The Rude Pundit: Sarah Palin Is a Fucking Retard

[meegbear]

(edited for copyright purposes-proud patriot Moderator Democratic Undergrund)

Forget about Sarah Palin writing on her hand. Forget about her resigning as governor of Alaska a little over halfway through her first term for no reason other than she was tired of it. Forget that her husband thinks Alaska should be its own country and was essentially co-governor. Forget that she shoots wolves from helicopters for fun. Forget all about those things as arguments against Sarah Palin when you are dealing with the people who love her. They don't care. All of those things just make her delightfully regular and sympathetically human.

See, Sarah Palin is graded on the hot chick curve. Men wanna fuck her and women with low self-esteem wanna be her, so whatever she does just affirms that she is hot and fuckable and gets to travel. If she looked like Kay Bailey Hutchison, we wouldn't even be talking about her. Palin knows it. And she wields her sexuality like a distraction while she magically steals attention from those smarter than her.

It ain't just Palin. Let's face it: if Hillary Clinton had looked like Sarah Palin, she'd be president. And if Barack Obama had looked like Dennis Kucinich, he would not. But, Jesus, you could argue there was substance there. It's a sad fact of America in the 21st-century that shallowness is a quality and depth makes you an out-of-touch elitist.

The Rude Pundit watched Palin's speech Saturday night at the Tea Party Convention at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. He saw all of it, her hair fixed perfectly to look like she had just finished fucking Andrew Breitbart (who introduced her), her practiced folksy nasality that has become a parody of a parody, her ludicrous call to revolution, which apparently means slightly lower taxes on small businesses and war with Iran. Somewhere in heaven, James Madison said, "Tell you what, bitch, you risk getting executed by the British for a cut in the marginal tax rate on your fishing boats and we'll talk."

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[hlthe2b]

1. re: "Men wanna fuck her and women with low self-esteem

wanna be her"... Yup.. that about sums up her popularity.

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[dflprincess]

65. I'd say that men with low self esteem want to fuck her

Not that I understand the male psyche all that well - but I'd like to think that men who do not have low esteem would prefer to have sex with a woman they could also have an intelligent conversation with at some point. I mean, really, what would you guys do if you woke up in the morning and now you're sober and she's still there and started babbling?

[gtar100]

80. Exactly right. Not interested.

Supposedly she has a sexy body but the poison of her inner person spills ugly all over.

[EnviroBat]

109. I wouldn't fuck her with my brothers dick.

She's so irritatingly vapid, she's a turn-off. And that voice! That's a boner-shrinker that an oil-tanker of Viagra couldn't fix!

[oedura]

126. I agree with this comment...

The woman is fucking repulsive.

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[Autonomy]

84. You might be confusing 'sex' and 'a relationship'

A guy with self-esteem would never consider the latter (with Sarah Palin), but might be tempted by the former (yes, with Sarah Palin). At some point, in real life, a lot of the women we hook up with are neither lookers nor very bright. It happens. The better among us learn from the experience.

But the question brings up another question: what percentage of men (or women) actually have a modicum of self-esteem. I am betting the number is horribly low.

[dflprincess]

129. Women often do that

(as long as I was relying on stereotypes, I might as well own up to that one)

:hi:

[The Wizard]

94. Her male supporters aren't concerned with

what's coming out of her mouth, but just the opposite.

[tango-tee]

99. dfl, you are talking about men with a modicum of intelligence

who want to carry on a conversation with a woman on "the morning after".

In Tundra Tart's case it would be: Put a flag over her face and fuck her for glory. And hope she will go slinking into the night quietly afterwards.

[Gman]

102. I know you would LIKE to think that but

bottom line for the vast majority of guys is that intelligence has nothing to do with it, and if the truth be known, they prefer low intelligence (because they're easier to get into bed!). And if things went as they should go, they would have dropped her off or left long before it got to the point of having some kind of converstion that required intelligence.

Not all guys, mind you. Just the vast majority! And the guys in that small majority are the guys women want to marry.

[dflprincess]

113. Perhaps I was also thinking of guys with a certain level of maturity

as well as intelligence or maybe those with enough experience of waking up in the morning and thinking "What have I done?" ?

