Video: Olbermann Attacks Palin on Blood Libel Reference

Schultz Charges Palin Used Blood Libel to Appeal to To Appeal To Extremist Christian Conservative Base
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Calmer voices speak out after Palin Facebook video flap
It is interesting the way the left pores over every word and phrase used by Conservatives while allowing liberals to get away with saying just about anything as they are in agreement with the liberal thought. The latest case in point is the huge hypocritical outcry over Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "blood Libel" in her Facebook video responding to those who placed blame for Saturday's shooting tragedy in Arizona squarely at her feet. The aftermath of that shooting finds Congresswoman Gabriell...

Some say 'blood libel' signaled base
Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood Libel” may not have been an accidental blunder, but a deliberate “‘dog whistle” appeal to her Evangelical Christian supporters for whom the expression has meaning, commentators and others are saying. Taegan Goddard, founder of nonpartisan news site Political Wire, floated the idea after the release of Palin’s video remarks Wednesday, writing that “… while it’s not entirely clear what Palin...

In Shit I Couldn't Make Up
In an editorial arguing that "Mrs. Palin is well within her rights to feel persecuted" and defend her use of the phrase "blood Libel," the conservative garbage-paper The Washington Times calls efforts to hold her accountable for her reckless use of violent Rhetoric "simply the latest round of an ongoing Pogrom against conservative thinkers." Yes. Seriously. A pogrom. I don't even know what to say anymore. In an editorial arguing that "Mrs. Palin is well within her rights to feel persecuted" and...

Feud Between Politico and NJ Festers
The dog fight between Politico and NJ continues. Matthew Cooper of NJ seemed to have written the definitive story on Sarah Palin ‘s use of the term “blood Libel” in defending against critics that blame her for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords . Some charged that she didn’t understand the history of the blood libel when she made her remarks. But Cooper had a different take: In his late Wednesday afternoon piece he said he thought “blood Libel” was chosen...

GOP Strategist: Palin Prolonged the Polarization and Prolonged the Country's Misery, Obama "Rescued the Moment" (Video)
Andrea Michell is discussing Sarah Palin (what a surprise) with Democrat David Bonier and Republican Strategist Vin Weber, here's the video of Weber Visit MSNBC.com for breaking news, world news, and news about The Economy MITCHELL : "She had the choice of when to speak and the tone. and one has to wonder why doesn't she have a wider circling of advisers. i don't know any Political Strategist of a national campaign, republican or democrat who thinks that was a smart thing to do. VIN WEBER : "We...

Sgt. Schultz: Palin Used Term Blood Libel Because It Appeals to an Extremist Christian Conservative Base
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Schultz Suggests Palin Used Term 'Blood Libel'' To Appeal To Extremist Christian Conservative Base For 2012
Can they get any lower? Listen to this foolishness from tonight's Ed Show eyeblast.tv On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz suggests Sarah Palin used the term "blood Libel" to describe the way she was falsely accused of being responsible for the Arizona shootings "as an appeal to an extreme Christian Conservative Base for 2012." ...

The True Meaning of Blood Libel
Amid the fierce and often partisan debate sparked by Sarah Palin’s use of the words “blood Libel,” one thing is clear: The phrase has become increasingly detached from its historical context. For centuries, the phrase “the blood libel” — with the definite article — has been used to signify a unique false accusation against a specific group: the spurious and heinous charge that Jews kill Christian Children to use their blood to make matzo for Passover. But now, as

When your name is Palin, you have no right to defend yourself
**Posted by Phineas I was going to go off on another rant‡ about Democratic politicians, mainstream Journalists, and leftist Activists (but I repeat myself) and their blood Libel against the Right and Sarah Palin, but then I watched this episode of PJTV’s Trifecta and realized that Greene, Ott, and Whittle said everything I could. And did it better. Just watch; I’ll wait here. Take away line from Whittle: “I have to count to ten.” Of the many odd, even outrageous, thing...

HILARIOUS: ACCUSER OF PALIN ON BLOOD LIBEL CHARGE USED THE PHRASE HIMSELF IN 2005!
THESE LEFTISTS HAVE AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO BE HYPOCRITICAL. WHY? WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE NO PRINCIPLES IT'S PRETTY DANG TOUGH TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE! ...

MSNBCs Joe Scarborough Says Sarah Palin has Probably Ended Her Political Career Video 1/14/11
Unbelievable. Here is video of MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough - who claims to be a conservative - agreeing that Sarah Palin “probably ended her Political Career” with her response video this week on the Tucson Mass Shooting, and the mindless, baseless attacks against her. Scarborough hits Palin for “making it all about her” in the video, which is just not true. Palin spoke compassionately about the Victims, and did push back against the four days of relentles...

The effort to drag down Sarah Palin for using the term "blood libel" has backfired.
The criticism had to do with wanting to restrict the term to its specific original context, a longstanding vicious lie about the Jewish people. The result of the criticism is that now when someone searches the term "blood Libel," they see Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin. If the intent of the criticism was to preserve the purity of the reference, it's had the opposite effect. (If the intent of the criticism was to take advantage of a perceived opportunity to take another shot at Sarah Pali...

