Blood Libel

[Geo]

Surprised to see no one brought this up. I wish the rest of the country made no mention of Sarah Palin when she acts out.

I have been suspicious for a while but have finally concluded that she isn't for real. She's totally messing with all of us because she profits from the attention.

That said- any brave supporters of her care to defend or at least try to help the rest of us make sense out of her latest remarks.

Also, does anyone believe this could sink her?

 

[Jesus]

Surprised to see no one brought this up. I wish the rest of the country made no mention of Sarah Palin when she acts out.

I have been suspicious for a while but have finally concluded that she isn't for real. She's totally messing with all of us because she profits from the attention.

That said- any brave supporters of her care to defend or at least try to help the rest of us make sense out of her latest remarks.

Also, does anyone believe this could sink her?

Ask the pundants. No, her words don't flow naturally. She was way too stiff, but she'll always have her loyal 25%.


By the way. I going to be doing communion over the radio. My opening line will be "Hi I'm Jesus, and I'll be your host":funn: COMMUNION! HOST! GET IT??

 

[Mango]

This new round of idiocy just reflects on how people like Sarah Palin operate. This is how they get others to follow them. They make themselves out to be victims, and convince their followers that they, too, are victims. So, to answer your question, since there are so many people who enjoy victimhood, Sarah ain't going nowhere, unfortunately. :roll:

 

[Minnie]

I wish the rest of the country made no mention of Sarah Palin when she acts out.

Yes wouldn't that be great if everyone would simply not mention her.

It does seem those against her do a better job of providing her with publicity than her supporters do.

Or even better try to adhere to the inspiring words delivered by the President when he spoke at the memorial.

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do - it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.

 

[Geo]

It does seem those against her do a better job of providing her with publicity than her supporters do.

I'm thinking it's because she has made it difficult for folks to continue to support her and for supporters to defend her. Her most recent remarks are so over the top that even conservative pundits are slamming her.

You asked why I brought it up in the same post in which I said I wished the country wouldn't give her attention. I brought it up because it is everywhere except here and I find that interesting.

Or even better try to adhere to the inspiring words delivered by the President when he spoke at the memorial.

Since she chose to release her video within 8 hours of the President's speech it is tough not to draw (negative) comparisons.

 

[30ashopper]

Surprised to see no one brought this up. I wish the rest of the country made no mention of Sarah Palin when she acts out.

I have been suspicious for a while but have finally concluded that she isn't for real. She's totally messing with all of us because she profits from the attention.

That said- any brave supporters of her care to defend or at least try to help the rest of us make sense out of her latest remarks.

Also, does anyone believe this could sink her?

The left attacked her and blamed her for Loughner, what did you expect her to do? Now you're attacking her for defending herself?

 

[Here4Good]

Yes, it would have been way too much to ask for her to rise above it and give a message that wasn't Sarah-centric.

 

[30ashopper]

Yes, it would have been way too much to ask for her to rise above it and give a message that wasn't Sarah-centric.

Had the left taken the "high road" from the beginning by avoiding knee jerk blame games, as President Obama suggested in his speech, we wouldn't be having these discussions.

 

[GoodWitch58]

we have two very different points of view in this country right now; it is a serious combination of morality and religion and politics...some continue to introduce violence into the equation. Hopefully, thoughtful people on both sides of the question will begin to work toward common ground...I sincerely hope we do not go back into the violence of the 60s where so many political leaders were killed and so many others injured badly.
this piece says it better than I can:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/opinion/14krugman.html?_r=1&hp

This deep divide in American political morality ? for that?s what it amounts to ? is a relatively recent development. Commentators who pine for the days of civility and bipartisanship are, whether they realize it or not, pining for the days when the Republican Party accepted the legitimacy of the welfare state, and was even willing to contemplate expanding it. As many analysts have noted, the Obama health reform ? whose passage was met with vandalism and death threats against members of Congress ? was modeled on Republican plans from the 1990s.

ight now, each side in that debate passionately believes that the other side is wrong. And it?s all right for them to say that. What?s not acceptable is the kind of violence and eliminationist rhetoric encouraging violence that has become all too common these past two years.

It?s not enough to appeal to the better angels of our nature. We need to have leaders of both parties ? or Mr. Obama alone if necessary ? declare that both violence and any language hinting at the acceptability of violence are out of bounds. We all want reconciliation, but the road to that goal begins with an agreement that our differences will be settled by the rule of law.

I believe the road Krugman speaks of needs to begin with each of us. Right here on Sowal, I wonder what might happen if, instead of all of us arguing for our point of view and labeling anyone who has a different point of view so that it becomes "us" vs "them", I wonder what would happen if we asked more questions of each other.

Recently, I was labeled angry, bitter, and fearful by a poster...it would be funny, if it were not so sad. This person (as far as I know) has no information about me other that what I have posted here...and yet feels confident to label me with words that anyone who does know me, find laughable...so, my job is to ask myself what (if anything) about my posting would lead to that label?

Many times over the years I have asked questions of those with opposing opinions in an attempt to understand where they were coming from...I have not received many answers.

Anyone interested in having a real discussion with questions and answers and thoughtful reflection...in an attempt to really understand and perhaps make our world a bit less caustic?

 

[Miss Critter]

Had the left taken the "high road" from the beginning by avoiding knee jerk blame games, as President Obama suggested in his speech, we wouldn't be having these discussions.

You mean like the "high road" of placing your opponents heads in gun sights? That "high road"?

I used to want her to shut up. Now I hope she just keeps on talking. She's a narcissistic idiot.