All in fun guys :evilgrin:

[Gman]

128. Guys? Maturity? LOL!

Not a good word to use for people that like things bigger, better and faster (including "fast" women!)

[happygoluckytoyou]

117. exactly... you don't understand the male psyche... they all wake up and babble.... the price you pay

[cliffordu]

118. Kill myself before my wife wakes up.

[AtheistCrusader]

119. Coyote Stupid.

[MrMickeysMom]

75. Men like that wanna fuck women WITH low self-esteem!

I don't think the rest would be interested.

[Enthusiast]

93. That's it in a nut shell.

And it is. Her supporters would never agree, of course, but it's true, nonetheless.

[Ganja Ninja]

96. Well that and the left's reaction to her.

The teabaggers love that we can't stand her. They see our exasperation with their infatuation with this idiot and misread it. They seem to think we are confounded by her "brilliance" and fear her for it.

[Chulanowa]

101. I wouldn't fuck her with Woody Allen's dick

On a ten foot pole.

Not in a box, not with a fox, not even with bagels and lox.

I would not go near that hole.

I would not get between those gams, Sarah Pal-i-n.

[comtec]

114. DUZY!!!!

LOL

[ginnyinWI]

111. that second paragraph is all you need to know about SP.

"See, Sarah Palin is graded on the hot chick curve. Men wanna fuck her and women with low self-esteem wanna be her, so whatever she does just affirms that she is hot and fuckable and gets to travel. If she looked like Kay Bailey Hutchison, we wouldn't even be talking about her. Palin knows it. And she wields her sexuality like a distraction while she magically steals attention from those smarter than her."

And as an aside, I'll always remember them interviewing Kay Bailey Hutchison the day Palin was picked. She looked like she'd swallowed a lemon. And she looked like she wanted to swear. It was a combination of "I wasn't selected" and "What the f--- was that old goat thinking????"

[sasquuatch]

115. That's American Idol nation.

nt

[no_hypocrisy]

2. High Q Factor

Hard to overcome.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Gawd I love the Rude Pundit!

K&R!

[polpilot]

4. Very likely the next president of this country. Reagan in a skirt. Very appealing to

'average' Americans who elected Bush TWICE. ( I know stolen election, etc.). Very simple message: I love God (MY God, the white American God). I HATE government. I love to have a military that kills lots of people. If we get rid of liberals we'd be rich again.

[kjackson227]

11. Yep, this is it in a nutshell...

If there are that many right-wing/neocon/batsh*t crazy voters out there who would vote for this idiot for ANYTHING other than dog-catcher, then we deserve EVERYTHING we get.

[Zoeisright]

39. +100000

Sad but true. Very true.

[vegiegals]

110. And it just may work. She is appealing

--for whatever reason to many angry voters. May the gods and goddesses help our country if she runs or is elected!!

On the other hand, I really do not agree with vile language of the OP. I do not think it does Democrats any good. IMHO.

[Mz Pip]

5. Sarah Palin is a perfect

example of "It's not what you say, it's how you say it." Nothing she says makes sense. Words strung together, phrases, strung together. It's babble.

But she says it so well and appears so earnest that her adoring fans don't care. She actually sounds like she's saying something significant, something important, something of depth - at least to her fans. They are dazzled by her presence and really are incapable of giving any thoughtful analysis of what is coming out of her mouth.

But it's not anything significant. It's just babble in a pretty package.

She knows just enough to appear smart to her fans. And that isn't much. But it is scary.

[Guilded Lilly]

6. Sarah Palin...leader of the ignorant.

"It's a sad fact of America in the 21st-century that shallowness is a quality and depth makes you an out-of-touch elitist."

I don't know what offends me more, that she is so clearly unqualified, that her stances on just about everything are based on bullshit and communicated through incessant babblespeak or that as a woman, she has gotten where she is because of her sexuality and not anything to do with her (lack of?) intelligence.

[fasttense]

7. Well said Rude Pundit.

In the mood I'm in, he's the only one who seems to be making any sense today.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. If you were an "AntiChrist" wouldn't you hide in some idiot like

Sarah's body?

