the most evil, thoughtless, stupid person in the world. I'm clearly in the wrong forum for that...sorry and see ya

218 If u think Palin was good, wait til u hear what I've got to say later today. If that nitwit reads it right.

219 I would love for us all to dial down the profanity and elevate our discourse so that disagreement doesn't necessarily end in the conclusion that the other guy is the most evil, thoughtless, stupid person in the world. I'm clearly in the wrong forum for that...sorry and see ya

Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 11:37 AM (Nssy9)

Duh, this is AOS dude!  It's just the mild mannered grannies here right now.  Wait until the really mean guys arrive!

220 "Blood Libel" ... Note to MSM winding-up on this one: Palin is not the first or only one to use this term since Saturday to describe your journalistic malpractice. For years your side has completely hijacked words/terminology to twist 180 degrees to fit your meaning, most often against the right. The former governor's use of the term now is not only far more accurate than any terms you have 'fundamentally transformed', and I wager the sting you are feeling from it is ... guilt, although you are incapable to recognize it in yourselves, but so easy to toss it off in a crooked finger-point on others. You're pathetic.

221

Posted by: Siggy Freud

 

I noticed that, too. Definitely a deliberate word choice. It was a nice touch in that she didn't presume to speak for a Party in which she holds no office or title. She has very good instincts for that kind of thing.

222 Poor Dave; he dislocated his mangina patting himself on the back over how brilliant he is.

223 I don't understand the left's anger at Palin's use of Blood Libel. The over the top rage that she would use something that might offend jewish sensibility, yet the word eliminationism has become the new favorite slam against the right from the left. Shouldn't eliminationism be equally offensive?

224 215 Yeah, but can you imagine Romney saying this? Pawlenty? Or (giggle) Huckabee? I'll be releasing a statement on this soon--just as soon as the women let me know itssafe to come out of the bunker.

225 carrot, It's manufactured outrage. Nothing more.

226 Very good, very strong and surprisingly kind speech. It was nice to hear from Our Shadow President. Makes me nostalgic for times when the country had a decent person as president.

227 Dave, I respectfully request that you, kind sir, promptly go and  rectally self-fornicate with any of the large spiky cacti species found in our beautiful Southwestern deserts, and generously apply that same region's delicious varieties of hotsauce as you do so.

Thank you for the civil discourse, and good day.

228 Okay, I'll admit it. I'm just as responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing, Beltway Sniper shooting, Fort Hood shooting, ELF/ALF attacks, Reagan assassination attempts, 9/11, last weekend's shooting, etc. I might as well admit my guilt to those incidents I have nothing to do with other than being alive when it happened.

229

it occurred at a time in our history where over-the-top rhetoric supersedes thoughtful discourse.

 

I approve this message.

230

it occurred at a time in our history where over-the-top rhetoric supersedes thoughtful discourse.

I second this message!

231 By manufacturing outrage about Sarah Palin using the term "blood libel" and claiming that somehow the Jews own this term, they imply that she is at least insensitive to them.  They think this will help them get the Jewish vote back in 2012. Posted by: rockmom

hm.

No single class of victims owns a monopoly on "blood libel". Claiming the "victim" monopoly card is itself a show of insensitivity for others.

Those who demand perpetual special status (the Democrat Platform) are tiresome social ankle biting political pickpockets, regardless of education, ideology, socio-economic bracket, or racial component.

It isn't realistic for anyone to expect PC mandated public patience while the public is being abused by an insanely convoluted dogmatic federal state, blaming the conservative victims of this really insanely motivated crime or murder.

America is emotionally and economically bankrupted by the Left. Voting taxpayers want responsible constitutional governance, the right of American citizenship.

/Even GWBush encouraged Americans to get past the deaths of over three thousand Americans on 9/11/01.

232

Also, AmishDude... has your hash tag always been "T0NGe?"  Because I have always felt you have good taste.

Posted by: MWR at January 12, 2011 10:56 AM (4df7R)

Only at work, but it's my favorite hash.

233 Last time I checked Jonah Goldberg was not a liberal yet he barely waited an hour before jumping on the "blood libel" bandwagon. 

234 Last time I checked Jonah Goldberg was not a liberal yet he barely waited an hour before jumping on the "blood libel" bandwagon. 

