I was ready to let this go, but its just too rich to ignore. Poor, beat upon Sarah Palin has now released a video comparing the media's questioning of herself to the persecution of the Jews, using the term, "blood libel."
Of course, it had to be released from the cocoon of her Facebook page, because God knows you wouldn't want to stand up and answer questions like in a news conference. Better to let your ghost-writer come up with a "poor me" speech to post somewhere that can't be questioned, lest someone be reminded that you're an opportunistic moron.
But the sweetest part is found here, from the AP release, "In a video posted to her Facebook page, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate accused the U.S. media of inciting hatred and violence after the shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Palin has been criticized for marking Giffords' district with cross hairs during last fall's campaign. "But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible," she said.
Except that, as I pointed out days ago, it was Ms. Gaffords (a Jew, by the way), that denounced the crosshairs LAST YEAR! As cited previously:
Giffords herself talked about this in a March, 2010 interview, saying that "We're on Sarah Palin's targeted list, but the thing is that the way she has it is depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action."
Now I'm not saying, nor have I said, that the Tea Partiers were directly responsible for the massacre. But we have a bright, dedicated U.S. Representative who serves out full terms laying in a hospital bed with a gunshot wound to her head, but, as it turns out, Sarah Palin is the real victim of this tragedy.
Things just keep getting curiouser and curiouser.
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