[Winterblues]

12. Why would the "AntiChrist" hide?

Sort of goes against the entire idea IMO.

[Hubert Flottz]

14. Until she's ready for the big push...

taking over the world and everything in it takes working up to.

[NoodleyAppendage]

17. Hitler wasn't a genius, you know. n/t

I seem to remember something about him being failed artist, but now that I reflect some more he probably had a 30 point IQ jump on Palin. At least he wrote his own book...

[tonysam]

9. And Rude Pundit is a fucking idiot

Using the term "retard" shows how absolutely stupid this overrated blogger is.

He's trying to be the next Mark Morford, and he fails miserably.

[emilyg]

20. +1

[Demeter]

59. You Missed the Sarcasm. The Rude One is Referring to Rahm's Cursing Out Us Progressives

as "fucking retarded".

The only thing with pinning this on Sarah is she isn't considered Progressive by rational people (but the TeaParty seems tothinkthat she is, and embodies their revolution...go figure).

[Jax]

73. +1,000,000

fuck the anti choice so called 'progressives' they ain't and never were and never will be progressive.

[saigon68]

97. Ah Yes LITTLE RAHM

He's a thug for sure

He will be out of a job soon after Nov 2010

[Demeter]

131. I Wish I Had Your Confidence

Maybe if the GOP was sufficiently insistent and incensed, he would be. But he's their best friend in the White House; they aren't about to kill the goose that's laying all those golden eggs for them.

[gratuitous]

10. I lost 5 IQ points reading those verbatim quotes

They absolutely defy any attempt at analysis, except that they include a lot of buzzwords and dog whistles to the faithful to assure them that Sarah's one of them. For anyone who doesn't have the secret decoder ring, it's gibberish. And then, I think, it is kind of tougher to -- kind of tougher to put our arms around, but allowing outsiders to call it just what it is -- not being afraid to kind of go back to some of our roots as an educated people where we are not afraid to say, especially in times of outright demagoguery in the future here, we are not afraid to say, you know, we don't have all the answers as fallible men and women, but this is bullshit.

[The Straight Story]

16. Wasn't that second quote from Hillary?

:)

[gratuitous]

18. Yeah, it helped, but not much

The quote before the two numbered ones and the first numbered quote were pure Sarah. Intellect draining, mind numbing, jaw slacking Sarah.

[cheapdate]

64. "They absolutely defy any attempt at analysis"

Thank you. Now I understand why my brain becomes paralyzed when Sarah speaks. It's the stoopid.

[lunatica]

103. LOL! Quick! Go listen to Thom Hartman and your IQ

will go up. You're sinking fast!

[kestrel91316]

15. Yeah. What the Rude Pundit said.

[Richard D]

19. I'm all for an intelligence for voting rights . . .

. . . anyone who understands palinspeak should be immediately disqualified.

[Caliman73]

21. Don't care for the use of the word retarded as a prejorative

The message about Palin is valid. The woman is really lacking in any facet of critical thinking, but using the word "retard" or "retarded" to put her down is offensive. She is not intellectual and she plays on the fears, hatred, and base instincts of her audience. She is pathetic and ridiculous to anyone who is not easily swept up by her folksy, smarmy delivery. She is not however, retarded. Perhaps emotionally underdeveloped, perhaps ethically challenged, not retarded.

Mental retardation encompasses a large range of individuals with significant challenges in the cognitive processing. They are people who possess varying levels of awareness and ability to function in society. I think it is safe to say that being mentally retarded is not a desirable condition, but when you use the word retarded, and especially retard to put a person down, you are demeaning those individuals who struggle with their cognitive disabilities and try to navigate and contribute to society as best they can. You are basically saying, "retardation is the best insult I could come up with because it invokes the image of those individuals who are not cognitively able to function successfully in society." Perhaps you are not consciously trying to insult people with real cognitive deficits. You are however, communicating that insult to people who may have mild mental retardation, who can understand insults, and you are saying it to the parents, care givers, and people who work with the developmentally disabled. Having been involved with working with adults with developmental disabilities for the last 11 years, I can tell you that the people on my caseload who are clinically retarded but functioning at the higher range of the spectrum, they can remember those times when they were called retard, or retarded. They carry that pain around. For those who function at the lower range of the spectrum, that pain is for their loved ones to carry and perhaps them as well only they are not able to express it.

