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Sarah Palin accuses critics of "blood libel"

ludahai said:
Where are the liberals complaining that I didn't use 'yahoo' in its original context from a certain Jonathan Swift novel?
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Actually, you were using it in it's original context. To describe course, savage creatures with filthy habits which resemble humans. :lol:
 
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ludahai said:
I am a Conservative, though I left the Republican party almost a decade ago because I believe it traded the "Big Tent" for a "Revival Tent". Palin annoys the crap out of me, but even so, the attacks on here in this case have been unfair and she DOES have the right to defend herself... I have defended Obama for some of the unfair attacks that have come at him from the right as well...
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Well I did blame her in any way for the attack although I found her ad with the gunsights really out of line even before this happened.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
Well I did blame her in any way for the attack although I found her ad with the gunsights really out of line even before this happened.
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You did? You're not alone.
 
zimmer said:
Because "your staunch republican friend" knew all about Sarah Palin back when when nobody in the press knew a damn thing about her and had to send a gaggle of reporters to Alaska to find out who this Sarah P-alien is?

Puh-leez.

I say the entire quoted comment deserves a flashing yellow warning sign and BS ALERT.

I think you just gave away the fact you're a Lib, by denying it and then ascribing utter nonsense to support your position.

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You're wrong. My friend knew she was a moron as soon as she opened her mouth. Unlike yourself apparently he was hoping on a serious VP he could believe in. I think the comment where she said she was like a soccer mom turned him immediately.
 
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cAPSLOCK said:
It's been tricky to hold on to it while witnessing this recent round of insanity Barb...
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Isn't that the truth. I laugh at the silliness one minute and the next I'm ready to bite someone's head off because of the same silliness.

I mostly am just in fear of losing our free speech over something that had nothing to do with political discourse.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
You're wrong. My friend knew she was a moron as soon as she opened her mouth. Unlike yourself apparently he was hoping on a serious VP he could believe in. I think the comment where she said she was like a soccer mom turned him immediately.
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For many of us, we got our first full blown look at Palin in her acceptance speech. And that was more than enough.
 
haymarket said:
For many of us, we got our first full blown look at Palin in her acceptance speech. And that was more than enough.
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So you had a full blown look at her and saw she was a woman and that was enough? You got your first full blown look, saw she was wearing glasses, and that was enough?

But, whatever the reasoning, from that first full blown look you immediately decided that Joe Biden was the wiser choice.
 
haymarket said:
For many of us, we got our first full blown look at Palin in her acceptance speech. And that was more than enough.
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I saw her RNC speech and said "okay, now let's see what else you can do." It was a good speech, but I was not impressed with the follow through. Liberals on the other hand were ready with the tomatoes and cabbages long before she said a word.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
It depends on what the pundit says. There could be some culpability if a crazy takes something they say literally.
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Being crazy means they are incapable of rational thought and if someone is crazy, such as the person who opened fire on a crowd of people in Tucson, it really doesn't matter what any public person says. There are no real safeguards against crazy people and we needn't pretend that there is.

That does not mean that we can't take a lesson from this however, and learn to be more civil with each other. But that won't happen either.
 
The Giant Noodle said:
Your child-like logic keeps on going and making an ass out of your platform. You actually make liberals look GOOD. Just because (and I know you cant understand this zimmer because it takes logic and reasoning) someone knows Palin is a moron doesnt mean they are a liberal. Palin lost the 2008 election for McCain. At first glance it was a great idea. That is until she started speaking. AS much as I dont care that much for Obama, America is MUCH better off with Obama in office than having Sarah Palin as VP. She didnt even know what that position DID 100% for christs sake! Anyways zimmer you are SOOOOOOOOO biased that you cant think rationally regarding politics. Conservatives are always better than anyother party no matter what for you and that is a MAJOR problem. Without thinking objectively your words are useless.
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Really? You sure the collapse of the economy sin't what caused McCain to lose? As I recall McCain was up in the polls. Then the economy crashed and his polling numbers followed. Palin sure pissed off a lot of libs, but it didn't cause McCain to lose.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
Well I did blame her in any way for the attack although I found her ad with the gunsights really out of line even before this happened.
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Perhaps unhelpful, but using gun imagry (both in pictures and linguistically) has long been used by both sides...
 
