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Clyburn: Palin Intellectually Unable To 'Understand What's Going On' (AUDIO)
TPM ^ | 1/12/2011 | TPM

Posted on 01/12/2011 3:20:11 PM PST by Dallas59

In her response to the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 others in Arizona, Sarah Palin criticized journalists for manufacturing a "blood libel" against her. On a radio program this morning, Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) said that the former Alaska Governor "just can't seem to get it."

"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, according to The Hill. "But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."

Clyburn said that his experiences in the Civil Rights Era gives him a different understanding of the relationship between rhetoric and action, and says what he sees and hears today reminds him of what he heard back then.

"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."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Alaska; US: Arizona; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: alaska; arizona; clyburn; freepressforpalin; gabriellegiffords; gifford; jamesclyburn; palin; sarahpalin; southcarolina
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1 posted on 01/12/2011 3:20:18 PM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Trust me, she knows the destructive power of communism.


2 posted on 01/12/2011 3:22:00 PM PST by USSR Didnt Fall
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To: Dallas59

Well, obviously! She didn’t get an advanced degree from Harvard, so what could she possibly know?


3 posted on 01/12/2011 3:22:21 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Regulation without representation is tyranny.)
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To: Dallas59

More proof that the Left is a group of useful idiots.


4 posted on 01/12/2011 3:23:00 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Dallas59

Mr Clyburn, we measured the sanity of your recent statements and we’re sorry to inform you that they measured 4.5 MegaJareds.


5 posted on 01/12/2011 3:23:31 PM PST by agere_contra (Jan 2011: the Left gleefully manufactured a blood-libel against the American people.)
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To: Dallas59

Clyburn doesn’t have the intellect the Good Lord gave a turnip.


6 posted on 01/12/2011 3:24:05 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Useful to the Left maybe, to us....useLESS idiots


7 posted on 01/12/2011 3:24:52 PM PST by Shimmer1 (Navy Mom)
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To: agere_contra

For Clyburn to even think of calling anyone intellectually stunted is, well I risk saying it, the pot calling the kettle black.


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8 posted on 01/12/2011 3:25:10 PM PST by Fishtalk (Dance like nobody's watching; Sing like nobody's listening; Blog like nobody's r.eading.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I dont think Clyburn went to Hardvard either and if he did it would have been due to affirmative action just like our current president. We all know whats going on Clyburn that is why we want you out of office.


9 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:03 PM PST by funfan
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To: Dallas59
Clyburn said that his experiences in the Civil Rights Era gives him a different understanding of the relationship between rhetoric and action, and says what he sees and hears today reminds him of what he heard back then.

Clyburn's got nothing without race and come to think of it he's got nothing there either.

10 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:03 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: fieldmarshaldj

The idea that a dim bulb like Clyburn is credentialed to speak about Palin’s intellectual credentials is risible.


11 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:09 PM PST by Boston Tea Party
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
“Well, obviously! She didn’t get an advanced degree from Harvard, so what could she possibly know?”

I doubt Clyburn received a high school diploma.

12 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:30 PM PST by bwc2221 (.)
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To: Dallas59

Alan Dershowitz Defends Palin on ‘Blood Libel’
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257003/alan-dershowitz-defends-palin-blood-libel-daniel-foster

In a statement to BigGovernment.com:

The term “blood libel” has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins were in theologically based false accusations against the Jews and the Jewish People, its current usage is far broader. I myself have used it to describe false accusations against the State of Israel by the Goldstone Report. There is nothing improper and certainly nothing anti-Semitic in Sarah Palin using the term to characterize what she reasonably believes are false accusations that her words or images may have caused a mentally disturbed individual to kill and maim. The fact that two of the victims are Jewish is utterly irrelevant to the propriety of using this widely used term.


13 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:42 PM PST by Lorianne (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ___ George Orwell)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
I don't think Clyburn went to Harvard either and if he did it would have been due to affirmative action just like our current president. We all know whats going on Clyburn that is why we want you out of office.
14 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:43 PM PST by funfan
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To: Dallas59

It is obvious he did not read her column.


15 posted on 01/12/2011 3:26:57 PM PST by jimmyray
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To: Dallas59

Hey Clybum, you are apparently not intellectually capable of understanding what happened in the last November election. Nor are you capable of understanding how Pelosi just made you the House n*gger.


16 posted on 01/12/2011 3:27:13 PM PST by hflynn
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To: Dallas59

the congressman can recognizes the voices because they’ve come from the democrat party each time.


17 posted on 01/12/2011 3:27:32 PM PST by stickywillie
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To: Dallas59

This from a Man, who believes that government spending can pull the nation out of recession and sounds like he escaped the plantation yesterday.


18 posted on 01/12/2011 3:27:59 PM PST by Trueblackman (Now "0" must prove he can actually govern, How is that real job working for ya?)
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To: Dallas59
Being called "stupid" by a low-grade moron isn't much of an insult.


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19 posted on 01/12/2011 3:28:07 PM PST by The Comedian (Sarah Palin: America's last, best hope.)
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To: Shimmer1

It’s obvious these RAT useful idiots still haven’t realized that they lost on November 2nd. They were rejected by We The People.


20 posted on 01/12/2011 3:29:05 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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