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An Orgy of Indignation (Conservative self flagellation alert.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com ^ | June 16, 2009 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 06/16/2009 6:58:58 PM PDT by Maelstorm

I wish Sarah Palin would just go away.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, I wrote about the unfair personal treatment to which the political press corps subjected Palin and her children. Now I just want her to stop milking her role as GOP martyr.

Palin should stick to her day job -- by which I mean, governing Alaska, not being fodder for talk-show humor.

Both parties have their umbrage industries -- thanks to true believers, who love nothing better than to see themselves as victims of a perceived double standard. Last week, comedian David Letterman's two off-color jokes about a Palin family trip to New York led to an orgy of indignation.

Yes, I know that a politician's family -- especially their minor children -- is supposed to be off-limits. Letterman apparently thought he was joking about 18-year-old teenage mom Bristol Palin, unaware that 14-year-old Willow Palin went to Yankee Stadium.

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To: Maelstorm

ME-ow!!


41 posted on 06/16/2009 8:25:16 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy. 2010 awaits.....)
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To: Maelstorm

Looks like another “conservative” needs 40 pieces of silver. Its just so unseemly to fight back!

Pray for America and Gov Paling


42 posted on 06/16/2009 8:29:47 PM PDT by bray (Time to Stand Up)
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To: Maelstorm

Debra, you really need to get our of Com Francisco. It’s messing with your head. You have seen the enemy and now it is you.

- JP


43 posted on 06/16/2009 8:55:22 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("The trouble with Socialism is... you run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Maelstorm

It was not Sarah Palin or anyone in her family that caused Letterman to issue a much better apology this week. It was the American people who were outraged and motivated enough to organize boycotts and protest rallies. Orgies of Indignation work, for people of all stripes.

To Letterman’s credit he actually did a damn near perfect job - on his second try. Now the whole thing will die down, but will not be forgotten.


44 posted on 06/16/2009 9:00:41 PM PDT by Kryptonite (Keep Democrats Out of Power!)
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To: Maelstorm

I wish faux Conservative columnists would just go away.


45 posted on 06/16/2009 9:45:32 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: JoJo Gunn
I'll certainly concur with your recommendation.

“knee-buckling stupidity” — I like that!

46 posted on 06/16/2009 9:57:40 PM PDT by Col Freeper (FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
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To: Col Freeper

You can borrow it any time you need. :)

Well, correct me if I’m wrong, but how is her idiocy any different than blaming a rape victim?


47 posted on 06/16/2009 10:06:22 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (I don't suck the Hollyweird teat.)
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To: Maelstorm

Message from Saunders:

Just shut up and take it, and take it, and take it...like McCain had to do as a POW in dealing with leftists full of hate and violent rage!

She is probably the type who tells the abused wife it is her fault he was forced to beat her.


48 posted on 06/16/2009 11:10:56 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Maelstorm
The author is wrong. Palin won this battle and got some payback for the unfair treatment which she has received. She looks stronger for it, and the average voter will sympathize with her for the onslaught of attacks against her and family. There is finally a much needed backlash against the media.

These weak minded Republicans who want to play nice don't get it. The other side is out for blood and the sooner we start playing hardball the better. Gingrich and Delay for all their flaws understood how to play hardball with the Democrats.

Letterman offered Palin a gift wrapped opportunity to have public perception about her changed. She didn't back down, no one in their right mind would expect that, and won. Letterman after looking arrogant by not apologizing had to concede and finally apologize. That is a major victory for all of us who have stood by and watched an obscene double standard get played out over and over and over...

We should enjoy this victory and keep pushing until these loud mouth idiots shut up out of fear. That is the only thing Democrats understand; the openly thing that matters to any of them is power and leverage.

49 posted on 06/16/2009 11:26:23 PM PDT by FTJM
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This is an absolutely irrelevant column.

Her contention that Palin is “milking” her status as martyr is conventient for the writer who simply wants another candidate for the next election.

However, the contention is irrelevant and factually wrong. Palin’s daughter attended a NY Yankee game and was verbally accosted.

Palin rightfully responded.


50 posted on 06/16/2009 11:34:55 PM PDT by rbmillerjr ("We Are All Socialists Now"........not me, not now, not ever)
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To: Maelstorm
...milking her role as GOP martyr...

Cut me a break... she's about the last living, breathing REAL GOP politician alive today.

51 posted on 06/16/2009 11:39:04 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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52 posted on 06/21/2009 1:19:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono; admin

This sack of crap goes by 4 different names, rarely gives author credit, (it’s been caught in 4 threads in a row not giving credit), and has been documented more than once trying to bypass the AP guidelines.

If the admins are going to let this mental defective roam free then at least keep it on a leash.


53 posted on 06/21/2009 1:25:46 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (I don't suck the Hollyweird teat.)
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To: JoJo Gunn

54 posted on 06/21/2009 1:28:55 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoJo Gunn

55 posted on 06/21/2009 1:31:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono; Jim Robinson; admin

Don’t ping me again on an irrelevant thread.


56 posted on 06/21/2009 1:38:22 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (I don't suck the Hollyweird teat.)
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