Palin Likely Didt Know Blood Libel Meaning
Sarah Palin talks about the Tucscon tragedy. The Obama Administration has no comment on Sarah Palin’s invocation of the phrase “blood Libel” to describe those who would link strident right-wing Rhetoric to the tragic Tucson shooting. Fortunately, absolutely no one else has been so reticent. I’ll briefly say that I’ve been persuaded that Palin may well have been unaware of the phrase’s origins—I have been surprised to hear how many people, Jews included, ...

Wash Times: Criticism Of Palin's 'Blood Libel' Part Of 'Ongoing Pogrom' Against Conservatives
A Washington Times editorial defends Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "blood Libel" in the wake of the Tucson shootings, by calling media criticism of Palin "the latest round of an ongoing Pogrom against conservative thinkers." Palin had been criticized for using the term "blood Libel" to characterize media attacks against her, because of associations between "blood Libel" and persecution of Jews in Europe. The term has its roots in the false charge that Jews would Murder Children and use their...

Rabbi Boteach Defends Palin's Use of 'Blood Libel' (The Atlantic Wire)
WASHINGTON, DC – Sarah Palin was right to use the term "blood Libel" in defending herself from accusations that her heated political Rhetoric had something to do with the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach argues in The Wall Street Journal, because the term refers to Jews being falsely accused of Murder--the important part is the innocence, not the Jewishness. Boteach is continuing a debate that has raged since Palin's video discussing the violence in Tuscon was p...

The Climate of Hate Will Not Dissipate
We should be done with the insulting stupidity of the Left’s “Climate of Hate” narrative now that President Obama told them to knock it off, right? In his Speech last night, the President declared, “Let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy – it did not – but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation.” The it...

A House Divided, and Other Presidential Speeches About the Jews
In the video statement she issued this week, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin accused the media of Manufacturing a “blood Libel.” Her choice of words quickly became the story—”blood libel” refers to the cruel and absurd medieval belief that Jews used the blood of Christian Children to bake matzo. Many wonder how the gaffe will affect Palin’s future, with USA Today asking, “Will Sarah Palin’s use of the term ‘blood libel’ hurt her chan...

In Tucson, Obama Rose Above the Fray
Pollster John Zogby updates our weekly Obama Report Card with a grade on the president's performance. Zogby uses his polling, expert analysis, and interaction with major players to come up with a grade and some comments that capture how he sees the president's week ending. John Zogby on Week: 104 "Tragedy almost always brings our nation together. The Tucson, Ariz. shootings could be the exception, a reality that brought more importance to Barack Obama's healing words at the memorial servi...

McCain Praises Obamas Memorial Service Speech
Yahoo! Buzz In the aftermath of the Arizona shootings, Sen. John McCain is generously praising President Barack Obama ’s memorial service address, defending Mr. Obama’s character and vowing to do his part to bring more civility to political discourse. The Arizona Republican also appears to defend the woman he brought to the national stage, Sarah Palin , his 2008 Running Mate, saying it must have been painful to have been blamed for helping cause the tragedy. Ms. Palin’s video re...

Olbermann Attacks Palin And Breitbart On Blood Libel Reference
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Olbermann Attacks Palin and Breitbart on Blood Libel Reference
It's amusing to hear this guy lecture about vitriolic political Rhetoric....

Sarah Palin Taking Blood-Libel Show On the Road With Larry the Cable Guy
Sarah Palin has learned she can get a lot of attention from liking guns and such, and that is going to continue JANUARY 29 in RENO, Nevada, addresses the SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL GUN SHOW! Unfortunately the event, a “dinner & auction” (you can bid on guns AND eat them!) is already sold out. Who else is going to be there? Why, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Elvis impersonator, NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, Talk Radio host Michael Reagan, and, of course, Larry the Cable Guy...

Why Sarah Palin Used the Term Blood Libel
Many people were shocked and appalled yesterday when Sarah Palin used the term "blood Libel" to defend herself in her Fox "News" tee vee studio in Wasilla. From reading many comment threads all over the Blogosphere, it would appear that the comments could be placed in one of two categories: 1). "America's Professional Victim" didn't really know how deeply offensive the term is. Let's call them the "Sarah is dumb" crowd; 2). The "Sarah is too smart for her own good" group seems to think she knew...

The Tucson Shootings, Blood Libels, and Those Who Perpetrate Them
[ By Barry Rubin , crossposted from The Rubin Report.] The main street of Dolhinov, then in Poland, in 1931 on Polish national day. The 1886 Pogrom took place in the area pictured and against Jewish shops on the left behind the onlookers. Without taking any partisan position, but purely on the issue's historical merits, nothing could have been more appropriate than Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood Libel" to describe what happened to her after the Tucson killings. I know because my direct a...