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RandySF

(58,707 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:07 PM Jan 2014

Palin To Obama: Honor MLK By Not Playing The 'Race Card'

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seized Martin Luther King Day as an opportunity to lob vague criticism at President Barack Obama.

"Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card," Palin wrote Monday on her Facebook page, after quoting from the civil rights icon's famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

Obama said in an extensive New Yorker profile published this weekend that he believes “there’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President."

"Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because I’m a black President," he added.

Palin didn't point to any specific instances of the President playing the race card in the short post.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah_palin_mlk_obama_race_card

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Palin To Obama: Honor MLK By Not Playing The 'Race Card' (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2014 OP
Juanita Jean has some fun with Sarah Palin's latest act of stupidity Gothmog Jan 2014 #1
All 52 cards... 3catwoman3 Jan 2014 #2
"Palin wrote Monday on her Facebook page" Botany Jan 2014 #3
She's nothing but a right-wing cliche spouting machine Matariki Jan 2014 #4
She is some wonder woman, has foreign experience since she can see Russia from her home Thinkingabout Jan 2014 #5
I swear, I have EATEN things brighter than this woman Prophet 451 Jan 2014 #6
Who? Squinch Jan 2014 #7

Gothmog

(145,079 posts)
1. Juanita Jean has some fun with Sarah Palin's latest act of stupidity
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:09 PM
Jan 2014
http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/01/20/and-if-you-would-wear-whiteface-that-would-help-too/

She wants President Barack Obama to quit playing the race card. And she says that on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday.

I suspect she feels that President Obama plays the race card when he shows up.

Maybe she should stop playing the stupid card.

3catwoman3

(23,969 posts)
2. All 52 cards...
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:15 PM
Jan 2014

...in her deck are "The Stupid Card" - it's all she has. Well, except for the 2 Jokers.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
3. "Palin wrote Monday on her Facebook page"
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:17 PM
Jan 2014

2 things

1) does anybody really think Palin wrote it?

b) Why on earth does anybody give a shit about what a half wit, half term, and
a grifter thinks?




Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. She is some wonder woman, has foreign experience since she can see Russia from her home
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:28 PM
Jan 2014

And now is race relations specialist because she read "I have a dream" speech. Wow

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