I agree that Sarah Palin could possibly be the worse thing that could have happened to the US since Ronald Reagan, but before you start jumping on the bandwagon of using retarded or retard to describe her, remember that there are people who truly carry that diagnosis, who struggle daily to contribute to a society the that looks down on them. People who try to maintain their dignity as citizens in the face of challenges born in them. There are any number of words you can use to describe and insult Palin, she's an easy target. Just think before you do it.

[WindRiverMan]

48. Oh, I bet her IQ score is right around 70

When you need a crib note to remember the word "energy", I think that there is a very good possibility she is indeed "retarded" per the classic definition.

[Caliman73]

91. She would never have been able to graduate high school, let alone earn a college degree.

I know that many of us think she is not smart and she tends to prove us right. If she were mentally retarded in the classic definition, she would have to have an average IQ of 70 or below in several areas. She can read a teleprompter and the crib notes on her hand. She can make complex decisions, albeit not very good ones. Her IQ is probably at least 110. She is intellectually lazy and arrogant to boot, but she is not retarded. To call Palin retarded really is an insult to people who are actually clinically retarded. People who are mentally retarded often use every shred of their ability to function at a level that is somewhat acceptable to society. Palin does the bare minimum to get by and make her millions. Unfair if you ask me.

[jillan]

50. +1000000000000000

This really upsets me.

[Autonomy]

86. Welcome to Rude Pundit

It's what he does.

[Caliman73]

92. I understand what the Rude Pundit does.

As I said, the criticism of Palin is dead on. She is vapid, lazy, and arrogant. My objection is the use of the word "Retard" to insult her.

[deek]

89. Superb explanation

It's not just "politically incorrect" to use those terms. It's painful. Thank you for eloquent explanation. I hope people will take the time to read it.

[arikara]

22. Really, she's just Bush Jr with lipstick and teazled hair

He made absolutely no sense whatsoever either, but was successfully installed to do the master's bidding. Because he was selected for the job he got a free media pass for 8 long years, and they ignored things like his desertion and cocaine abuse. If she is selected it would be more of the same, they have already been ignoring all sorts of irregularities with her too.

[winyanstaz]

68. hahahaaa Bush Jr with lipstick and teased hair .bwhahahaaa

That just tickled me :) I have a vivid imagination and that was one visualization I would love to be able to erase :P

P.S. A great big Thank you for the hearts to the person(s) who sent them..If I could I would give all the DU'rs a dozen hearts. :)

[saigon68]

98. She's evil

[malaise]

23. Fugging brilliant Rudie

Actually she is an insult to the retarded everywhere. There is no one word to describe this bat shit crazy arrogant money loving hustler, who actually believes she's making sense.

[semillama]

24. Rude Pundit did a play-by-play on tweeter of the speech

http://twitter.com/rudepundit

Scroll down a bit to get to the tweets from the Tea Party speech. A lot of gems in there.

"Jesus Christ, does every single male speaker at the Tea Party Convention look like a child molester?"

"Hi, I'm Sarah Palin and I'm here to oversimplify the recent past so you can misunderstand it."

"There's a direct line from Lincoln to Reagan to the teabaggers? It's a good thing these people only get their history from spam email."

[Political Heretic]

25. It's painful to see a thread with a big fat slur sitting on the DU greatest page

[Obamanaut]

26. And with that many recs. n/t

[Caliman73]

27. Agreed. Regardless of the target. Not okay.

We know that Sarah Palin displays a willful ignorance of basically everything, and plays to a very simplistic impulse in people. She is pitiful. The problem in calling her retarded is that it demeans people who struggle against cognitive and intellectual disabilities. This is a very rough analogy, but Sen. Bryd called some people "White Ni***rs" once. It is a term that was used to describe the early Irish immigrants to America and poor uneducated White people. The term is offensive because of the connotation it carries. The insult is basically, "you are bad because you are like Black people". In that same sense, the insult to Sarah Palin is that she is like people who have the condition called Mental Retardation, which as I said in a response above, encompasses a wide range of people with varying degrees of disability. Many are people who actually try to use every shred of ability they have to be functional in our society. Using the term that describes their clinical condition as an insult to someone who is not actually mentally retarded, but is actually lazy, cynical, and morally bankrupt, is an affront to the mentally retarded and the people who care about them.

