Sarah Palin Fumbles and Flails Into an Otherwise Solemn Day - Bob Cesca/HuffPo

[WillyT]

Sarah Palin Fumbles and Flails Into an Otherwise Solemn Day
Bob Cesca - Host of the Bob and Elvis Show
Posted: January 12, 2011 08:28 PM

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Following Sarah Palin's videotaped statement today, let there be no doubt about her total lack of seriousness -- a character trait, in fact, that's utterly dwarfed by her chronic inability to construct prepared, teleprompter-presented remarks without virtually choking on her own tongue.

Sarah Palin could have used her time to be a leader -- to take the high road and talk about the heroes and the victims of this terrorist attack. She could have used the time to discuss responsible gun ownership. She could have taken the time to address her people and mitigate the anger and political hatred that's bubbled up around this tragedy. Instead, she diminished the tragedy by conflating it with the attacks against her and her record of inflammatory statements.

And, along the same line, arguably the biggest gaffe of today's narcissistic word salad was her use of the phrase "blood libel." So not only did she opt to whine about her critics on a day when real heroes and real victims will be memorialized, but she also compared the criticism and stress she's endured throughout the last four days to thousands of years of anti-Semitic religious persecution endured by Jews.

Can you imagine how she'll react in a crisis should everyone go insane and elevate her to the White House? "Rachel Maddow is committing a holocaust against me. Wah! Feel sorry for me! Oh, and by the way, we're invading Mexico. God Bless America. And my life is as tragic as a German Jew in 1943, also. Good night!"

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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/sarah-palin-fumbles-and-f_b_808336.html

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[kestrel91316]

1. OUCH!!! hahahahaha

[lunatica]

2. Wow! Read this paragraph at the end of his article!

"Whenever she parades her white-trashy reality show attitude into public view, it's an ongoing display of ridiculousness, unrivaled in decades. But today, she veered far from her usual flailing, and jutted her screechy yapper into the wrong news cycle -- on a day when she would have been better served by exercising some self control. On a day when the victims of Tucson will be memorialized and the heroes of Tucson will be elevated to historical prominence, it's no time for a cable TV doof to inject her brand of political masturbation."

[Lorien]

3. Hopefully this is the beginning of a long awaited end to her time in the

public eye. May she choose to leave politics to "spend more time with the family" soon!

[Electric Monk]

4. k&r

[Happyhippychick]

5. Best article yet. K n r