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Palin Blasts Emanuel for Calling Dem Idea 'Retarded'

Arcana XV said:
Can't really fault her. People with special needs children tend to be sensitive about these things. No biggie.
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she seems to be rather selective in her sensitivity:

Confronted with the fact that Palin's fellow media star Rush Limbaugh has repeated used the word "retarded" to describe those he disagrees with, Palin's spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton emailed a response to The Plum Line's Greg Sargent.

"Governor Palin believes crude and demeaning name calling at the expense of others is disrespectful," she wrote.

While some took this to mean she was criticizing Limbaugh, Palin later clarified that she was not, and explicitly defended Limbaugh's use of the word "retarded" in a similarly crude context, while appearing on Fox News Sunday. The Huffington Post reports:
But the former governor went to great and sometimes awkward lengths to insist that when conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh used the same exact term to describe the same exact group, it was simply in the role of political humorist.

"They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh," she said, when read a quote of Limbaugh calling liberal groups "retards." "Rush Limbaugh was using satire ... I didn't hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with 'f-ing retards,' and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there."
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Palin: When Limbaugh says ‘retarded’ it’s fine | Raw Story


somebody, please point out the big difference there
 
FilmFestGuy said:
It's funny when Rush says "retarded" to insult people. Besides, he was calling liberals "retarded". So it's okay.

I'm so sick of her constantly playing the victim.

She can't even figure out when to be a victim and not.
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:rofl :rofl
 
FilmFestGuy said:
It's funny when Rush says "retarded" to insult people. Besides, he was calling liberals "retarded". So it's okay.

I'm so sick of her constantly playing the victim.

She can't even figure out when to be a victim and not.
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Well now that Rahm is having some disabled people over to the whitehouse Rush took it a step further saying that it was a retard summit like when Obama had his beer summit.

Rush has a history of making fun of disabled people just look how he mocked Michael J Fox.
 
justabubba said:
she seems to be rather selective in her sensitivity:

Palin: When Limbaugh says ‘retarded’ it’s fine | Raw Story


somebody, please point out the big difference there
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This is not about the kids, this is all for political mainstaging.

That is what I was trying to say before but others here tried to turn it into saying I was for aborting kids. Which makes them complete liars.

I have a cousin who has DS and he is loved by everyone. Lives on a small farm with uncle and aunt. Hard working and always with a smile for you. But if I had the power, Damn straight I wished he had the same opportunities as everybody else. If possible yes, wished he didn't have the chomosomal defect so that he could someday marry and have his own children.
You wish every baby is healthy. If not then you give them the best life possible.


There is a very real risk of older women having children of producing one with DS. You can't just pick an age and say nobody pass this age but as one enters late 30's the risk increases every year. I don't know why that is such a hard concept for some to grasp. Our own state senator had a child at age 39 and had DS.

It is called eduction and one has to make that decision themself. Never did I say abortion and the person who claimed that is a total liar. Period.
 
Crosscheck said:
There is a very real risk of older women having children of producing one with DS. You can't just pick an age and say nobody pass this age but as one enters late 30's the risk increases every year. I don't know why that is such a hard concept for some to grasp. Our own state senator had a child at age 39 and had DS.
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Sure, but you're assuming that she didn't know, and that she thought it mattered. Some people are happy to have a child regardless.

Like you said, you can't just pick an age, can you? So what are you supposed to do? All you can do is know the risks, and either get pregnant or not.

And you sure picked a dick way to express yourself earlier, no wonder you got no respect.
 
justabubba said:
she seems to be rather selective in her sensitivity:

Palin: When Limbaugh says ‘retarded’ it’s fine | Raw Story


somebody, please point out the big difference there
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Sure, no problem.

Rush Limbaugh is a private broadcaster and does not work for the government or the American people. He is a private citizen.

Rahm Emanuel was appointed to his position by the President ot the United States, works for and is paid by the American taxpayer.