Posted by: Jaynie59 at January 12, 2011 12:13 PM (YjQWV)

They've inducted him into JournoList 2.0

235 Claiming the "victim" monopoly card is itself a show of insensitivity for others.

These are the same Jews who supported Obama in 2008 and believe Israel is conducting genocide against the Palestinians, aka atheists of Jewish descent who see Israel as some misbegotten Disneyland that nobody needs anymore, because Iran doesn't really mean it when they say they'll drive the Jews into the sea like a herd of swine.

236 Last time I checked Jonah Goldberg was not a liberal yet he barely waited an hour before jumping on the "blood libel" bandwagon. 

This man is a Jew!

237 This was actually a damn impressive response from her. IMHO anyway.

238

"The term has been used for centuries as the pretext for anti-Semitism and violent pogroms against Jews."

No, the term has been used to describe the false claims that have been used as the pretext.  Stupid NYT, they seem to think that the people who claim Jews kill Christian children are the ones who use the term "blood libel."

239 219 Just a quick follow-up...and thanks to many of you for proving my point ... I clearly denounced hyperbolic rhetoric from both the left and the right in my first post...

Posted by: Dave at January 12, 2011 11:37 AM (Nssy9)

You know what? Somebody needs to point out the obvious here. YOU do not get to sit back and watch three fucking days of vitriolic, irrational, hateful attacks on an innocent person, and then, when the reasonably respond, say that everyone is the fucking same.

It's a God-Damned lie and you know it, you passive-aggressive spiteful sack of shit.

We didn't prove your point, you proved ours - y'all will take NO responsibility for your own actions, EVER, and will lie at every opportunity because all you want is to win, at any cost.

240

Seems like the term blood libel has grown in usage to include any false accusations of murder, more than ritual religious murder accusations.  Instead of "the" blood libel you read it as "another" or "akin to" blood libel. 

And it's not right to say blood libel is only properly applied to the Passover matzoh story.  It's older.  And in some cases a blood 'libel' would be true, cf: Aztecs, sacrifices to Molech. 

  

 

 

241 Oh, and to what I actually came here to say, is that Liberals lie about everything.

Like, seriously, I'm supposed to believe that the NYT board gives a shit about Jews? Seriously?

The same NYT that blames Israel for every conflict in the damned Middle East, sides with terrorists against Jews at every opportunity, and invites the Israeli ambassador for an interview and then ambushes him with vitriolic spew and won't even let him get a word in edgewise?

*That* NYT? Yeah, I may be stupid but I'm not that stupid.

242 The original blood libel was that Jews of the present were liable to persecution based on the collective guilt of the Jews in Christ's day for crucifying him.

"Let His blood be upon us, and our children"

243 Palin's use of blood libel is stupid, insulting and inaccurate. I am not surprised the low class trash she attracts would mindlessly defend her. But for a bunch of phonies who claims they love Jews and hate anti-semites, she just pushed away more of few Jews left on her side. Good work, Palin, fans, good work defending your fellow mental midget.

244

So Palin is terribly wrong for using 'blood libel', but Krugman and many others on the left are given a free pass for using the term 'eliminationism'.....and no one sees the hypocrisy? Seriously? 

I can't say I'm a Palin supporter, frankly I'm not, but I find the almost wilding that surrounds the discussion of her to be sickening. We've had politicians of all stripes and all degrees of ability and corruption but NO ONE has ever had such a steady drumbeat from the establishment(right and left) to simply shut up, don't speak, say nothing, go away...and worse still, on countless blogs are images of her hung, raped, shot, punched and humiliated. Easy to say it's because she's stupid when you're wilding but pause for a moment if you think you have half a brain and question the narrative that urges you on.......

Stupid gets you chuckles on late night cable, stupid gets your name as a punch line.....very rarely does stupid get a fiery need to shut you up forever.

I don't think the term blood libel is so far off here.....not at all.

245

I can't say I'm a Palin supporter, frankly I'm not, but I find the almost wilding that surrounds the discussion of her to be sickening.

I don't think the term blood libel is so far off here.....not at all.

Posted by: carrot at January 12, 2011 02:44 PM (W8gPP)

Jesus Christ, if even after this you need to put her name in qualifiers for political reasons, maybe you need to take a look at your priorities.