[lumberjack_jeff]

29. The juxtaposition of bigotry and a valentine appeal for money is really too much. n/t

[JohnnyLib2]

53. +1

[lightningandsnow]

125. Agreed.

Not. Fucking. Okay.

[lumberjack_jeff]

28. I unrec anything with the R word in the subject without reading. n/t

[Jester Messiah]

121. "The 'R' Word" ? Seriously?

Wow, with mockery fodder like that, it's no wonder we're so easily painted as thin-skinned P.C.mongers. You ever think of lightening up?

[Political Heretic]

130. If RP had said "Sara Palin is a Fucking Fag" - there would have been (appropriate) mass outrage.

Instead of "lightening up" how about we just expect people to stop using pathetic slurs to make a point?

"PC" is nothing more than a bullshit term created by bitter bigots, sexists, homophobes and xenophobes to justify their bigotry.

It's not "PC" - its simply acting like mature grown-ups instead of children.

[Jester Messiah]

133. No, there would have been mass confusion, because it wouldn't make sense.

And lest we forget, the term "retarded" was initially a gentler term, as today's "mentally handicapped" is meant to be. Both terms refer to the same thing, so what's the difference? It's a sham, a stupid shell game. I'll have no part of it.

[Political Heretic]

135. It's not "retarded." It's "RETARD"

Which was and is ONLY a slur.

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[PuraVidaDreamin]

31. Even some gay guys I know voted for Scott Brown cuz

he was "hot"

How low can we go?

[Matariki]

32. I really don't get the 'Palin is hot' thing.

She looks frumpy to me. :shrug:

Can someone explain? Or maybe I don't want to know.

[Swamp Rat]

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[MilesColtrane]

38. I was under the impression that the poster WAS the Rude One.

And that if he wanted to post his entire work he could.

Hell, the mods have allowed it in the past.

Maybe I'm wrong.

[Swamp Rat]

40. If that is the case, then I am in love with the Rude Pundit AND meegbear's mind.

:D

Anyway, there is no copyright displayed nor are their links to a copyright notice that applies to the Rude Pundit's intellectual content.

[lapislzi]

63. He isn't.

He posts through a proxy. But his blog posts appear here every day in full, so I think we can safely assume that the proxy has permission to post.

[MilesColtrane]

69. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[mike_c]

34. automatic recommendation for the rude one and a big fat raspberry...

...for everyone getting their knickers in a twist over his use of ironic allusion to make a fucking point. It's the internets, folks. Run and hide. Somebody said "retard."

Context actually matters.

[Caliman73]

35. Bullshit.

There is no context that makes it okay to demean a group of people by using a their condition as an insult. I suppose you think it's alright to call someone a wetback or a nig**r too, I mean, in the right context of course.

I usually don't play the whole rec/unrec game but to rec something just because it offends others is sick.

[Swamp Rat]

36. Then stay away from New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

Anyway, neither mike_c nor meegbear nor the Rude Pundit "demean(ed) a group of people by using a their condition as an insult".

edit: teabaggers don't count. :D

[Caliman73]

41. Mardi Gras?

I would stay away from Mardi-Gras because my idea of fun is not being around a bunch people who are acting foolishly, puking and fighting under the influence of alcohol and drugs. I don't see what it has to to with mental retardation.

Using the word "retard" is an insult to people who are mentally retarded because you are using mental retardation to label someone negatively for the purpose of demeaning them. Whether you think so or not, you are saying mental retardation is unacceptable. Just like when someone uses the term gay to mean something bad. "That math test today was so gay" Why is the test being described that way? The person stating the opinion is certainly not meaning "gay" in the 1890's use of the word to mean "happy". They are saying that "gay" equals bad.

