PDA

View Full Version : Sarah Palin 'I'm through,' Palin says



tangent4ronpaul
03-27-2011, 05:51 PM
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/im-through-palin-says/

Done with whining about the media, that is.

In an appearance on Fox News, where she serves as a contributor, Palin shrugged off a recent sexual slur directed her way from comedian Bill Maher, saying, "I'm through whining about a liberal press that holds particularly conservative women to a different standard, because it doesn't do any good to whine about it."

"Nobody ever promised life was going to be fair," Palin continued in what appeared to be a departure from her usual pattern of forcefully responding to critics, especially those in the media. "And politics really isn't fair, the scrutiny, the double standards, and all that. I'm dealing with it I guess in a different way than others who want to bring more light to it and demand that Bill Maher apologize."

The comments come a day after the traditionally-liberal National Organization for Women issued a statement condemning Maher for directing the slur toward Palin, saying, "Cut the crap! Stop degrading women with whom you disagree and/or don't like by using female body terms or other gender-associated slurs."

But Palin made clear she is none too welcome of newfound support from NOW, an organization that has long been critical of Palin and her stances on issues like abortion.

"I need NOW's defense like a fish needs a bicycle," the former Alaska governor said.

...

Meanwhile, Palin says the door remains open to a possible presidential run in 2012, though quickly tempered those comments by saying, "You don't need a title, you don't need an office to make a difference." Still, the Alaska Republican says she's tempted:

"I am tempted to because I am still wondering who is going to be out there with a servant's heart, willing to serve the American people for the right reason. Not for ego, not for special interests…I am waiting to see, who else is out there willing to do this."

[And here you thought we were going to get lucky.... :D ]

Anti Federalist
03-27-2011, 06:03 PM
"I need NOW's defense like a fish needs a bicycle," the former Alaska governor said.

LolZ.

What exactly did Bill Maher call her anyway? - ETA - Never Mind.

NOW issues statement on Bill Maher’s insult of Sarah Palin
without comments

http://senatorteaparty.com/now-issues-statement-on-bill-mahers-insult-of-sarah-palin/

After being called out by conservatives for refusing to speak to Fox News about Bill Maher’s vulgar insult of Sarah Palin, Lisa Bennett, Communications Director for the National Organization for (Liberal) Women issued a statement that failed to condemn Maher, and instead attacked conservatives for daring to notice their silence on the issue.

Her statement starts by asking progressives to “please” not use vulgar slang the way Maher did:


Listen, supposedly progressive men (ok, and women, too): Cut the crap! Stop degrading women with whom you disagree and/or don’t like by using female body terms or other gender-associated slurs. OK? Can you do that, please? If you think someone’s an idiot or a danger to the country, feel free to say so, but try to keep their sex out of it. Sexist insults have an impact on all women.

The remainder of her statement was nothing more than an attack on conservatives for noticing their overt hypocrisy:


We’re on to you, right-wingers:

a. You’re trying to take up our time getting us to defend your friend Sarah Palin. If you keep us busy defending her, we have less time to defend women’s bodies from the onslaught of reproductive rights attacks and other threats to our freedom, safety, livelihood, etc. Sorry, but we can’t defend Palin or even Hillary Clinton from every sexist insult hurled at them in the media. That task would be impossible, and it would consume us. You know this would not be a productive way to fight for women’s equal rights, which is why you want us stuck in this morass.

b. As usual, you’re looking for any way to discredit NOW. You claim we care and work only for liberal woman, but that’s a LIE. We have defended Sarah Palin and other conservative women from sexist attacks. Maybe not on your schedule, but we’ve done so. And by the way, all those laws we advocate for — we don’t ask that they include a clause saying only certified liberal women can benefit from them. Conservative women benefit from them, too! Just because we don’t open up a Palin wing on the NOW website doesn’t mean we don’t think that every single woman — right, left and in-between — deserves equal pay, full reproductive rights, justice in the courts, etc. So knock off the facetious whining that right-wing women are not represented by NOW’s work.

c. Prior to the emergence of Palin on the national scene: Where the heck were you when Hillary and Nancy Pelosi and other women were being demeaned in sexist ways? Did you speak up once on behalf of a woman politician before you learned the name Sarah Palin? Did you work toward equality for women in any way prior to August 2008? It would be nice to think that you’ve suddenly discovered sexism and are interested in joining us in the struggle for full equality. But this really smacks of the worst kind of hypocrisy: Folks with no history of working on an issue trying to discredit those who have been working for decades on the issue. Ridiculous.

specsaregood
03-27-2011, 06:05 PM
What exactly did Bill Maher call her anyway?

A dumb tw*t. (not twit). Really classy that guy.

doodle
03-27-2011, 06:06 PM
Palin made a huge blunder when she disobeyed Fox executives and used the "blood libel" term after Gifford shooting incidence.

Anti Federalist
03-27-2011, 06:27 PM
A dumb tw*t. (not twit). Really classy that guy.

Yeah I read that.

I've always considered Maher to be a real piece of shit, politics aside.

So I wonder how long it would take before the howls and screams started if say Limbaugh called Obama a "second tier" ethnic slur?

Not that I really care one way or the other.

It's just fun to watch the PC fur fly from time to time.

speciallyblend
03-27-2011, 06:38 PM
twat
taboo: a highly offensive term for a woman's vagina or genital area
taboo insult: a highly offensive term for somebody regarded as unintelligent, worthless, or detestable

first one might not apply but second one does!! on that note bill maher is a twat!

Badger Paul
03-27-2011, 09:01 PM
""You don't need a title, you don't need an office to make a difference."

Acutally you do Sarah Plain and Tall, because the day you say no to a run for the White House is day your moment on the stage is over.

sailingaway
03-27-2011, 10:02 PM
""You don't need a title, you don't need an office to make a difference."

Acutally you do Sarah Plain and Tall, because the day you say no to a run for the White House is day your moment on the stage is over.

Hm. I hadn't thought of that. I'd assumed she'd be a Buchanan like pundit, cross between Buchanan and Oprah. I guess excitement might be gone if she doesn't run, at that.

angelatc
03-28-2011, 12:14 AM
"I need NOW's defense like a fish needs a bicycle," the former Alaska governor said.

I don't care who said what to whom, but that's funny.