Palin issued a new statement on the tragedy

[PeaceNikki]

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=487510653434&comments

To which I replied: "When some lunatic plays Pin the Bullet on the Congresswoman, it's fair to ask who spun them around and shoved them towards the target."

Fuck her

[Dennis Donovan]

1. There's NO way she wrote that:

<snip>
There are those who claim political rhetoric is to blame for the despicable act of this deranged, apparently apolitical criminal. And they claim political debate has somehow gotten more heated just recently. But when was it less heated? Back in those “calm days” when political figures literally settled their differences with dueling pistols? In an ideal world all discourse would be civil and all disagreements cordial. But our Founding Fathers knew they weren’t designing a system for perfect men and women. If men and women were angels, there would be no need for government. Our Founders’ genius was to design a system that helped settle the inevitable conflicts caused by our imperfect passions in civil ways. So, we must condemn violence if our Republic is to endure.
</snip>

She can't even SPELL half the words in that paragraph alone!

[SoCalDem]

6. sentences..punctuation?

she did not write that...or think it up

[NuclearDem]

8. When she got on camera and read it too it sure didn't seem like she wrote it

Someone check for a teleprompter, quick!

[Botany]

14. You can see the teleprompter reflected in her glasses

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1usyUqzIL4/TPc0W0cottI/AAAAAAAAAy0/qydmJ1H097E/s1600/sign+-+epic+fail.jpg

[NuclearDem]

2. Ugh, Christ, she couldn't go ONE DAY without mentioning Ronnie and 9/11

All while saying "lol it wasn't my rhetoric that did it look ronnie ray gun said it wasn't" "THINK OF 9/11! I DIDN'T CAUSE IT lol"

I hate this woman more and more everyday.

She just HAD to press every conservative button in it too: Ronnie, 9/11, Founding Fathers, God. At least she didn't try to say the shooter was a lib.

Brilliant logic though..."our Founding Fathers settled their political disputes with guns! And we adore our Founding Fathers...wait, guys, hold on, I've got an AMAZING idea..."

[Botany]

3. not only CYA time but who really thinks Palin wrote it too?

"There is a bittersweet irony that the strength of the American spirit shines brightest in times of tragedy"

[steve2470]

4. Thoroughly vetted by her lawyers and her advisors

Give her enough time, she'll be back to business as usual.

[66 dmhlt]

44. If so, they did a Piss-Poor job of vetting her speech

She's already taking some well-deserved heat for her mendacious (or dog whistle) use of the term "blood libel"

The term blood libel is generally used to mean the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, in particular the baking of matzos for passover. That false claim was circulated for centuries to incite anti-Semitism and justify violent pogroms against Jews. Ms. Palin’s use of the phrase in her video, which helped make the video rapidly go viral, is attracting criticism, not least because Ms. Giffords, who remains in critical condition in a Tucson hospital, is Jewish.

Source:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/palin-calls-criticism-blood-libel/

See the full list of articles criticizing Palin's "blood libel" as provided by The New York Tiimes link here:
http://www.politico.com/arena/archive/what-should-obama-say-in-tucson.html

Also being covered elsewhere:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/12/935619/-UPDATED-3x:-No,-Sarah.-Blood-Libel-does-not-mean-what-you-think-it-means.

[steve2470]

46. I agree it was piss poor nt

[malaise]

5. Damn that was pathetic

http://vimeo.com/18698532

[NuclearDem]

7. Ahhh why'd you do that...

I was already reading that note in her shrill voice. :puke:

[malaise]

13. LOL

Way more fun watching her - she and her fugging exceptionalism - no developed country has more murders so the light must be just before the gunshot.

No Lady Blah Blah words have consequences. Giffords called you out ages ago.
The other party only one the House so clearly American wants divided government.

Public debate - you stated publicly at the Vice Presidential candidates debate that you refuse to participate in debate formats.

Fuck you very much!!

[pinboy3niner]

23. From your reaction, I assume I guessed right

The vid (also now posted as a GD OP) is her giving this speech? I couldn't bear to play it to find out...