Whether the intent was or was not to demean people using "retarded" the result is that it does.

teabaggers are due any number of insults and riddicule, but I would still not call them retards or say they are retarded.

[Swamp Rat]

54. I reject your definitions and your cultural bias.

Logical fallacies aside, it is impossible to converse with someone who, like yourself, holds such a biased view regarding my culture and my people.

[Caliman73]

87. Your culture and your people?

What have I said about your culture and your people? You seem to be having some sort of internal conflict. I have been on the same point about the offensiveness of using the words retard and retarded to insult people. You seem to have taken the conversations elsewhere with your digression into Mardi Gras and this claim of cultural insensitivity. Tell me where I have been biased. I am open to hearing where I have been wrong as I have already pointed out the poster who did not appreciate my assumptions about Mardi Gras. It is your choice as to how to proceed, but my point still stands the using retard and retarded as an insult is offensive.

[sasquuatch]

123. An appropriate use as a verb!

re⋅tard  /rɪˈtɑrd, for 1–3, 5; ˈritɑrd for 4/ Show Spelled Pronunciation Show IPA
–verb (used with object) 1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.

–verb (used without object) 2. to be delayed

[Caliman73]

127. I know that the words have approriate uses.

That is not at issue. If you want to retard spoilage in food, you freeze it. People with Down's Syndrome typically score in some level of mental retardation in IQ testing. I understand that the words have been used prior to their application to people with certain developmental disabilities and that they are fairly innocuous words in their own right. I am addressing the application of the words as an insult and only that use, which is not appropriate in any context.

[Obamanaut]

56. +1 nt

[BrightKnight]

66. Your characterization of Mardi Gras is offensive and wrong.

All of the Krewes run their parades outside the French Quarter and the parades are attended by families with children. Do you have a problem with a specific Krewe?

The Quarter has a bit of a spring break party atmosphere but that is not what it is about. It is certainly not what Mardi Gras is about.

[Caliman73]

85. fair enough

I do not know much about Mardi Gras in NO other than what is portrayed by the media. I accept your criticism and will make it a point to learn more about it before I opine.

[steve2470]

90. agreed nt

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[dbmk]

46. Is it bigotry..

to suggest that the developmentally disabled are developmentally disabled?

Can we call people stupid?

[The Wizard]

95. The word retarded

and its derivations has more than one meaning, as in behind the curve.
It's amusing to watch some people jump up and down and stamp their feet over word usage. Kind of reminds me of Republicans always demanding apologies for some imagined slight and feigned indignity.
This is Democraticunderground where sarcasm drips like rain in the monsoon.

[graywarrior]

37. Bwahahahahahah!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[butterfly77]

42. This explains her perfectly...

[Old Codger]

44. Not sure who said it

or who they were talking about, but it fits her to a T

When you get there, there is no there there.

[Cha]

45. Somebody had to say it..and only the Rude One could get away

with it.

Don't agree on the looks department thing though. bush was the ugliest little thing up there..all beady eyed and shit. palin's so called looks didn't help her and mccain in 2008.

"Her speech was nonsense, a bowl of bullshit and lies that she digested and vomited out into the hungry mouths of the hatchlings in attendance, who gobbled it down like they had never tasted something so sweet. How can you take seriously someone who says, "unlike the elitists who denounce this movement, they just don't want to hear the message. I've traveled across this great country and I've talked to the patriotic men and women who make up the Tea Party movement, and they are good and kind and selfless and they are deeply concerned about our country" just before denouncing every other movement. And who is this rich woman calling "elitist"?

Palinonics, a language that only makes sense to people dazzled by the shine off her glasses. She makes George W. Bush seem like William F. Buckley."


"..What the fuck is that? Palinonics, a language that only makes sense to people dazzled by the shine off her glasses. She makes George W. Bush seem like William F. Buckley.

