Palin proves that even her sarcasm detector is set on "stupid".

[sufrommich]

Palin pounces on State Department over Ahmadinejad birthday tweet

When State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley tweeted a sardonic birthday wish to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday, he likely assumed it would be interpreted for the substance of its intent: a wish that for his birthday, Ahmadinejad would release imprisoned American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer.


According to her most recent tweets, however, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) didn't catch the drift.



On Friday, she took to Twitter to blast the Obama administration for "kowtowing" and "coddling" enemies.


"Happy B'day Ahmadinejad wish sent by US Govt. Mind boggling foreign policy ... Obama Doctrine is nonsense," she tweeted, adding that the birthday greeting after Ahmadinejad's "call 4 Israel's destruction" speaks "volumes."

Crowley's original tweets had read:


Happy birthday President #Ahmadinejad. Celebrate by sending Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer home. What a gift that would be.

Your 54th year was full of lost opportunities. Hope in your 55th year you will open #Iran to a different relationship with the world.


So far, there's been no response from him on Twitter.

[woo me with science]

1. Reminds me of this howler:

http://boingboing.net/2008/11/01/palin-brutally-punkd.html

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2. Yeah, that was a hoot. nt

[madmax]

3. Definately Presidential timber. NOT! n/t

[Cass]

4. "...she took to Twitter..." man, that says it all.

And she expects to be taken seriously.

[petronius]

9. The fact that any elected officials or diplomats "take to twitter", and that tweets

are reported as serious news and quasi-official statements, dismays me. What's next, will the G8 arrange their meetings on Facebook from now on? Instead of sending home ambassadors will we defriend other countries? :eyes:

[gristy]

5. This is sarcasm?

:shrug:
Happy birthday President #Ahmadinejad. Celebrate by sending Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer home. What a gift that would be.
Your 54th year was full of lost opportunities. Hope in your 55th year you will open #Iran to a different relationship with the world.

And why is a diplomat using "sarcasm" in her official capacity? :wtf:

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6. I'm pretty sure the diplomat isn't really wishing Ahmadinejad

a happy birthday.That's the sarcasm thingy.

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7. Palin is an idiot but so is PJ Crowley.

A State Department official tweeting sarcastic comments to the leader of a country that we are threatening with war is ridiculous.

This says a lot about the quality of leadership at the highest levels of our government. If the tweet wasn't approved by Ms. Clinton then Crowley should be fired post haste. If was approved by Clinton then the President should sack her too.

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8. Oh ffs! He's tweeting for the release of

American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, does that really rankle you?