:hi:

[Ilsa]

9. Great reply.

She has seized the moment to try to be blameless in this, but the fact that it took her three days to say anything tells me she must have been nervous about what she had done and needed time to spin her way out of it.

She has also forgotten that our governing bodies and courts can declare some speech illegal when it incites to violence or causes life-threatening panic. She's too obtuse to remember that, preferring instead to quote Saint Ronnie.

I wish she'd just go away now.

[PeaceNikki]

12. I also got this in:

So Limbaugh, Beck, Palin & crew are feeling unjustly blamed for the actions of an extremist? Maybe they can ask Muslims for advice on how to deal with that.

:*

I'm sure they won't last long and I will be banned.

[Ilsa]

37. I have another one for you if she hasn't banned you:

We do have limits on "offensive speech". We dont get to curse or say "fuck you" in the public arena or on public airwaves because even though it isn't an incitement to violence, it is considered offensive to many people.

I think I'll start a thread on that.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Transparent attempt to pre-empt the President

On the day of his visit to Arizona, she comes out with a speech to look "presidential."

Hard to believe. I kept scrolling, and scrolling, and the damn thing still wouldn't end! Obviously, it isn't a comment--it's a speech.

:eyes:

[malaise]

15. Ding ding

We have a winner

[pinboy3niner]

20. Her use of the term 'blood libel' struck me, too

That's a pretty loaded term. Heilman, on MoJo, also noted that it has "a pretty specific meaning" and he called it "extreme."

Just another dog whistle?

[NuclearDem]

21. Oh crap, I actually missed that

She (or rather, her ghost writer) DOES know that blood libel refers to accusing Jews of killing children and using their blood for religious rituals right?

Next up, the liberals are going to be poisoning wells...or maybe we'll get our own educational video comparing us to rats.

[peekaloo]

16. exactly

brings to mind EAP's 'The Raven' for some reason although this time that bird is screechin' "Ever the Media Whore"

[global1]

29. And Guess Who Will Get All The Attention Today On The Cable News Shows?.....

not Obama's speech.

Fox News especially will be playing and replaying and commenting on her comments. Can't wait to hear what the boys (Rush, Beck, Hannity, Drudge, et al) will be saying about this and how they will be comparing it to what Obama says.

I can almost see the draft of her comments being circulated to the boys - asking them to edit it down until they all had agreement on these words.

And that's what they are - just words. No heartfelt meaning - just words. Anything to further their cause to regain the power of the presidency and further drag this country down the rabbit-hole.

[somone]

30. What public office is she holding now - with the flag and all

What a joke

[pinboy3niner]

31. Apparently, she's the Queen of the Media Soapbox

Narcissistic, with delusions of grandeur.

And Saint Sarah to her devotees, the Palinistas. (More delusions there...)

[KharmaTrain]

11. Grifterella's Had A Bad Week

It started last week when her purse took a big hit when not only was her waste of electrons of a teevee show not renewed for a second season (another million samolians) but the current seasons was going direct to DVD...cancelled! Guess there weren't enough mama grisleys out there to compete with Kate and how many little ankle biters she has or those Ice Road dudes. So much for becoming the television star and launching that big campaign.

Then came Saturday and the scrambling to take down the target pic as well as scrub other websites...and then trot out a PR hack and turn loose Faux Noise. This one caught her blindsided...or should I say her enablers...those who write her websites and talking points. No matter what they come up with she's gonna get slammed. Mooselini's problem is she can't nuance...and her over-the-top rhetoric is coming back to bite her. Whatever she says she'll be confronted by a video that counteracts it...she's talked herself into a corner. While she may not know it, someone around her does and has her muzzled.

We may be seeing the final 5 minutes of Bible Spice's 15...the over-saturation and final minimalization. Her dreams of sweeping to a Presidential nomination, if not election, are starting to drift away as she's alienated people in her own corrupt party and her gaffes and lack of intelligence and experience are getting a close look. The free ride is ending...this incident shows she's surface and not substance...

