Posted on 01/04/2011 8:08:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Earlier today, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin caused a stir with a retweet that many read as a cryptic indicator that the Mama Grizzly was poised to come out in favor of some gay rights. Prominent Palin fansite Conservatives4Palin.com, however, has swooped in to defend her honor, noting that Palins retweet of Tammy Bruces sentiment, But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf alreadythe more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed, doesnt indicate support for gay rights. Im inclined to agree.
From Conservatives4Palin:
Apparently, her re-tweet of a Tammy Bruce tweet is making news. What a lot of people are missing is that its possible to share the sentiment that Tammy expressed in her tweet and still oppose repeal of DADT and other issues. I dont know Governor Palins opinion on the issue. However, I think its a stretch to claim that she is a proponent of repealing DADT based on one re-tweet.
I dont believe Tammy was actually criticizing people who genuinely oppose repeal of DADT. After all, the most visible and vigorous opponent of repealing DADT was John McCain, someone who no one will mistake as a fanatic. The people Bruce is mocking are those on the right and the left who spend every waking hour of their day thinking about homosexuality.
I think they sort of hit the nail on the head here. First of all, its a retweet. It might well have been an accident, especially given the lack of follow-up. Assuming it wasnt a mistake, though, the notion that Palin would criticize those who make gay rights a priority, either way, has basis in fact. Palin, herself, has spoken out against the repeal of DADT, and in favor of a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, but hasnt done so for a very long time. Since the 2008 presidential campaign, she has generally avoided gay rights issues.
She also made a point of bringing up a headline-making Facebook rant that featured several anti-gay slurs, but ignored the portion of the rant that actually made headlines.
When she did address the DADT repeal, in fact, it was to criticize President Obama for making it a priority:
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Your tagline makes me happy. Good on ya.
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The dissolution of traditional American values is a "deal breaker".
If Palin believes in God (which she claims she does, and I believe that she does), she doesn't have the luxury of deciding if this abominable behavior is something that can be pushed aside; she'll have to deal with it eventually.
This post makes no sense.
She needs to back peddle TODAY.
“However, I think its a stretch to claim that she is a proponent of repealing DADT based on one re-tweet.”
Palin should just state where she stands, period.
Wait till high school grads get out this May and the 2007 guys are ending their 1st hitch. Could be a huge disaster for the military,
What, is Sarah Palin not available to explain her own words, so they feel they have to do it for her?
This isn’t some guessing game, or some mystery to be solved, where you have to put the pieces together. Sarah Palin is a public figure, with a Facebook and Twitter outlet, and also a place on Fox News.
She knows exactly what she thinks, and is perfectly capable of saying what she thinks. So we don’t need a blog site trying to second-guess her.
I do happen to agree that we can’t be sure she was talking about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. What we CAN be sure of is what she actually put out on her twitter feed — a phrase suggesting that people who obsess about homosexuality are often closeted homosexuals.
But Tammy Bruce herself seemed to believe Sarah was supporting her view on DADT. And Tammy was defending Sarah at the time as someone who was not anti-gay.
And given that it is clear Sarah Palin follows Tammy Bruce’s tweets, and was paying attention to the actual conversation since she re-tweeted one of the tweets from it, it seems reasonable to believe that Sarah SAW Tammy Bruce’s subsequent tweet where Tammy said Sarah seemed to support DADT.
So if the conservatives4palin want to believe she wasn’t doing so, they have to explain why Sarah would let one of her close friends misrepresent what she was saying, and then stay quiet while multiple news outlets discussed it.
Now, it could be that it is a ploy by Sarah, to build up interest so she can make a major policy declaration about gay issues. But if that is coming, we still don’t need idle speculation by her blogger supporters trying to “discern” what she might have meant — Sarah will be able to explain it all when she decides to do so.
Meanwhile, any supporters who insists she has a particular belief will look silly if she comes out with a different statement than they expect.
I think we can be pretty sure otherwise she would not have retweeted Tammy’s statements.
“Personally, Im against homos serving in the military at all, but I wouldnt allow that single issue to be a deal breaker.”
You should stop supporting the gay agenda. This website does not allow such commies.
When did that ever stop them? LOL
Sorry Sarah! We’ve got enough of a mess to clean up without you supporting the ideas of the Liberal Progressives.
If this is true, no support from me. I haven’t quite made up my mind to support her anyway. This might be the deciding point for me.
You should at least wait for her to clarify her remarks.
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