Hey, everybody, it seems to be a slow news day, because when I checked the Internets all the excitement was about this: Sarah Palin invented a new word today! Yup. "Refudiate." Seriously. You could look it up. OK, actually you can't look it up because it's not in the dictionary, at least not today. Meanwhile, liberals are having a field day on Twitter, et cetera, and Palin is showing off her Reaganesque self-depreciating humor and conservatives probably think the whole thing is cute.
Real cute. Here's what Palin was trying to say, by the way:
Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate
Maybe she had to invent a new word because people are running out of ways to convey their hate speech these days. The "Peaceful Muslims" aren't going to "refudiate" or even repudiate the plan to open an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan because the people behind it are peaceful Muslims, with no known ties to terrorism and nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. Palin's position here is a politically-driven attack on the religious freedom that she claims to hold as one of her highest principles -- it is almost as stupid as exacting revenge for 9/11 by attacking a Muslim nation that had nothing to do with the attacks.
In other hate-speech news, the NAACP recently asked leaders of the Tea Party to refud...er, rebuke any racist elements among the group. Unlike so many of our institutions, the NAACP apparently knows how to get results, because check this out:
We, in the last twenty-four hours have expelled Tea Party Express and Mark Williams from the National Tea Party Federation because of the letter that he wrote which, he, I guess, may have considered satire but which was clearly offensive
So, good for the National Tea Party Foundation. Now if we can only get CNN to stop bringing Mark Williams on my TV....
Palin's an idiot. It didn't take long for the Tea Baggers to capitulate to the NAACP. Racism is Dead! lol— The Fundamentals of the Economy are Fine- What's hilarious about this is that she actually used the same work earlier in the week - when she told Obama on Wednesday to "refudiate" the NAACP. Also laughable is that she attempted to correct her laughable error today, and still got the word wrong: --snip-- Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real --snip-- How does one "refute" a mosque? Ain't enough popcorn in the world.— Talking point sleuth
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Even more amazing is that this woman misspelled "please".— Mr. Smith- Comment removed.
- and bill criticizes will right to free speech. lol, when did the tea baggers stup reading the bill of rights. don't like it, leave. Or better yet start your own blog so we can a good laugh. looks like your tea bag buddie and savior williams got bent over. Doesn't matter, conservative men are used to being bent over.— The Fundamentals of the Economy are Fine
- On the bright side, she didn't use boyz, LOL, or snip.— RG
Sarah Palin has inspired a large number of people to get involved in the political system. Agree or disagree with her she has hit a nerve.And that scares the left. As a consequence, the lunatic left (led by Media Matters, daily kooks, CNN, etc.) are doing anything and everything they can to marginalize her. Why are you socialists so afreaid of her? She is just a hockey mom from Alaska (the 49th of our 57 states according to the Obamanation)who actually ran something other than her mouth before attaining an executive position. It is pretty obvious she really scares the pants off of you lefties. You guys always set up the same thing-conservatives are lucky to able to tie their shoes and socialists (democrats) are the ones that invented knots (or the internet). With Plugs Biden's tendancy to put his foot in his mouth,be careful how you point out other peples mistakes. If you doubt me, just go to Youtube.— georgel- George Bush knew what she meant.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
- I think it would be inappropriate for the NRA to open its Western Operations Center next door to Columbine High School. Or is it a violation of the NRA's First Amendment rights to offer my opinion on the matter?— Mr. Smith
- bill.atkin., I've always been curious and now I'm just going to go ahead and ask. Is your name a pseudonym for bill at, who once tried to connect the timing of last November's SEPTA strike to the World Series because baseball is somehow too cerebral for black people?— Billy Ray Winthorpe
Billy Ray had to get away from the TV before I tossed a shoe at it. Seems like right now baseball is too cerebral for blacks, whites, latinoes and any other race of people with a "P" on their hats.— bird11- Comment removed.
Hey willbutch, who but you could get so many giggles out of one little typo. As the saying goes, little things please little minds, but I digress. How about your clever little fastardization of Palin's typoed word "refudgee"? When I first saw your header, I thought it might have to do people who had their pudge repacked, people like the ones who worked so hard to get the Boys Scouts kicked out of their headquarters in CC Philly....— phluphya19147- Hey Tuffy, Why do you hope that about not building churches in OK City? You sayin' McVeigh was one of them there radical rightwing xtians or sumthin'? Shoot, I thought in Timmy's case, it was pure hatred of the gubmint. Didn't realize he was on a mission from God or anything like the Muzzies were.— phluphya19147
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