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Salon Publishes Call for Murder of Sarah Palin
Saturday, December 18, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 12/18/2010 7:45:58 AM PST by kristinn

Liberal online political magazine Salon.com published a letter to the editor yesterday that called for the murder of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

The letter was written in response to a mocking article at Salon titled, Good Morning America's painfully friendly interview with Sarah Palin by Alex Pareene.

Pareene snarkily sums up the GMA interview, "The interview was basically split into a couple of distinct sections: How awesome is your family, how bad is Barack Obama, how awful are people who criticize you, and how awesome is America?"

The first letter published in response to the article calls for Palin to be electrocuted by a cattle prod by convicted dog abuser Michael Vick, "Vick gets a pet to torture and we get rid of Palin. A win-win for everyone!"

That letter has apparently sat in the pole position under the article in the Letters to the Editor section since it was posted "Friday, December 17, 2010 12:33 PM ET."

The Letters section for the GMA article lists 65 letters published over four pages. Each letter has a "flag" button to call attention to Salon editors about objectionable comments. It seems no one at Salon finds it objectionable for the site to publish an explicit call for murder.

Salon's Editor in Chief, Joan Walsh, is a regular on MSNBC and CNN. Will Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough or Wolf Blitzer attack Walsh for prominently publishing a call for the murder of Sarah Palin? Will Walsh do the right thing and publicly apologize to Palin and pull the letter?

Friday, December 17, 2010 12:33 PM ET

" I Have An Idea"

" Let's let Michael Vick keep Sarah Palin as a pet instead of a dog. It will be safer for dogs and maybe we'll get the satisfaction of having Vick electrocute Palin! You know that after listening to that voice for longer than 30-seconds Vick would be lunging for the cattle prods.

"Vick gets a pet to torture and we get rid of Palin. A win-win for everyone!"

—Owen Meany IV

Read Owen Meany IV's other letters.


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To: aphid

Whats your twitter (or Kristinns)? I will also RT.


81 posted on 12/18/2010 10:32:06 AM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: Danae

@KristinnFR and @debsinger2


82 posted on 12/18/2010 10:34:35 AM PST by aphid (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: kristinn

The interview was basically split into a couple of distinct sections:edited and non edited guess what one you saw?.


83 posted on 12/18/2010 10:39:02 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: kristinn

These “people” are not even human, they are lower than cockroaches. Behind their computer screens, making threats. In person, they would probably run away and hide behind their mommies skirts. They are COWARDS. The FBI should be investigating any threat made against Sarah Palin. Even if she were not famous, making a threat like that against anyone deserves an investigation by the police. These subhumans need to be investigated for what they are, vermin


84 posted on 12/18/2010 10:40:07 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: aphid

My husband just asked... “Whats Salon.com? Some gay website or something?” I was like, uh well..... they kinda lean that way.

Really, just because they are gay doesn’t give them the excuse to advocate torture and murder, but it does show just how two-faced and honestly evil they are.


85 posted on 12/18/2010 10:42:01 AM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: Hawthorn

Salon...sounds like a place where lefties with nothing to do set around and try to come up with something for someone else to do.

Or ‘Salon Mental Hospital’ for leftist only of course?


86 posted on 12/18/2010 10:44:03 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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To: kristinn

Regarding Salon, I guess even the deranged need their own web site.


87 posted on 12/18/2010 10:58:14 AM PST by The Duke
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Left cannot take their eyes off her, and it fills them with self-loathing.

I can't either, but instead of self-loathing, she fills me with pride, patriotism, admiration and yes, love. (Take that, FR PDS'ers.) She is one classy dame I would like to be more like. Sounds strange, 'cause I'm a dude, but that woman has more courage than most men who have cojones.

88 posted on 12/18/2010 11:04:25 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Onward to the battle royal!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Left cannot take their eyes off her, and it fills them with self-loathing.

I can't either, but instead of self-loathing, she fills me with pride, patriotism, admiration and yes, love. (Take that, FR PDS'ers.) She is one classy dame I would like to be more like. Sounds strange, 'cause I'm a dude, but that woman has more courage than most men who have cojones.

