Posted on 01/14/2011 6:15:22 AM PST by FredJake
Most Americans have soundly rejected every crazy idea put forward by the liberal media regarding the root cause of the Arizona shooting.
A new theory is now being advanced by some in the media.
The phrase "blood libel" used by Sarah Palin in her video was really some kind of a super-secret code to be used as a signal to Palin's base.
Jennifer Epstein of Politco writes:
Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood libel” may not have been an accidental blunder, but a deliberate “‘dog whistle” appeal to her evangelical Christian supporters for whom the expression has meaning, commentators and others are saying.
An interesting phrase - dog whistle. Either Epstein is alluding to the notion that those who support Palin are little more than dogs, or the phrase is so secret it can only be understood by those who speak her language. Either way, the notion is more than silly, it is insulting.
Epstein quoted Political Wire founder Taegan Goddard, who wrote “… while it’s not entirely clear what Palin intended, it’s possible she was trying to use dog whistle politics to speak to her religious base who often feel they’re an oppressed minority.”
But according to some on the left, Palin is so stupid she doesn't even know what the term means, and Congressman James Clyburn said Palin was "intellectually unable" to understand the issue of rhetoric.
Epstein wrote that MSNBC host Ed Shultz spoke to this on his show Wednesday night:
“Many people think she’s used the term ‘blood libel’ as an appeal to an extremist Christian conservative base for 2012”
Just once, it would be nice if liberals got their messages right.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Stupidity libel by the MSM
Epstein must have found a decoder ring in her Kashi this morning.
Blood libel meant just that - an extreme form of defamation used to attempt to persecute a group. Use of the term blood libel has spread from attacks against Jews to defamatory attacks against any group. A simple Google search would reveal such. But, then again, a simple Google search reveals the larger truth of the Tucson shootings, and the larger truth is the last thing that many on the left are interested in.
Arf arf. sarc/
LOL........getting messages from Maxwell Smart’s shoe is more like it!
We should start a drive to send all of these idiots secret decoder rings! I think it would be hilarious!
Gee, it appealed to me! Look, I hated the left and leftists, and communists, and marxists, and socialists and anarchists, before any of this even happened. Now, since they’ve impuned me and Conservatism even more, I HATE THEM EVEN MORE! Best to you Sarah, and GIVE’EM HELL! It’s where they were born and were they should be!
Can someone forward the codes to me? My decoder ring broke.
John has a long mustache!
Good grief. Don’t know about anyone else, but I didn’t get the memo on this. Anyone know today’s super-secret code?
Yes. Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.
Mine says “Drink your Ovaltine”.
BTW, I even titled a column “Blood Libel Against The Troops” when Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner and racial, arsonist Sedeki Kambon presented still from pornos to the council as evidence of American soldiers raping Iraqi women.
Odd, My secret decoded message from Sarah Palin this week just said “Drink more Ovaltine.”
‘What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”
Hmmmmm.. Secret code. Epstein’s a Jew marxist. Hmmmmm. Secret code. Jews. Evil. Media. Jews. Hate Christians. Secret Code. Hmmmmmm Secret Code. Jews hate Palin. Jews want Palin dead. Christ. Jews killed Christ. Hmmmmm. Secret Code. Jews. Hate. Violence. Code. Killed Christ..........................................Got it!
So, who has the greater influence upon a sick Jared Lee Loughner style mind? Sarah Palin or Jennifer Epstein?
Excellent verbiage! 100% agreement!
Last I heard Nachum was in charge of todays’ super secret code.
It is sad these lefties have nothing better to do. Can’t they use some of this energy writing lofty praise pieces about their Dear Leader?
Maybe they have run out of ideas to glorify the empty suit.
We should start some important discourse like whether Obama used “Just For Men” or “L’oreal” on his head before the Wednesday rally.
Liberals often send coded messages so they must be projecting this tendency upon Palin. It sounds like they are trying to hint that Palin is anti-Semitic without openly saying so.
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