"And then there's this call to theocracy: "And then, I think, it is kind of tougher to -- kind of tougher to put our arms around, but allowing America's spirit to rise again by not being afraid -- not being afraid to kind of go back to some of our roots as a God-fearing nation where we are not afraid to say, especially in times of potential trouble in the future here, we are not afraid to say, you know, we don't have all the answers as fallible men and women. So it would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again. To have people involved in government who aren't afraid to go that route, not so afraid of the political correctness that, you know, they have to be afraid of what the media would say about them if they were to proclaim their reliance on our creator." Does she realize who was president for eight years just recently? Wait, here's the answer: no. No, she does not."

She's fucking retarded. As in stupid. As in she shouldn't be trusted to hand out carts at a Wal-Mart. That's this elitist's opinion. What backs him up? Two quotes:.."

[lumberjack_jeff]

47. Yup, just like Andrew Dice Clay.

Couple of heroes.

[undergroundnomore]

49. I wish we didn't

use the word "Retard" While wouldn't argue that Sarah lacks the mental ability of most fleas to call someone retard is very mean spirited. For years the word "retard" was used to taunt those who have cognitive challenges.

When I was going to school this one little girl was taunted, teased and bullied because she was what we would now call a special ed child. Kids threw things at her and called her retard. I found it cruel then and I find it cruel now. I used to eat lunch with her back in Junior high because if I didn't people would walk by and push her lunch tray on the ground.

I'm a teach now. I wouldn't tolerate someone calling one of my students retard.

So while I would agree that Sarah is no scholar, please do not call her a retard. Saying things doesn't further the discourse as to what is wrong with what she and her followers are trying to pedal.

[MilesColtrane]

52. Here's some context.

The Rude Pundit didn't just pull that word out of the air to describe Palin.

He's pointing out her hypocrisy in attacking Rahm Emmanuel, but defending Rush Limbaugh for using the very same word.

Palin Defends Limbaugh's Use of "Retard" on Fox News Sunday

But the former governor went to great and sometimes awkward lengths to insist that when conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh used the same exact term to describe the same exact group, it was simply in the role of political humorist.

"They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh," she said, when read a quote of Limbaugh calling liberal groups "retards." "Rush Limbaugh was using satire ... . I didn't hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with 'f-ing retards,' and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there."

According to Sarah Palin, the Rude Pundit's description of her as a "fucking retard" would be OK because he's a political humorist.

But, it's NOT. It's a slur.

Do you see his point, and how effectively he made it?

[Swamp Rat]

55. THANK YOU!!!

:applause:

[MilesColtrane]

70. Hey, Swamps.

Did you dig that game yesterday, or what?

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

76. Yeah you rite I did!

:hi:

[2 Much Tribulation]

62. +1

[Political Heretic]

77. No - all I see is "fucking retard" on the greatest page.

Pretty sad.

[lib_wit_it]

79. Colbert just did the same thing. I thought it was brilliant.

[sasquuatch]

124. As one who has psycological problems I resent the use of the word kook. Get over it!

nt

[JohnnyLib2]

51. Ugh.

:thumbsdown:

[Danger Mouse]

57. Trying to understand Palinbabble makes my head hurt and my soul sad.

[left of center]

58. she represents an out of touch demographic, one that....

is mostly comprised of small town, rural, white voters who never were and still are not very civic minded or worldly in their thinking. She represents a group that is ignorant about a good deal of things, but proud of that fact because they don't want to believe all these things are true, even though they are insecure about actually defending their ignorant positions in debate and discussion. She represents a demographic that has not changed since the 1980s and, as a result, is confused and angry about the world changing and no longer making sense to them.

In other words, she represents a demographic that is as out of touch as she is!

[GreenTea]

60. Well who doesn't know Palin is a retard? That's why the uneducated, uniformed republican morons

are screaming like the gullible imbeciles and so desperately want to vote for the retarded lying greedy bubble-headed Palin.

[Highway61]

61. Man

I just got home from work and THIS post made my day.

[Historic NY]

67. I like to stuff a dirty sock in her mouth....like Lassie from Porkys'

her voice and twang just grate me wrong.

[prezpeng]

71. Right on Bro

You hit it on the head

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[akbacchus_BC]

74. Kinda scary if McCain had won, thank goodness he did not! That imbecile

would have led America in a place beyond no return! But she still not giving up, she is saying if Americans want her to run, she will! Who are those Americans? Please enlighten me?