EnigmaO01 said:
You're wrong. My friend knew she was a moron as soon as she opened her mouth. Unlike yourself apparently he was hoping on a serious VP he could believe in. I think the comment where she said she was like a soccer mom turned him immediately.
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I had to hold my nose to vote for McCain. Palin was a good choice, but I don't think anyone could have dragged his boring Rhino butt across the finish line.
 
Barbbtx said:
I had to hold my nose to vote for McCain. Palin was a good choice, but I don't think anyone could have dragged his boring Rhino butt across the finish line.
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My friend, you are so right.
 
Is there a written transcript on her speech? Something is wrong with my speakers...
 
Fiddytree said:
I saw her RNC speech and said "okay, now let's see what else you can do." It was a good speech, but I was not impressed with the follow through. Liberals on the other hand were ready with the tomatoes and cabbages long before she said a word.
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That sums up my impression of her fairly well actually. Excited at first... underwhelmed as time went on, but still a mild fan.

I feel like one reason she has had such popular success is she gives voice to a chronically underrepresented group: Conservative (heartland especially) women. This is no small minority, and in the past there have been few women in the spotlight of politics who could capture that voice, and she really has.

It disheartens me when people on the left dismiss her so roundly. Also the worn out "STUPID!" saw has gotten very old since it is used almost universally about folks on the right. Likewise the same sort of droning sound that comes from the right about it's opponents is annoying.

THAT is the tone I want to see go away, if there is one.
 
Fiddytree said:
I saw her RNC speech and said "okay, now let's see what else you can do." It was a good speech, but I was not impressed with the follow through. Liberals on the other hand were ready with the tomatoes and cabbages long before she said a word.
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I do not think that is true. I remember when her name was first floated a few days before the appointment made, I checked her out on Wikipedia and tried to find out about her. The day before the announcement came, I check back again and it was like a script writer for an old Frank Capra movie had completely rewritten her history. All the sudden she was this populist who ran away to get married and playfully got senior citizens from a old folks home to act as witnesses. It was terribly contrived and terribly artificial and a complete rewrite of what had been there before. That sent off warning bells to me that we were about to see a trick that rivaled the great Houdini doing his famous Metamorphosis. Then in the actual acceptance speech, you could see the rawness, the anger, the hostility and the vitriol which makes up so much of the woman. She is truly one of those who grows more and more contemptible with increasing familiarity.
 
haymarket said:
I do not think that is true. I remember when her name was first floated a few days before the appointment made, I checked her out on Wikipedia and tried to find out about her. The day before the announcement came, I check back again and it was like a script writer for an old Frank Capra movie had completely rewritten her history. All the sudden she was this populist who ran away to get married and playfully got senior citizens from a old folks home to act as witnesses. It was terribly contrived and terribly artificial and a complete rewrite of what had been there before. That sent off warning bells to me that we were about to see a trick that rivaled the great Houdini doing his famous Metamorphosis. Then in the actual acceptance speech, you could see the rawness, the anger, the hostility and the vitriol which makes up so much of the woman. She is truly one of those who grows more and more contemptible with increasing familiarity.
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See bold... checking Wikipedia was your first mistake...
 
the fact she gets any attention at all is reflective of the kind of society we live in ... that is infinitely more sadder than anything she could do or say.
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Well, I think that the people who hate Palin are a ‘more sadder’ reflection of our society than anything she might say or do. The liberal horde is so jealous of Palin that they can’t accept the fact that she is a real person. Or is that they hate themselves so much that they have to hate all people but the most plastic and painted people like Pelosi?

I checked her out on Wikipedia
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I’m not that big a fan of wikipedia and as you mentioned the things written there aren’t reliable.

She is truly one of those who grows more and more contemptible with increasing familiarity.
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Because you were on the hint to find a scrap of anything that you could wave as contemptible I’m not sure that you are being objective.
 
What's the difference between "blood libel" and "blood slander"?

Why would anyone care if Palin is a hemophiliac?
 
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