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Palin Blasts Emanuel for Calling Dem Idea 'Retarded'

liblady said:
who is saul alensky? at least get his name right.
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Excuse me, I am sure you have NO idea who I am referring to....:roll:

For those that may not I typed an 'e' instead of an 'i'....Sue me.


j-mac
 
j-mac said:
"Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity."




j-mac
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Whats wrong with that way of thinking? It proves Repubs aren't Christian time and again as well as disproving certain repub Messiah's as not being Fiscal Conservatives.
 
pugetsoundwa said:
Whats wrong with that way of thinking?
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Typical.....Why not tell the truth on your political leaning indicator below your name here.....Alinsky made that comment while promoting that you should hold your political enemy to their own standard while you don't have to follow your own....What a dirt bag.


j-mac
 
MyOwnDrum said:
This is dumb. We can't even use the word 'retarded' to describe a mentally retarded person anymore because people use it as slang. Now Palin has to go and make a big to do over one of her political opponents using the term 'retarded' idiomatically to describe what he thought was a dumb (which originally meant 'mute') So, I guess the word retarded is totally out of bounds and offensive?

Palin just wants to be in the news again, she's an attention junkie I think.

FOXNews.com - Palin Blasts Emanuel for Calling Dem Idea 'Retarded'
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Sarah Palin is an opportunist. Most successful politicians are. In this matter, no minds were changed: People who like Sarah don't like Rahm and vice versa, so it's a wash.

I wish this thread had a poll: Are you troubled by Emanuel's use of the word ‘retarded’ in this context?

Meh, not at all.
 
j-mac said:
Typical.....Why not tell the truth on your political leaning indicator below your name here.....Alinsky made that comment while promoting that you should hold your political enemy to their own standard while you don't have to follow your own....What a dirt bag.


j-mac
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when did he say that you don't have to follow your own.
 
The Prof said:
a complete cabal of keystone kops

and we haven't even touched upon his CZARS

when is enough going to be enough, obamites?

you must be exhausted
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Add to the list Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Franken, Boxer, Rangel....have we ever seen such a cast of social misfits.

It's like The Bad News Bears donning pinstripes.
 
pugetsoundwa said:
when did he say that you don't have to follow your own.
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I believe it is throughout his nasty little book.

Take this for example:

"13. Pick the target, freeze it, ersonalize it, and polarize it. In conflict tactics there are certain rules that [should be regarded] as universalities. One is that the opposition must be singled out as the target and 'frozen.'...


"...any target can always say, 'Why do you center on me when there are others to blame as well?' When your 'freeze the target,' you disregard these [rational but distracting] arguments.... Then, as you zero in and freeze your target and carry out your attack, all the 'others' come out of the woodwork very soon. They become visible by their support of the target...'

"One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other." (pps.127-134)"


Now, would you say that Alinsky would consider it fair game should this be used against him? I say no. And I believe this is evidenced today when it is, liberals such as yourself scream about how unfair it is.....:rofl


j-mac
 
j-mac said:
So you admit that you are anti semite?


j-mac
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Do you know the difference between a Schlemiel and a Schlemozal?
 
j-mac said:
I believe it is throughout his nasty little book.

Take this for example:

"13. Pick the target, freeze it, ersonalize it, and polarize it. In conflict tactics there are certain rules that [should be regarded] as universalities. One is that the opposition must be singled out as the target and 'frozen.'...


"...any target can always say, 'Why do you center on me when there are others to blame as well?' When your 'freeze the target,' you disregard these [rational but distracting] arguments.... Then, as you zero in and freeze your target and carry out your attack, all the 'others' come out of the woodwork very soon. They become visible by their support of the target...'

"One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other." (pps.127-134)"


Now, would you say that Alinsky would consider it fair game should this be used against him? I say no. And I believe this is evidenced today when it is, liberals such as yourself scream about how unfair it is.....:rofl


j-mac
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This is primarily the rules the repubs used to spread their Republo-Facism through the Bush regime, BUT it still doesn't state that you don't have to follow your own standards. So you have had a Epic Fail......:doh
 
MyOwnDrum said:
So, she uses it for political hay.

I'm sick of the word Nazis. I think people ought to quit feeling like victims and get over themselves. No one was talking about her child, 'retarded' has been a part of everyday speech for a long time. That's why we all have to say 'developmentally delayed' now. :rolleyes:
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So what if she does? She's not the first and won't be the last. It's what politicians do. I honestly don't see the issue here and I don't much like Palin anyway.

marduc said:
My brother is mentally retarded, and I think her bitching about this non issue is ****ing retarded.
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Well, you're both entitled to your opinions. She took offense, you don't. Different strokes... and political opportunism and all that jazz.

Also, Rahm Emanuel gives me hives.

That is all.
 
"The Yiddish word schlemiel has been translated as the kind of person who is always going around spilling soup on people and a schlemozzle as the kind of person he is always spilling it on."
 
Arcana XV said:
So what if she does? She's not the first and won't be the last. It's what politicians do. I honestly don't see the issue here and I don't much like Palin anyway.



Well, you're both entitled to your opinions. She took offense, you don't. Different strokes... and political opportunism and all that jazz.

Also, Rahm Emanuel gives me hives.

That is all.
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Rahm Emanuel is a classic, sleazy, backroom politician. He would make a good character on the TV show Law and Order, who gets caught in bed with the Mafia and brought to justice.
 
jackalope said:
So, Emanuel, Geithner, Holder, Gibbs, and Napolitano are all on the way out?
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in time, yes

even obama is not so stupid as to keep such idiots around
 
pugetsoundwa said:
This is primarily the rules the repubs used to spread their Republo-Facism through the Bush regime, BUT it still doesn't state that you don't have to follow your own standards. So you have had a Epic Fail......:doh
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OMG! Is that all you liberals know how to do is just declare some stupid declaration like 'Epic Fail'? and name call? When you decide that you want to be honest, and actually debate an issue then come on back will you? Until then.


j-mac
 
pugetsoundwa said:
"The Yiddish word schlemiel has been translated as the kind of person who is always going around spilling soup on people and a schlemozzle as the kind of person he is always spilling it on."
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Correct. And can you define the word 'Schmuck'? ;) And can you define the word 'putz'? :2razz:
 
The Prof said:
in time, yes

even obama is not so stupid as to keep such idiots around
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Emanuel was elevated to BBF status to help pacify the nervous Jewish vote. Now he is dispensable. Obama is a wolf in sheep's clothing regarding the Jews.
 
Erod said:
....have we ever seen such a cast of social misfits.
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Yes, I lived through the Reagan years and Bush jr years. talk about clowns and thieves...
 
There's nothing wrong with Palin taking offense at the word, even if she's doing it for face-time.

What bothers me is that, as I understand it, the word was used in a private meeting.

Taking public offense at something which was said in private when you weren't even in the room to begin with is, well, retarded.
 
Calling a person retarded is one thing, calling an idea is another. Palin is pathetic. Oooooh, everyone is directing the use of this word at me or my son! *rolls eyes*
 
pugetsoundwa said:
This is primarily the rules the repubs used to spread their Republo-Facism through the Bush regime, BUT it still doesn't state that you don't have to follow your own standards. So you have had a Epic Fail......:doh
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Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush.......(inhale)......Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush,Bush.......
 
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