[DumbBassRepublicans]

83. She's VERY appealing....

to the four, homophobic, racist, imbecilic, arrogant, worthless,
anti-abortion, far-right-wing, nut cases, at the red-neck bar, down the street....!!!

LOL...!!!!!!!!!!

:crazy:

[eridani]

78. There isn't anything wrong with her brain

She's just lazy, pig-ignorant and proud of it. That's worse than stupidity--ignorance is, after all, a choice.

[samsingh]

81. sarah pallin is a retard - may have legs

[DumbBassRepublicans]

82. I remember when I was in high school.....

Some kids would write notes on their hands before a test....

They were CHEATERS....

and....

They were STUPID....!!!!


"NUFF SAID...!!!

:evilgrin:

[The Animator]

88. No matter what term is used to define cogitive disability, it will eventually become an insult.

It's a sad truth, and a harsh reality, but "retard" is effective as an insult specifically because of it's association to the mentally challenged.

Retarded has been retired as a clinical term for years now, specifically because it developed the same negative connotation as the predecessors the term was meant to replace. If were going to prohibit the use of any words that were once clinical definitions for cognitive disability, we'd have to rule out idiot, moron, and imbecile as well.

According to Wikipedia (I know, I know, don't start...): Retarded comes from the Latin retardare, "to make slow, delay, keep back, or hinder." The term was recorded in 1426 as a "fact or action of making slower in movement or time." The first record of retarded in relation to being mentally slow was in 1895. The term retarded was used to replace terms like idiot, moron, and imbecile because it was not a derogatory term. By the 1960s, however, the term had taken on a partially derogatory meaning as well.

I know it's a bitter pill to swallow for those who are close to someone who genuinely suffers from these conditions. To have the associated terminology used as a slur, or a punchline, I know it stings. Trust me I do know.

Unfortunately, "retard" has long since taken it's place in the pantheon of insults, and removing it from the American lexicon is something that only time can accomplish. Nobody really uses "imbecile" anymore, time has softened it's edge. Few remember it's original connotation, and today it's just another insult.

[geckosfeet]

100. A saying from my drinking days comes to mind - 'I wouldn't F her with your d**k'.

[Javaman]

104. Sometimes, I honestly believe, that failin quitter really hasn't a grip

on reality and the kind of hate she inspires.

I really don't think she understands the kind of hate she is creating. I don't think she has a concept.

She thinks it's popularity. That's all it is to her. She's the equivalent of the 8th grade head cheerleader. She cares nothing about the people that fawn all over her, just as long as they continue fawning.

She is completely incapable of depth.

[Odin2005]

105. And TRP is a fucking asshole for using "retarded" as a slur.

[TheCowsCameHome]

106. RP nails it.

Paragraphs two and three in particular.

[Number9Dream]

107. H.L. Mencken quote

Although this fit the Dumbya administration, it also partly explains Palin's popularity.

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
- H.L. Mencken

[Mopar151]

108. He did'nt say developmentally challenged or learning disabilities

Sarah Palin is willfully stupid, uncultured and uneducated. She is a "Queen Bee bully" - tearing down anyone smarter, betterr educated, or more worldly. Acting like that is "fucking retarded". As for Rahm Emanulel, his kick to the curb is coming.

[Faux pas]

112. The Rude dude rocks!

[Gman2]

116. To put it in internet terms, she is a troll, and they love that.

I find it ironic, that the baggers scold us about Jesus, and covet the shit outta Todd Palin's wife. I wish we would find the sextape, and be done with her.

[BrklynLiberal]

120. I wish I could kick and recommend this a million times!!!!!

[arthritisR_US]

122. Rude has nailed it!! n/t

[samsingh]

132. i agree with this

sarah palin is a retard - not in the disadvantaged sense - but in the commonplace definition. She's an idiot, a fool, an imbecile.

we seem to flame each other when we call names to those who attack the innocent and poor (think limbaugh and palin here). meanwhile they're laughing all the way to the bank. this must be why we can get healthcare through with 55-59 senate votes (i'm even considering wafflers here), the house, and the Presidency.