246 I am not usually a big Palin fan, but this was really something. In the last 5 minutes she really hit it home. And really, the only reason she is using the term 'blood libel' is because it has already been published in opinion pieces, spoken on 24 hour news stations, and repeated in personal commentary. It will be interesting to see how Obama's speech compares (or if his speechwriter is making edits right now). On an unrelated note. what the hell is that around her neck?

247

But for a bunch of phonies who claims they love Jews and hate anti-semites, she just pushed away more of few Jews left on her side.

I doubt it.  The conservative Jews who are on her side are capable of the critical thing and sound reasoning that led them to be on her side in the first place.

248 "Blood Libel" refers not just to the anti-semitic slurs but clearly defines those who make them...  who are indulged and excused by exactly the people smearing Palin.

Lie down with terrorists and you wake up with Ayers and Pali all over you.

249 Good work, Palin, fans, good work defending your fellow mental midget.

In your head, 24X7.

250 "I can't say I'm a Palin supporter, frankly I'm not, but I find the almost wilding that surrounds the discussion of her to be sickening.

I don't think the term blood libel is so far off here.....not at all.

Posted by: carrot at January 12, 2011 02:44 PM (W8gPP)

"Jesus Christ, if even after this you need to put her name in qualifiers for political reasons, maybe you need to take a look at your priorities."

Posted by: Oldcat

Actually Oldcat, I don't think I need to look at my priorities, and I don't think I was putting her name in qualifiers at all. Just the opposite. I find Palin an interesting and important voice in our political dialogue. Someone I actually admire. Maybe it's because I don't totally mesh with her stands that I can see something is really wrong with the constant criticism against her. Can anyone else remember a single other politician who was urged to shut up, not speak, go away? I mean every time she speaks someone is there to pronounce her dead and irrelevant. And when she rises once more, the vitriol becomes almost barbaric.

I think she's far more important than people think. 

251 Posted by: Brian72 at January 12, 2011 11:54 AM (yhJiT) Cut. Jib. Newsletter.

252 So Sarah Palin stuck her foot in her mouth? It amuses me how all of you open your 7th grade level heads and let all this drivel pour out of it like chum out of a blood bucket. The gunman's best friend admitted that the gunman was not a TV watcher nor a radio listener. He is purported to follow Marxist idealism to form his fringe kook beliefs. An equally uninformed media cast aspersions upon conservative personalities in a self interested desire to bolster their fading dreams of a socialist Utopian future.

Sarah Palin gave a measured and well thought through response using a term above most of the media pundits and well above you commenting rabble. Way to show how much of a mindless mob you are. You are all so busy criticizing a single term that the eloquence of the message sailed right over your heads. Of course, I am used to reading your idiocy so no harm no foul.

253 Palin's use of blood libel is stupid, insulting and inaccurate. I am not surprised the low class trash she attracts would mindlessly defend her. But for a bunch of phonies who claims they love Jews and hate anti-semites, she just pushed away more of few Jews left on her side. Good work, Palin, fans, good work defending your fellow mental midget.

Posted by: jakestalope at January 12, 2011 02:25 PM (JXTIv)

Well, isn't it nice to have a neutral, objective opinion.

Hey Jaketard, if "blood libel" isn't accurate, what the fuck do you call false accusations of complicity in mass murder?

"Cupcakes?"

254 I have not had a decent night's sleep since Saturday, and today it dawned on me why that is:  My gut knows what my conscious mind has resisted, and that is: terror. The attacks on Sarah Palin are attacks on you and me.
I've seen the Larry Grathwohl interview; I know how Bill Ayers' demonic band of nihilist revolutionaries planned to "eliminate" me and 25 million other Americans...
http://tinyurl.com/5zjabu
And I know that not only did that same Bill Ayers sponsor Barack Obama's entry into politics, but the two of them also shared an office for three years...
http://tinyurl.com/67wb3q
And I know very well what Barack Obama thinks of middle-aged, white, rural, Christian, small-business-owning women. I'm on his hate list in every category.
And though I may not know history very well, I do know of a certain fire at the Reichstag....
And frankly, I'm terrified.
And yes, I admire, cherish and am grateful to Sarah Palin more than ever.
Thank You, thank You, God, for this brave woman who stands for me!

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