On 2 Feb 2010 09:39:05 -0800, Twitchell
wrote:
>http://gawker.com/5462150/sarah-palin-calls-for-rahm-emanuel-to-be-fired
>
>You can't keep a barracuda down. Palin, perhaps dimly conscious that she had not
>been in any headlines recently, decided to disdain the White House
>chief-of-staff (and massacre the English language) in a Facebook posting last
>night.
>
>Back in August Emanuel described a plan by liberal groups to run advertisements
>against conservative Democrats as ".ing retarded." The Wall Street Journal
>reported the comment last week.
But of course as far as the left wing is considered, it's
perfectly sane, because they have an agenda that no sane people could
ever support.
>
>As we know from her campaign interview with Katie Couric, Sarah reads
>everything. What with getting through Asahi Shimbun, Die Welt, Le Monde, Foreign
>Affairs and such, it's no surprise she didn't discover the quote until someone
>told her about it. She then posted this Olbermann-esque comment as part of a
>long, barely literate rant on her Facebook page:
>
>"I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one
>member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm's continued
>indecent tactics to cloud efforts.
Saying "." is not as indecent as being an oil-soaked war
whore.
>Yes, Rahm is known for his caustic, crude
>references about those with whom he disagrees, but his recent tirade against
>participants in a strategy session was such a strong slap in many American faces
>that our president is doing himself a disservice by seeming to condone Rahm's
>recent sick and offensive tactic.
>
>The Obama Administration's Chief of Staff scolded participants, calling them,
>"F—-ing retarded," according to several participants, as reported in the Wall
>Street Journal.
>
>Just as we'd be appalled if any public figure of Rahm's stature ever used the
>"N-word" or other such inappropriate language, Rahm's slur on all God's children
>with cognitive and developmental disabilities - and the people who love them -
>is unacceptable, and it's heartbreaking.
He wasn't slurring God's children, just overly liberal
democrats, and Sarah Palin who is obviously retarded.
>
>A patriot in North Andover, Massachusetts, notified me of Rahm's "retarded"
>slam. I join this gentleman, who is the father of a beautiful child born with
>Down Syndrome, in asking why the Special Olympics, National Down Syndrome
>Society and other groups condemning Rahm's degrading scolding have been
>completely ignored by the White House. No comment from his boss, the president?
>
>As my friend in North Andover says, "This isn't about politics; it's about
>decency. I am not speaking as a political figure but as a parent and as an
>everyday American wanting my child to grow up in a country free from mindless
>prejudice and discrimination, free from gratuitous insults of people who are
>ostensibly smart enough to know better... Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
I think even the dull-eyed, dim-witted Sarah Palin knows
better than to believe that Emmanuel was slurring people with
developmental problems.
>
>Mr. President, you can do better, and our country deserves better.
Right, which is why they didn't vote for a guy who couldn't
tell the truth when it came to what's wrong with the economy, or his
retarded running mate.
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