89 posted on 12/18/2010 11:05:57 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Onward to the battle royal!)
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To: Steve_Seattle

It is hatred, but I agree about the headline. Not commenting on Palin here, just saying let’s keep our criticism of the Palin haters accurate.


90 posted on 12/18/2010 11:10:43 AM PST by firebrand
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To: DTogo

“Think General Sherman in Georgia...”

It’s going to come to that, or worse. ?


91 posted on 12/18/2010 11:14:14 AM PST by Jim Noble (It's the tyranny, stupid!)
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To: soycd
subjected to the most painfully possible stimulus

Forced to watch Lary King re-runs?

92 posted on 12/18/2010 11:19:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Don Corleone

“I would hope that the SS and FBI both pay him a visit.”

The SS & FBI have mostly ignored threats made against conservatives...


93 posted on 12/18/2010 11:22:41 AM PST by Gomer1066
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To: kristinn

Guys, I’m a Michelle Bachman fan, not a Palin fan, so maybe I have more of an open mind on this.

In all fairness to this hateful liberal swine that posted that mean comment, it can not be construed to be a “death threat” against Palin.

Rather, he’s speaking in hypothetical terms and basically saying that he would be satisfied if somehow Palin were electrocuted:

“It will be safer for dogs and maybe we’ll get the satisfaction of having Vick electrocute Palin!”

He’s saying he would be “satisfied” if Palin were substituted for the dogs in an electrocution. That’s a lot different from saying, “I’m going to take out so-and-so next week.”

At the same time, he may be someone to investigate, but it’s not a death threat.

I’d suggest you substitute the name Obama instead of Palin in the same sentence and truthfully ask yourself if you would construe it to be a death threat. I think you probably wouldn’t think so.

I have friends who have said they dislike President Narcissus so much that they could care less (wouldn’t be sad one bit) mind if Air Force One crashed and President Obutthole perished. Does that make them assassins? No.


94 posted on 12/18/2010 11:23:41 AM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: Jeff Head
...The fact that Sarah stirs them up so unbelievably to such anger tells you that she is spot on...

It's fascinating to observe this. I have friends and relatives that go ape at the very mention of Sarah's name.

Their reaction is the same as what you'd expect if an exorcist held a crucifix against the forehead of a demon-possessed person.

95 posted on 12/18/2010 11:33:20 AM PST by FReepaholic (Yoiks...and away!!)
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To: Gomer1066
Hypothetical Question:>
Would the following be construed as hate (and probably racist) speech if it had shown up on a conservative website, and stayed there for several days?

I HAVE AN IDEA Let's let Michael Vick keep Sarah Palin Obama as a pet instead of a dog. It will be safer for dogs and maybe we'll get the satisfaction of having Vick electrocute Palin Obama! You know that after listening to that voice for longer than 30-seconds Vick would be lunging for the cattle prods.

Vick gets a pet to torture and we get rid of Palin Obama. A win-win for everyone!
—Owen Meany IV Read Owen Meany IV's other letters


I think not only would the liberal blogs be attacking that conservative website, but you'd be seeing it mentioned on all the MSM shows, including the evening news and talk shows like The View!!

Feh. The double standards and hypocrisy from the left is disgusting. >:-(
96 posted on 12/18/2010 11:53:59 AM PST by pillut48 (Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
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To: pillut48
If Barack Obama were a dog, would Lyndon Johnson pick him up by the ears?


97 posted on 12/18/2010 11:58:55 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: kristinn

This is just another good example of the “compassionate” and “tolerant” inclinations of the left...


98 posted on 12/18/2010 11:58:58 AM PST by AmericanExceptionalist (Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
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To: Danae

Exactly. Just as they claim free speech with one hand while the other hand is trying to take it away.


99 posted on 12/18/2010 12:00:59 PM PST by aphid (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: bert

ROTFLMAO!

Well, zippy does have quite a set of “handles” on his head!


100 posted on 12/18/2010 12:34:09 PM PST by snuffy smiff (always knew the arrogant little jug-eared bastard would be a failure...)
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