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Palin Calls Criticism ‘Blood Libel’
New York Times ^
| January 12, 2011
| MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Posted on 01/12/2011 5:42:46 AM PST by reaganaut1
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To: GoCards
"Here we go" Yep!
She is ready...
I have the feeling I just witnessed history upclose and personal.
I believe I just saw the first female President of the United States take her first major step towards 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:12:03 AM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Marty62
When was ‘blood libel’ ever used against Christians? Please be specific.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:12:03 AM PST
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get down that hill?")
To: wtc911
And how would you, oh wise one, have responded? I can hardly contain myself in anticipation of your greatness./s
To: Natufian
What’s far more odd is the use of “Ms.” Palin.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:14:23 AM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
To: wtc911
I’d heard it many times in my life - not applied to Jews, before I ever knew it was mostly anti-Semitic.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:17:02 AM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
To: Pravious
She has class, something Obama will never have.
To: reaganaut1
Now you know why the left fears her more than any other conservative in history...bar none.
Absolutely brilliant analogy!
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To: Psycho_Bunny
The book "Blood Sport", about the Clintoons, was a take-off on the term. No expression has ever been sacrosanct to the point that it simply could have other metaphorical uses.
I think blood libel is a quite proper metaphor and creatively apropos.
To: Psycho_Bunny
Maybe I'm more aware of its strictly anti-semetic meaning because I grew up in a pretty Jewish neighborhood. It is an arcane phrase which makes palin's use of it even more baffling.
I contend that it is stupid to use the phrase specifically because it opens Palin up to even more obvious and predictable attacks. If it is her intention to escalate then she has succeeded but one would ask why?
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:24:37 AM PST
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get down that hill?")
To: reaganaut1
THHWAP!!!
Let the PDS liberals and RINOs howl!
To: GoCards
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:25:36 AM PST
by
PennsylvaniaMom
('We are coming out of our trance, we are coming out of our nightmare...' <3Michele Bachmann)
To: NavyCanDo
Partially correct - Blood libel refers to the medieval Christian accusation that Jews killed Christian children and used their blood for matzos. But, today it is often used to describe False Accusations, which is the way Sarah used it. Thanks for the explanation. I hadn't known where it came from. Seems a completely appropriate term.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:27:09 AM PST
by
CAluvdubya
(Don't retreat...reload!.....and no, I'm not changing my tagline!)
To: wtc911
what about the words “blood” people being killed...and “libel”.. people calling her a murderer
combined with some common sense.
To: reaganaut1
Props to Sarah Palin ... again!
Of course, the libs being as predictable as the sun rising in the morning, they'll probably latch onto her "blood libel" comment and say it's insensitive to the Jewish community, and thus, Sarah is anti-Semitic.
To: downtownconservative
Palin’s use of a notoriously anti-semetic term as a way of describing herself as a victim of the media, especially given that the real victim here is Jewish, is either grossly ill-informed or intentionally belligerent. Either one is stupid. Not my fault if you don’t see it.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:27:55 AM PST
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get down that hill?")
To: PennsylvaniaMom
He did?
Unreal.. I didn’t think he was that stupid.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:28:27 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Study the Constitution, while we still have it)
To: PennsylvaniaMom
He did?
Unreal.. I didn’t think he was that stupid.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:28:32 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Study the Constitution, while we still have it)
To: wtc911; Jim Robinson
get rid of this guy.
this guy is trying to say that Governor Palin is anti semetic.
To: Mad Dawgg
I concur - completely.
That wasn't Sarah on that video.
That was President Palin - the 45 President of the United States of America speaking.
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posted on
01/12/2011 6:30:03 AM PST
by
jimjohn
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