Posted on 01/12/2011 8:21:06 AM PST by Qbert
A House Democratic leader on Wednesday lashed out at Sarah Palin, accusing the former Alaska governor of being intellectually incapable of understanding why she's faced criticism related to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (S.C.) said that Palin had missed the point by releasing a statement Wednesday morning blasting the media for "blood libel" for looking to assign blame in part to her rhetoric after the attempted assassination of Giffords last weekend.
"You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," Clyburn said on the Bill Press radio show. "But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."
Palin broke her relative silence since the shooting, which some Democrats have attributed to an environment that allowed such an attack on a member of Congress. Democrats have homed in on the map Palin's political action committee had released, depicting targeted lawmakers in the election with crosshairs over their districts.
"Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own," Palin wrote. "They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle, not with law-abiding citizens who respectfully exercise their First Amendment rights at campaign rallies, not with those who proudly voted in the last election."
Clyburn said that Palin didn't grasp why such rhetoric was so troubling, regardless of the motivations of the alleged shooter. The No. 3 House Democrat referenced the civil rights era, and said that some of the shrill rhetoric in modern politics is reminiscent of that time.
"I have some experiences that maybe she does not have," he said. "When I see and hear things today that are reminiscent of that period of time, I am very, very concerned about it, because I know what it led to back then, and I know what it can lead to again."
“You know, Sarah Palin just can’t seem to get it, ... Clyburn said.
Doesn’t she understand that Republicans are supposed to stand still while Democrats are rabbit-punching them?
I have come to the conclusion that Dems are so intellectually stunted that anything other than the talking points fed to them by the Ruling elite of their party is not comprehensible.
Of course, he has nothing else to reference it to because Clyburn is too stupid to realize that it's 2011 and not 1955.
No, you don’t understand. Politics in America has always been a scholarly pursuit based on genteel behavior until talk radio came along. LOL
“Ok, Im officially supporting Sarah Palin now because I realize how much the left hates her. Do they know she CAN indeed win? Why would they focus so much effort on destroying her if she wasnt a threat?
I hope she runs. I hope she wins so I can enjoy all the screeching from the left.
I have never in my life seen them go so nuts over a private citizen. Its surreal.”
Welcome to the Sarah Palin supporters. You have summarized why so many members of our family support Sarah because of the insane hatred of the left of this decent woman.
They get away with this because they own the media for the most part.
I miss Thomas Nast.
good point...
An identifying feature of a Leftist is that they WILL NOT allow for honest disagreement. Any disagreement with a Leftist position MUST be due to "ignorance" (i.e. the person has not been sufficiently indoctrinated), "stupidity"( the person rejects the logic of the indoctrination materials) or "evil" (the person is able to argue against the Left's position).
It is a fundamental aspect of Leftist argumentation that you NEVER acknowledge that an opponent's arguments have any basis in sound logic. It's straight out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals.
The reason is that their arguments have real difficulty in standing up to honest debate, so they have little choice in resorting to ad-hominem at the onset.
Maddow, Matthews, Olbermann, Schultz (are they all the same person with costumes?)
“Ok, Im officially supporting Sarah Palin now because I realize how much the left hates her. Do they know she CAN indeed win? Why would they focus so much effort on destroying her if she wasnt a threat?”
I did a serious double take, there: I thought you might be freeper pissant writing that.
:-)
Ah, yes, the old standby. Conservatives are neanderthals.
Just keep digging yourself into that hole... eventually you'll get out of it.
Clyburn: Weve got to spend our way out of this recession
- 02/01/10
Translation.
We are going to tax you, to pay me, to give to my guys.
Clyburns another one of those failed idiots that gets into office for a lifetime due to gerrymandering of districts, isn’t he?
“You know, Sarah Palin just cant seem to get it, ... Clyburn said.
-Doesnt she understand that Republicans are supposed to stand still while Democrats are rabbit-punching them?”
—You nailed it.
Clyburn is twice as smart as his brother who is a half wit.
“I think she’s an attractive person, she is articulate,” Clyburn said
what does being (or not being) attractive have to do with anything Cyburn you stupid jackwagon?
We all understand what is going on here.
The fascist, statist, evil left (yes, that’s redundant) is using mass murder to further their anti-freedom, anti-American, and anti-human life, and power-amassing agenda.
It is pretty clear to those paying attention. The Left is evil.
Better yet, replace him with a conservative black with common sense and a sense of morality.
He needs to go away. The only way he will go away is to tea party him in the next election.
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