Jim Clyburn: Palin 'Intellectually' Incapable Of Understanding Arizona Shootings

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



WASHINGTON -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's first spoken words on the shootings in Tucson, Ariz. -- a lengthy denunciation of both violence and pundits who are "manufacturing a blood libel" -- was more an effort in media critique than post-tragedy reconciliation.

And in the immediate aftermath, the reaction to it was a bit of incredulity, shock or simple confusion. Assistant House Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) became one of the first lawmakers to weigh in Wednesday morning.

"You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think that she's an attractive person, she is articulate," Clyburn said on Bill Press' radio show. "But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."

Listen: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/clyburn-palin-arizona-intellectually-inc_n_807871.html

Clyburn's comments were tame compared to the chilly reception and head-scratching that Palin's statement received on the Internet and cable, where the anti-Semitic roots of the term "blood libel" did not go unnoticed. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/clyburn-palin-arizona-intellectually-inc_n_807871.html

[treestar]

1. She's articulate?

facepalm

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Rep. Clyburn was far too kind

I guess he didn't want to go with 'least-intelligent megalomaniac of all time,' which is far more accurate.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. I think it was sarcasm

:shrug:

[Zoeisright]

3. Well, she ain't articulate, and I think she's ugly as sin.

She's also a mean, selfish, and bigoted bitch who thinks ONLY of herself. The ultimate narcissist, in other words.

[RC]

6. You forgot to add and her feet stink also.

:evilgrin:

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. blood libel through Sarah Palin's eyes.

I think it's a corruption of what she knows. She's trying to tie it into "bad blood" or "blood feud."

[Supersedeas]

7. each and every minor criticism of her brings with it the danger (grave danger) that her supports

will go ballistic against those who oppose her with words.

Carefully, she seems to be warning, my constituents are armed and dangerous.

[Broderick]

8. Huh?

"You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think that she's an attractive person, she is articulate,"

What does attractive have to do with anything?

beauty is in the eye of the beholder