[BlueMTexpat]

34. Love your name for her! nt

[DCKit]

40. "Grifterella"... too perfect. And you write so well. I'm a bit envious. nt

[reformist2]

17. Note their repeated use of "senseless" and "incomprehensible" and "random".

The implied message is that there is no way to understand what happened, so don't even try to. In short: don't think.

Maybe others here have come to the same conclusion long ago, but I'm beginning to think that the underlying problem we face with respect to the Tea Party and Republicans in general is anti-intellectualism. They are afraid of new ideas.

[PeaceNikki]

18. The comments by her cultists are, as always, ASTOUNDING in their ridiculousness.

One suggested she run for mayor of NEW YORK CITY!! :freak:

[steve2470]

19. Giuliani looks like a freakin genius next to her nt

[Hubert Flottz]

22. "Fuck her"

There ain't enough Viagra on the planet!

[PeaceNikki]

24. Figuratively.

Natch.

[blogslut]

25. tl;dr

After the Reagan quote I just gave up.

[PeaceNikki]

26. Cliff's Notes: Reagan, blame liberals, Jesus.

You're welcome.

[blogslut]

27. Yeah

I really can't stomach that woman even when other people write her statements.

[stanwyck]

41. We're all psychics and can write her speeches in advance

The only surprise in her speech was the "blood libel" reference. Who would have thought even Palin would compare herself to Holocaust victims?
I was shocked by her email exchange with Glen Beck where Beck's concern was for Palin's family. Yes, Palin's family. Because Palin, who was so quick to blame Hillary Clinton for playing the victim during the campaign, is always playing the victim. Always. The inference is that HER family is under attack. Nevermind six people have died. SARAH's family is, somehow (?), the family at risk.
She's the heroine on the railroad track waiting for her rightwing radio hosts to come to her rescue.
She continues to be the Real Housewife - complete with bitchy attitude and six-inch thick lipgloss --of the GOP.
And the girlfriend deficient rightwingers just fall at her feet.

[stray cat]

28. Don't retreat reload but be nice to me?

[PhillySane]

32. Quick, put your guns down and duck inside a church!

When Iraqis ran inside their mosques we all said it was cowardly.

[cbdo2007]

33. CNN's picture here perfectly captures the guilt on her face

ha ha ha hahahaha. That picture tells 1000 words. That is the look of a woman who knows she is partly responsible for killing 6 people including a 9 year old girl. She's defeated.

Her words and her face are saying something completely different. Her face is saying "I'm finished. I'm sorry. Please don't take away my fame and money. I never thought this would really happen." You can tell she's been bawling her eyes out.

[Buns_of_Fire]

35. It would look like the events of the past week have aged her a bit.

That, or her handlers told her, "For God's Sake, Sarah, no winky-winky, no 'you betcha's, no smirking. Put on your serious face, like you did when that pot of moose stew boiled over and stunk up the kitchen for a week."

[livetohike]

45. She looks old and worried. Must have been up nights

worrying about her future in politics and how she was going to feed her kids now that her public career is over. Can't count on that shiftless husband of hers - the snow machine rider.

[LuckyTheDog]

36. She blows

When you use a lot of gun-related imagery to try to intimidate your political opponents, you'd better hope none of those people actually get shot by some nut. If that happens, folks are going to be pointing at you -- whether the shooter was directly influenced by you or not.

Sorry, but I don't feel sorry for you. Politics is a tough game. If you can't take it, maybe you should stick to doing poorly rated reality shows.

Grow up, Caribou Barbie. Quit the whining. You brought this on yourself.

[Chimichurri]

38. This hurt her cause and I'm happy she did this. She had a great

opportunity to say something magnanimous but instead she chose to do her old Sarah shtick. She blew it, once again, for herself and her tea bagger brigade. I thank her immensely.

[vanlassie]

42. No kidding. TODAY of ALL days? This woman is tone deaf.

This is the day set aside to mourn the victims and SHE issues this pitiful, self-centered rant? Appalling.

[PeaceNikki]

43. The way her cultists eat it up is just gross.

:puke:

[lonestarnot]

39. Yeah. Fuck 'er.