White House on Sarah Palin's comments: No comment

[Still a Democrat]

Source: LA Times

The administration aims to stay above the fray when asked about President Obama stressing the need for political civility after the Arizona shootings and Sarah Palin's 'blood libel' charge.


White House spokesman Robert Gibbs pointedly avoided attempts Thursday to engage the Obama administration in a debate on civil political discourse with potential presidential rival Sarah Palin.

Speaking at his morning briefing, Gibbs ducked several questions about the president's response to Palin's comments in the wake of the Arizona shooting spree that left six dead and 19 wounded. Palin on Wednesday branded attempts by some to use the attack as a way of criticizing conservatives as "blood libel."

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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-0114-palin-obama-20110114,0,1108292.story

[Skittles]

1. wise move

everyone needs to stop acknowledging that vapid fame whore

[Kali]

5. ...

:thumbsup:

I mean, she is entertaining like any good trainwreck, but this (and the President's) response is the adult one.

[rfranklin]

2. How dare they use such inflammatory rhetoric!!!!

the reluctance to respond to the failed governor will enrage her followers.

[wryter2000]

7. LOL

I wish we still had DUzy's. :rofl:

[deacon]

12. lol !

[stray cat]

3. absolutely perfect - who cares what one commentator on Fox says

[RKP5637]

4. It's best to just ignore Palin the possessed one. n/t

[bdamomma]

17. good idea, could we do it here for one day?

[emulatorloo]

6. Palin's comment speaks for itself.

Good for Gibbs and the White House. Tiime for america to move past Sarah Palin's extremist views.

[Iggo]

8. Good.

Leave her out there all alone.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. That's a good example for to follow

Let's just ignore Sarah Palin to death. She wants attention. Why gratify her?

We can do the same thing to Limbaugh, Beck, Malkin and the other purveyors of hate. They say nothing based on fact; they add nothing of value to any discussion. Their followers are willfully ignorant, the kind of people who will believe that Obama was born in Kenya (or hatched in a lab funded by Bill Ayers). These people think that America is a "Christian nation" with no separation of church and state or that equality is not an American value. Anybody spewing that kind of nonsense needs a course in reading comprehension. They think the Prophet Mohammad walked the earth 1400 years ago to defy the holy authority of an empire (as if any empire could ever be holy) centered in a nation yet unborn in a land unknown to the people of his time and place. No matter how often and how convincingly they are refuted, they will come back and say the same thing.

Let's just ignore them to death.

[mrdmk]

21. I agree and disagree because of the following

My agreements are that these people have miss-used their power of speech to the point of being uncivilized. One needs to ask them how much do you agree with your statements verse how much do you state these views for money and power?

The disagreement lies with the fact that we as citizens need to know what people in power are thinking. At times, this is a very difficult task.

We need to listen and whenever possible point out how unrealistic these people are. Following their lead will only lead to their advancement. For the most this group would not be in this line of work if it were not for the money.

In paragraph number three, that is what happened to a lot of the environmental causes and the movement for world peace.

[DCKit]

10. How DARE they ingnore the most important political figure of our time!

This is going to drive the S.P. fan club into orbit.
:crazy: :nuke: :banghead: :crazy:

[bemildred]

11. Yep. "Ignore them, it will drive them nuts." nt

[Arkansas Granny]

13. That's a wise move. To comment on her remarks would give them a legitimacy

that they don't deserve.

[Adsos Letter]

20. Well said; President Obama has no need to engage that twit.

[kestrel91316]

14. Excellent. She is not worthy of comment by the WH. Obama should not speak her

name again until and unless she gets the Repuke nom for pres.

[CLANG]

15. So the RW nuts can shoot him too? Fuck them all. Let others do that dirty work.

[NeoConsSuck]

24. Cafferty just ripped her a new one:

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/13/palins-reaction-to-tucson-massacre-end-her-chances-of-being-president/?hpt=T2

[bdamomma]

16. they got her on "ignore" wise choice

[Xenotime]

18. If they would have put the whole GOP on ignore, we could have gotten shit done.

[bdamomma]

22. McConnell and Boehner are not going to change.

these men are going to give President Obama a very rough time.

[uppityperson]

19. Don't feed the troll. Good call.

palin=troll

[groundloop]

23. Oops, I unrecc'd by mistake

Anyway, that person from Alaska needs to just go away, she keeps proving just how irrelevant she is. I will make every attempt not to utter that name again.

[bettyellen]

25. The WH should not comment on Facebook or Youtube postings ever! If someone has an issue to raise

let them hold a press confernce or be available for questions themselves, not hiding behind some tweets and emails. What bullshit.

[alp227]

26. haha there's no need to comment given many others have already

including Asst House Minority Leader James Clyburn, a coalition of Jewish groups, and DU too.