Free Republic Forces Huffington Post to Pull Offensive Sarah Palin Article

Friday, July 3, 2009 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Exposure by Free Republic has forced the Huffington Post to take down an article attacking Sarah Palin over her Down Syndrome afflicted child, Trig, within ninety minutes of the offensive article being written about at Free Republic.

Clicking on the source link at the Huffington Post now brings a page devoid of the article and headline. The keywords referencing Trig remain, however the original 'Comedy news' tag has been changed to 'Home news'

The article, entitled "Palin Will Run In '12 on More Retardation Platform" was written by Huffington Post writer Erik Sean Nelson.

Link to Huffington Post page.

Link to Free Republic article exposing HuffPo (with now-disappeared article.)

[Polarik]

I love it. I love it. I want some more of it!

[TNdandelion]

Wow...that (article) was just disgusting.

[GVnana]

Where was Ted Kennedy on this? Rosemary Kennedy was his sister. .. The Special Olympics was established by her sister, Eunice, because of it. Seems to me that the democrats should have eaten and spit the author of this out.

You don't think Democrats really care about human dignity. Do you?

[vvh]

Dude — I’m a progressive and no, I’m not here to crash a party. I’m here to ask what the heck is going on with Palin? I’m stunned at the vicious attacks going on. This last article is sicko.
I sent homie poet a nice email and told him to STFU, you’ve just set us back 50 years.
I don’t understand the excessive polarization going on in our society. Civil conversation is no more and its out of control.
v. van houten

[Windflier]

From your post:

Zero is the second coming of Carter. In that sense, Sarah would be the second coming of Reagan.

This is the only thing that’s happened in the last eight months that has given me any hope that the republic is not lost.

Many of us are beginning to see the building historical parallels in this. Like Carter before him, Obama has swung the nation so far to the left that it's nearly off the cliff.

Carter's economic destruction virtually guaranteed 8 years of GOP control, and Reagan was the best standard bearer of the conservative movement of the day.

Like Reagan before her, Sarah Palin will have years to promote her vision for the country, and to attack Obama from a vantage point where she cannot be targeted or attacked by Obama's machine.

By 2012, the country will be pleading with Sarah to take the reins.

[angelcindy]

Free Republic is the best!!!!!

[HKMk23]

“Mitt” is slang for “n OLD hooker.”

I guess the moniker fits; it sure defines Romney’s political life.

[mad_as_he$$]

Sweet - nice job!!!

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!

[mkcc30]

Its long past time we rise up and take out the trash and this is the kind I won’t grumble and gripe about taking out!

[devane617]

Listen and learn, is the best advise I have for you here at FR. Otherwise, you will be a VERY short-timer.

[TXnMA]

Bravo Sierra!!!

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the screen shot.

How do these skunks look themselves in the mirror. Good grief.

[Baladas]

Good. I hope somebody lets dimbulb Bill O’Reilly know what happened - he thinks both are ‘hate sites”, but he’s wrong as usual.

[paratrooper82]

Your first taste of Mitt Romney will be the Obama Socialized health care, modeled after the Romney MA social health care (broke already and cannot supply the health care to the people) where you will be fined more than $1,000 dollars for not signing up for the social health care!

Go Mitt Romney my A$$!!!!!

[kristinn]

Politics has always been rough, but things have gotten worse thanks to liberals. That's not to say conservatives don't have their moments, but liberals have mastered and made a standard part of their playbook the total personal destruction of their opponents and their families.

Thanks for standing up for common decency. Perhaps there's hope left we can live with and work out our political differences in a civil manner.

[Sophia777]

Yu know I just know the type, you lok at him and you can tell.

[Red Steel]

Here's the image the title:

[ZULU]

NOTHING these low-life vermin have to say impresses me or passes a simple veracity test.

[Freedom56v2]

Palin will never run for President. She is just acting as a good distraction for a real Republican....Mitt Romney. Go Mitt, Go!!!

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Uh why in the world are you posting this comment here on this thread? I personally find it both unrelated and inappropriate.

Many here would question if Mitt is even a real republican as much has he has flip flopped on major issues such as abortion, government health care, etc.