This behooves him to treat the American people, the electorate , the taxpayers and their families, with some respect. If he doesn't know that "retards" is a pejorative for thousands of American people then he doesn't deserve his position.

You can decide to not liisten to Limbaugh but you'll be paying for Rahm no matter what this Chicago gangster says.
 
Grant said:
Sure, no problem.

Rush Limbaugh is a private broadcaster and does not work for the government or the American people. He is a private citizen.

Rahm Emanuel was appointed to his position by the President ot the United States, works for and is paid by the American taxpayer.


This behooves him to treat the American people, the electorate , the taxpayers and their families, with some respect. If he doesn't know that "retards" is a pejorative for thousands of American people then he doesn't deserve his position.

You can decide to not liisten to Limbaugh but you'll be paying for Rahm no matter what this Chicago gangster says.
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No, that's not the difference.

The difference is that Limbaugh is a Right Winger who has a lot of clout within the political movement that Palin also belongs to. Emanual, on the other hand, is in the enemy camp. Therefore, Limbaugh gets a pass for his very public usage of the word, and Emanual should get fired for using it in a more private setting. :rolleyes:
 
MyOwnDrum said:
No, that's not the difference.

The difference is that Limbaugh is a Right Winger who has a lot of clout within the political movement that Palin also belongs to. Emanual, on the other hand, is in the enemy camp. Therefore, Limbaugh gets a pass for his very public usage of the word, and Emanual should get fired for using it in a more private setting. :rolleyes:
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No, the difference, is that Rush only repeated what Rahm-beaux said. Rush wasn't calling anyone retarded.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
No, that's not the difference.

The difference is that Limbaugh is a Right Winger who has a lot of clout within the political movement that Palin also belongs to. Emanual, on the other hand, is in the enemy camp. Therefore, Limbaugh gets a pass for his very public usage of the word, and Emanual should get fired for using it in a more private setting. :rolleyes:
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You can always whip up enough outrage to try and get RL fired, it's happening all the time anyway.

Buut it seems you don't understand the difference in impact beween the words of a private citizen and those of the President right hand henchman.
 
Grant said:
You can always whip up enough outrage to try and get RL fired, it's happening all the time anyway.

Buut it seems you don't understand the difference in impact beween the words of a private citizen and those of the President right hand henchman.
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Yes, that is why when Letterman made the remark about Palin's daughter he got into hot water. While when McCain made the joke about Chelsea Clintons's look it was simply overlooked.

Because one is a private citizen and the other is a US paid senator.
 
apdst said:
No, the difference, is that Rush only repeated what Rahm-beaux said. Rush wasn't calling anyone retarded.
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except the disabled people Rahm is inviting over for a "retard summit" as Rush put it. Rahm called the moveon idea retarded not the group.
 
apdst said:
No, the difference, is that Rush only repeated what Rahm-beaux said. Rush wasn't calling anyone retarded.
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Nice try, but he was doing alot more than that. He wasn't just quoting Emmanuel.
 
I'm curious; will you all be as forgiving when Rahm calls some Black Panthers a buncha, "****ing niggers"?
 
apdst said:
I'm curious; will you all be as forgiving when Rahm calls some Black Panthers a buncha, "****ing niggers"?
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So, you think Rahm called a bunch of people ****ing retards?


This would explain alot. The fact that, you know, you don't know what the hell is going on.
 
jackalope said:
So, you think Rahm called a bunch of people ****ing retards?


This would explain alot. The fact that, you know, you don't know what the hell is going on.
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And that's different from normal how? You act as if this is a freak occurrence.
 
apdst said:
I'm curious; will you all be as forgiving when Rahm calls some Black Panthers a buncha, "****ing niggers"?
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Will they be as forgiving that you called them a bunch of .......

Rahm didn't call anyone retarded he called an idea retarded
 
I am late to this thread, but here is my 2 cents worth.

