Palinsanity

Sarah Palin's Moronic 'Blood Libel' Claim in Jared Loughner/Gabby Giffords Horror

By Ward Harkavy Wed., Jan. 12 2011 at 11:38 AM
Categories: Featured, Jared Lee Loughner, Palinsanity, Ward Harkavy

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​America's mainstream press is so polite, so scared. At least the overseas papers know when to call "bullshit" during coverage of the Jared Loughner saga. Sarah Palin's claim of being a victim of "blood libel" is so ludicrous as to defy belief. Or as Damian Thompson, blogs editor of the Telegraph (U.K.), says in a headline, "Seriously, this woman is nuts."

Hey, Palin! "Blood libel" -- a phrase usually used these days only by Muslim fanatics -- is the centuries-old myth of Jews' sacrificing Christian babies and drinking their blood. (The Washington Post treats Palin's stupidity with kid gloves. C'mon, you're better than that.)

We all know how popular vampire tales are these days, but how many ways can Palin be wrong here? For starters, she's not smart enough to be Jewish.

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Buddy
Buddy

"Seriously, this woman is nuts!"When -oh when- will her 15 minutes expire?!?

Lori
Lori

poor poor Palin, you are a joke!

dave_citizen
dave_citizen

The immediate response of our intellectually bankrupt media was to launch a massive blame game against talk show hosts, the tea party, Palin, and so on. She defends herself and they have the audacity to suggest she hasn't the right to do so. The left has never in my memory shown more clearly how pathetic it is.

Cassidy
Cassidy

Come on, even Abe Foxman acknowledged that the term has entered general parlance. Xerox and Photoshop do not own the verbs "xerox" and "photoshop" -- so why are people saying that "blood libel" is the exclusive province of Jews? Oh, okay, because their feelings are hurt (and we all know that ~4% of the population must determine whether anything is kosher for the remaining 96).

Asher
Asher

Not smart enough—true. But she is claiming she's the victim of a crime she was not, in any way, involved in. Doesn't sound like a shiksa to me.

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