Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/07/palin-considering-2012-ru_n_452602.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...602.html</a> Wow.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster Is it OK to say that Palin's retarded? She's exactly what this country deserves BTW.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder For all intents and purposes, Palin has now completely erased any goodwill McCain might have developed with his military service. If he leaves this dumb broad (if Limbaugh can say retard, we now have free reign) up in the wilderness, we never hear one fart coming out of her mouth.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The hypocrisy is stunning, even for her. Rush, after all, was referring to the very same people, and essentially defending Emanuel's use of it - how she turns that around to Emanuel's use of it is unacceptable (contradicting Limbaugh) and that he should be fired (!), while Limbaugh's use is fine, is jawdropping. And actually, Limbaugh's use was worse. Emanuel used the word "retarded," which is an adjective, and when I (and Rahm, and Rush) were kids, it was even an acceptable adjective. "Mentally retarded" was the acceptable usage. Rush, on the other hand, used the word "retard," a noun, which even when we were all kids, was NOT an acceptable word to use about people. My guess, however, is that the media has finished holding her feet to the fire on this one. They noted the hypocrisy, asked her the (pretty much obligatory) question, and now will pretty much let her slide, even though the answer was anything but satisfactory. They feel they "need" her as the closest thing the GOP has today to a "national figure." McConnell and Boehner are dull as dishwater next to her (or pretty much anybody), McCain has got the same "loser" tag that Kerry did in 2005 (i.e. they'll go to him sometimes, but not often), and the only other viable candidates for national GOP figure right now are media members themselves, like Limbaugh (which tells you something on a number of levels). Palin, on the other hand, is a seemingly inexhaustible quote machine, even when the quotes are inane. The mainstream media (as opposed to the actual liberal-based media like HuffPo) won't hold her to account too harshly for this - just wait and see.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan LOL, wow. Just... wow. She loves faking outrage (Letterman or Rahm) when it'll get some attention, but there's zero meaning behind it. Her giving Rush a total pass shows she's just using her kids as props.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt For the life of me I can't understand why this woman is popular. Just look at this: <a href="http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93375?fp=1" target="_blank">http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93375?fp=1</a> I don't who irritates me more, Sarah Palin or the mindless idiots who love her.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Sorry, I just realized that someone else has already started a separate discussion about Sarah's palm readings.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<For the life of me I can't understand why this woman is popular>> My mom thinks she's best thing since sliced bread.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>She already had notes in front of her on the podium. Surely she could remember three simple themes. Why write notes on her hand? Here's my take on why: she knew that they would be visible when she gave the speech. And she knew that she would be made fun of -- as so stupid that she needs to write notes on her hand. And that's one of her most effective tactics -- to be made fun of.<< >>there are millions and millions of Americans are out there, working as hard as they can, some just as smart as Obama, who never get anywhere. They clean your shirts, mop your floor, fix your TIVO, sell your computer service contracts. They work hard their whole lives, and they feel left out, disrespected, undervalued -- treated as if they are stupid. So there's the Obama Administration's spokesman reinforcing Palin's narrative, showing that the elites think that average people who write notes on their palms are stupid. We progressives better wise up, or the class conflicts that are driving American politics are going to defeat our most cherished goals<< <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-williams/sarah-palin-plays-chess_b_457196.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...196.html</a>
Originally Posted By DAR So the word retard was it used like in the Hangover? As in "Rain Man counted cards and he was ru-tard."
Originally Posted By FaMulan She is now upset about an episode of the Family Guy where the older son has a crush on a girl with Down's Syndrome. Way to be a hypocrite. Lambaste a TV show and a Democrat, but not St. Rush. If one's going to be an advocate for a group of people, such as those with Down's, don't be half-baked about it.
Originally Posted By DAR Actually I watched said episode. Ellen the character who went on a date was Chris wasn't made fun of because she has down's syndrome, she was made fun of because she's a teenage girl who like many teenage girls and boys can be a pain in the a$$
Originally Posted By Mr X It was the "my mother is the former governor of Alaska" line that gave Palin an in. As for Emperor of all things Republican Limbaugh, I think he did it on purpose to take her down a peg (nobody can challenge the king of the mountain for supremacy, after all). He was expecting a nasty response that he could then sink his teeth into, I'd imagine. Instead he got more than he could've hoped for, as she meekly backed off, tail between her legs, on an issue that is supposedly dear and very personal and important for her. I really think she could've beaten him, too. Too bad she was too gutless to go for it.