As a parent that has adopted special needs children, I have noticed that while Sarah Palin has never actually done anything to help other parents of special needs children, she never misses an opportunity use her special needs child to club her political opponents with any time she wants to engage in demagoguery - basically its who hates or wants to kill Trig this week. Which really is a perfect example of just how ridiculous as a society we have became with this whole entire business of policing language. What Rahm said was offensive, and he should have and rightly did apologize for it, but he wasn't slamming mentally handicapped children, he was insulting part of the Democratic base. Similarly, when Rush Limbaugh used the term repeatedly as insult in his broadcast yesterday, he was being offensive, but he was not insulting mentally handicapped kids. Of course, Sarah Palin has yet to call for his apology or his being fired. Imagine that.

Its not the words that matter, its the intent behind them and a person's actions. We have a daughter with Cerebral Palsy, but I don't get offended anytime someone uses the term "spazz" even though the word was originally a derogatory term for someone with Cerebral Palsy. I don't get offended by the term because its obvious when someone uses it they are not intending to insult someone with cerebral palsy. We have two girls we adopted from China, yet when I hear someone use the term "Oriental" when referring to someone that is Asian, even though that is a term that Asians do not like, I don't get offended because its obvious that someone uses that term is not intending to be offensive, they just don't know any better.

This entire Politically Correct / language policing stuff is way out of hand anymore. It's not the words that matter its the intent behind them.
 
Mentally Challenged seems like a better choice of words.
 
"F---ing Retard": (verb) What Todd does to Sarah on Friday nights.
 
What realllllllly gets me, is how she excuses rush limbaugh!!! typical republican politics, blast something they hate, staunchly defend something that supports them, this whole argument in itself is R****** (apparently i find it necessary to censor this word now, because apparently its a sensitive subject)

And lets really dissect this, Emanuel calls an idea dems have retarded, but rush demographs ALL democrats including the presidential summit, RETARDS, whats worse? clearly the personalization of an attack on a group of people and ideals... my oppinion, rush limbaugh, and sarah palin are TOOLS! But does that mean the hammer and drill in my garage are offended for my baseless demeaning use of a reference to IDIOTS?

whos to blame?
 
Grant said:
Sure, no problem.

Rush Limbaugh is a private broadcaster and does not work for the government or the American people. He is a private citizen.

Rahm Emanuel was appointed to his position by the President ot the United States, works for and is paid by the American taxpayer.


This behooves him to treat the American people, the electorate , the taxpayers and their families, with some respect. If he doesn't know that "retards" is a pejorative for thousands of American people then he doesn't deserve his position.

You can decide to not liisten to Limbaugh but you'll be paying for Rahm no matter what this Chicago gangster says.
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But Rush Limbaugh has to be held accountable for his actions, especially considering the amount of people who hold Fox news as a reliable source of information (HORRIBLY MISPLACED in my oppinion) I watch Daily Show, but the only thing they approach is Republican hypocrisy, they dont out and out debase political figures, and when they do act rashly THEY ARE SURE AS HELL HELD ACCOUNTABLE, especially by right-wing pundents... its just more and more of "look the other way if it suits us" and "hey palin, he said the r-word, use it to further your political platform through the unfortunate condition of your child!" This is some evil... evil... evvviiiiil isht...
 
High Noon said:
But Rush Limbaugh has to be held accountable for his actions, especially considering the amount of people who hold Fox news as a reliable source of information (HORRIBLY MISPLACED in my oppinion) I watch Daily Show, but the only thing they approach is Republican hypocrisy, they dont out and out debase political figures, and when they do act rashly THEY ARE SURE AS HELL HELD ACCOUNTABLE, especially by right-wing pundents... its just more and more of "look the other way if it suits us" and "hey palin, he said the r-word, use it to further your political platform through the unfortunate condition of your child!" This is some evil... evil... evvviiiiil isht...
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Sure he has to held accountable for his actions, just as any public figure does. FOX news has been is rated as the most reliable news gathering organization in the States. Who do your trust?

The Daily Show is for teenagers and is not a news program, it is a comedy program.

The rest of your post is unintelligible.
 
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