Palin spokesman on Limbaugh’s “retard” joke: “Crude and demeaning”

Hot Air ^ | Feb. 4, 2010 | Allahpundit

[Free ThinkerNY]

It’s on. A little.

I asked Palin spokesperson Meghan Stapleton for comment on Rush’s rant, and she emailed me this:

“Governor Palin believes crude and demeaning name calling at the expense of others is disrespectful.”

It hardly has the passion of her response to Rahm, and there’s no call for him to step down. But given Rush’s stature among conservatives, it’s pretty interesting that she went this far, denouncing his on-air rant as “crude and demeaning name-calling.”

His “on-air rant” was just an extended goof at Emanuel’s expense for describing lefty activists as “retarded,” but having chosen to pick this fight, I guess Sarahcuda can’t make exceptions for humor. This is the second prominent conservative her team has had to chastise in two days: An advisor to Rick Perry, whom she’s supporting, was upbraided in similar terms yesterday for using the word “retarded” on a conference call (it’s now become a minor issue in the Texas Republican primary).

[pissant]

That is true!!

[GrannyK]

Amen! You said what I was thinking, only you type faster!

[editor-surveyor]

"I wish Sarah would lghten up, if indeed she said any of this."

A check of her Facebook and twitter accounts will show whether she did....

[RetSignman]

I went into my paint store the other day and told the owner the paint I bought was drying too fast.

OWNER: “Well, I can add something to it to r..... the drying time.

ME: “r.....? What the hell is that?

OWNER: “Sorry, it’s not politically correct to say the word”

ME: “OK, can you just spell it for me”

OWNER: “I can but just remember I didn’t SAY the word...R-e-t-a-r-d” /s

[BigSkyFreeper]

Rush was reading news accounts of Rahm-beaux using the word “retard” which ironically appears nine times in the Democrat health care bill.

[BP2]

EVERY tactic the Left uses is explained by Alinski’s Rules for Radicals.

Rush's repeating of Rahm’s “retard” statement, and Sarah's response about Rush's statement, is a perfect example of their use of Rule #4:

4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.”

They will always point out what they see as the "hypocrisy" of the Right, knowing they have no standards or morals for themselves to abide by.

It's a no-win game, so it's best just not to play by their rules.

[editor-surveyor]

"But the Tea Party movement is about getting rid of incumbents too."

No, not incumbants, liberals, socialists and statists. There are many incumbants that would be tough to replace.

[aruanan]

A. I asked Palin spokesperson Meghan Stapleton for comment on Rush’s rant, and she emailed me this:

B. “Governor Palin believes crude and demeaning name calling at the expense of others is disrespectful.”

If A. was all that was asked and B. was all that was sent, there is nothing to indicate in B. that Palin was referring to Rush as being crude but, in fact, was agreeing with Rush in what he was saying about Rahm.

[editor-surveyor]

“F’n retard” is what she objected to. we don’t need any more strawmen on this thread.

[Dryman]

Yeah,

I stood in the front seat of a car between my parents, I rode a bike without a helmet for hours on end, bought cigarettes for my parents and shot bb’s at my brothers.

[editor-surveyor]

Prisident Palin will be amused by your shallow analysis, I’m sure.

[BonRad]

goes...keyboard is down in the dark ... I gotta get different light fixture - late sun was coming right into eyes as well.

Rush ain’t right all the time.

[Hot Tabasco]

What he’s got to watch out for is that his psyche go sore or even shot thanks to the persecutions.

I can't understand what the heck you said.....LOL!

20 years in the business and you're signing on to be his personal advisor........LOL!

[BonRad]

see prEEvEEUs post - me korrecty it

[Mears]

Hmmmm ! Are you one of my kids? :-)

Wasn’t freedom wonderful?

[JApost]

Then lets make it legal to beat people like you and rahm emanuel unconscious when they dare to utter words of disrespect like f*cking retard in my presence. The worst mistake Joe Wilson made was not beating rahm emanuel to a bloody pulp on the floor of the House after emanuel cursed him and demanded he apologize for his righteous “you lie” comments to our preener in chief.

[curth]

Related story:

Palin Camp Fires Back at Washington Post
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2444643/posts

[Road Warrior ‘04]

...its a liberal rant, but some truth to it...

Yes, the first half of the article is funny and true. But, the last half, well, is Bush's fault... Too bad the writer didn't stick with his opening rant.

[Rennes Templar]

Right. By the way, why do you have the MSU logo on your home page?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Are we going to have people offended by "diabetic" next?

Email Rush received:

RUSH: I just got an e-mail from another web subscriber, Thomas Morely, subject line: "I am offended. Dear Mr. Limbaugh: You just said you feel like an idiot, as if that were a bad thing. Mr. Limbaugh, I am a recovering idiot, and I'm totally offended."