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Attack on Michelle Obama shows Palin's ignorance of history
The Washington Post ^ | 23 Nov 2010 | Richard Cohen

Posted on 11/23/2010 10:52:03 AM PST by mandaladon

When I was 11, my father thought it was time to show my sister and me the nation's capital. I have only vague memories of that trip - the heat, the expanse of the White House's grounds, the Jefferson Memorial. I do remember we took Route 1 through Baltimore (no I-95 yet) and it was there that I saw my first sign with the word "colored" on it - a rooming house, I think. This was 1952, and the United States was an apartheid nation. It is Sarah Palin who brings back these memories. In her new book, she reportedly takes Michelle Obama to task for her supposedly infamous remark from the 2008 campaign: "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." Instantly, Republicans pounced. Among the first to do so was Cindy McCain, who said, "I have and always will be proud of my country." It was a cheap shot, but her husband's selection of Palin for the ticket and plenty of cheap shots from Palin("death panels," etc.) were yet to come.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; michelle; michelleobama; obama; palin; palins; sarahpalin
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Well OK then, I feel all better now. We just misunderstood her. What she said and what she meant were two different things.Thank goodness for the Washington Post's insightful analysis.
1 posted on 11/23/2010 10:52:10 AM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Can you tell us why should we feel better? I can’t get myself to read any more of this dumb article.


2 posted on 11/23/2010 10:54:31 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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“Sarah Palin teases that she might run for president. But she is unqualified - not just in the (let me count the) usual ways, but because she does not know the country. She could not be the president of black America nor of Hispanic America.” The president of black America nor Hispanic America ?? I thought there was only one America.


3 posted on 11/23/2010 10:57:30 AM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon
Attack on Michelle Obama shows Palin's ignorance of history
The Washington Post ^ | 23 Nov 2010 | Richard Cohen

What a load of crap!!!

0bama and his regime, including the wookie, have been hiding their hatred for this Country behind the race card for far too long! Time to call his bluff!

4 posted on 11/23/2010 10:58:08 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: mandaladon

We have come a long way, now not only can a black man be President, but if you criticize him or his self indulgent wife it’s because you’re racist or ignorant of history.


5 posted on 11/23/2010 10:58:49 AM PST by jpf (me in 2012.)
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To: Cicero
Don't click the link; it just encourages them.

Executive summary: because of 500 years of oppression the usual people are always right, no matter how stoopid what they've actually said may be, and the usual people are always wrong, no matter how much sense it might make.

6 posted on 11/23/2010 10:58:56 AM PST by FredZarguna ("I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.")
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To: mandaladon

Mr. Cohen seems unaware that in the world he desires, one ruled by Michelle’s ethos, he would be on the receiving end of her whip.


7 posted on 11/23/2010 10:59:46 AM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Cicero
Don't click the link; it just encourages them.

Executive summary: because of 500 years of oppression the usual people are always right, no matter how st00pid what they've actually said may be, and the usual people are always wrong, no matter how much sense it might make.

8 posted on 11/23/2010 10:59:48 AM PST by FredZarguna ("I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.")
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To: mandaladon
In her new book, she reportedly takes Michelle Obama to task for her supposedly infamous remark from the 2008 campaign: "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."

What's the matter Richard Cohen? No time to actually read the book yourself? Have to rely on the fax "report" eminating from Axelrod's War Room? No time to verify the quote yourself?

Sheesh! This guy calls himself a journalist?

9 posted on 11/23/2010 11:01:38 AM PST by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: mandaladon

No, there are 2. I know this because John Edwards told me so.


10 posted on 11/23/2010 11:01:38 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal
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To: FredZarguna

Probably no mention of how blacks sold each other into slavery.


11 posted on 11/23/2010 11:01:48 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: mandaladon

This from Richard Cohen, who has loads of character. Just ask Devon Spurgeon? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/733615/posts


12 posted on 11/23/2010 11:03:04 AM PST by Rational Thought
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To: mandaladon

It’s official! Stupidity is NOT typical nor reserved for blondes like Cindy and Meghan McCain. Richard Cohen is not a blonde, but he would make a good one!!


13 posted on 11/23/2010 11:03:10 AM PST by SlightOfTongue
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To: mandaladon
In her new book, she reportedly takes Michelle Obama to task for her supposedly infamous remark from the 2008 campaign:

--------------------- Read the g*d d*mm book if you want to report about it.

Otherwise , you're just gossip mongering

14 posted on 11/23/2010 11:03:29 AM PST by maine yankee
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To: NativeNewYorker

Or, he’s well aware of it and believes he either deserves it (or really wants it). I can’t see any of these three options indicating a healthy mind.


15 posted on 11/23/2010 11:04:23 AM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: Tallguy

I read this under Eugene Robinson’s byline last night. Who actually wrote the first sentences.


16 posted on 11/23/2010 11:05:20 AM PST by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: mandaladon
"..."For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback..."

Wanna piss off a liberal? Repeat back to them exactly the crap that comes out of their mouths. It makes their eyes bulge and hair stand on end.

"How DARE you take what I say literally!"

17 posted on 11/23/2010 11:06:31 AM PST by rlmorel (TSA's new motto: "You don't get on, Until we get off.")
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To: Cicero
Can you tell us why should we feel better? I can’t get myself to read any more of this dumb article.

Well as near as I can, I'll try to sift through this steaming pile from the WaPoo. Seems like Sarah Palin isn't qualified to be President because unlike Barry and Moochelle she doesn't have sufficient appreciation of victimology. She has this backwards notion that this is a great country. See even though Hussein and the Wookie are "better educated" than 99.9% of all Americans, having gone through all the elite schools, and they're in the top 1% when it comes to net worth, they're still victims. As victims, they're more fit to govern us, the ignoramuses, who inhabit this country.

Anyway, that's as near as I can translate this mass of scribbling.
After the first couple of paragraphs my eyes glazed over.

18 posted on 11/23/2010 11:07:12 AM PST by YankeeReb
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To: mandaladon
she reportedly takes Michelle Obama to task for her supposedly infamous remark from the 2008 campaign...

Supposedly infamous remark? Nobody has challenged that report so far. You breaking some news here Dick? Or just breaking wind.

19 posted on 11/23/2010 11:08:15 AM PST by McGruff
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To: mandaladon
Let's take a peek at Cohen's daily to do list. “Find ways to hate Sarah Palin even more than I already do and to find ways to get it into print.”
20 posted on 11/23/2010 11:09:10 AM PST by JPG (The GOP leadership is on probation. No second chances. Don't blow it.)
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