Posted on 01/12/2011 8:21:06 AM PST by Qbert
A House Democratic leader on Wednesday lashed out at Sarah Palin, accusing the former Alaska governor of being intellectually incapable of understanding why she's faced criticism related to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (S.C.) said that Palin had missed the point by releasing a statement Wednesday morning blasting the media for "blood libel" for looking to assign blame in part to her rhetoric after the attempted assassination of Giffords last weekend.
"You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," Clyburn said on the Bill Press radio show. "But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."
Palin broke her relative silence since the shooting, which some Democrats have attributed to an environment that allowed such an attack on a member of Congress. Democrats have homed in on the map Palin's political action committee had released, depicting targeted lawmakers in the election with crosshairs over their districts.
"Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own," Palin wrote. "They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle, not with law-abiding citizens who respectfully exercise their First Amendment rights at campaign rallies, not with those who proudly voted in the last election."
Clyburn said that Palin didn't grasp why such rhetoric was so troubling, regardless of the motivations of the alleged shooter. The No. 3 House Democrat referenced the civil rights era, and said that some of the shrill rhetoric in modern politics is reminiscent of that time.
"I have some experiences that maybe she does not have," he said. "When I see and hear things today that are reminiscent of that period of time, I am very, very concerned about it, because I know what it led to back then, and I know what it can lead to again."
The finger point of idiocy; did he notice those three fingers pointing back at him?
These people truly are beyond redemption. They're parodies of themselves.
Good God, this man is a moron.
Im hoping our side gets it cause its a waste of time on the other side.
Remember gang, that’s Clyburn talking. That explains it all.
Why do people continue to elect ignorant people to public office.
Bill Press? One of the most intellectually vacant Dummie mouthpieces anywhere.
This from a man who appears just slightly more intelligent than a soap dish!
Remember those video’s the left’s eco terrorists made depicting people getting their heads blown off if they didn’t believe in global warming? I do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAz7jyG0qfw&feature=player_embedded&has_verified=1
Sarah’s living rent-free in this clown’s head.
Seems to me he lashed out because the concepts of individual responsibility, America as a great nation and the duty of citizens of the republic are either beyond his frame of reference, or more likely, he just didn’t understand the big words Gov Palin was using.
I’d call Clyburn a half wit, but I don’t want to insult half wits....
Hey Beavis- Clyburn said “intellectual”
he he he
Watch this and say that Sarah does not “intellectually” comprehend the dangers of stalkers. Watch her face change the moment she recognizes that this guy is weird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT4-yACHEv4
This from a man of Weapons Grade Stupidity who hears voices in his head calling him a racial epithet.
His cognitively challenged daughter, Mignon Clyburn, from her nepotism seat at the FCC, wants to take over the internet.
Clyburn- the congress critter who claimed to take a direct hit from a Tea Party loogie launched from a grassy knoll
Why? This is simple..like any common garden variety run of the mill leftist, he thinks she should just shut up and take it and not defend herself. He did not respond to any point she made, He just regurgitated a very predictable and pathetic ad hominem attack.. LOL..
What
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Tool
I believe that Clyburn is the #3 Democrat leader in the House.
The best response from Palin should be to ask if the other Democrat leaders are in agreement with him, so are also in need of mental health care?
He should resign immediately.If I said Woopie Goldberg is a big stupid (even though,unlike SP,she is) I would be called racist,sexist AND probably antisemitic as well.
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