San Francisco Chronicle: Enough of Sarah Palin, the victim

[marmar]

Enough of Sarah Palin, the victim
Debra J. Saunders

Tuesday, June 16, 2009


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I wish Sarah Palin would just go away.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, I wrote about the unfair personal treatment to which the political press corps subjected Palin and her children. Now I just want her to stop milking her role as GOP martyr. Palin should stick to her day job - by which I mean, governing Alaska, not being fodder for talk-show humor.

Both parties have their umbrage industries - thanks to true believers, who love nothing better than to see themselves as victims of a perceived double standard. Last week, comedian David Letterman's two off-color jokes about a Palin family trip to New York led to an orgy of indignation.

Yes, I know that a politician's family - especially their minor children - is supposed to be off-limits. Letterman apparently thought he was joking about 18-year-old teenage mom Bristol Palin, unaware that 14-year-old Willow Palin went to Yankee Stadium.

Which, of course, gave the Alaska governor license to huff: "Laughter incited by sexually perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us (that) some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands - that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others." ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/16/ED10187F2P.DTL&type=politics

[Raster]

1. Get down off the cross, Sarah. Someone needs the wood!

[baldguy]

2. Making Palin a martyr to gender equality issues is like giving Jeff Dahmer a cooking show.

[Blaze Diem]

4. That's funny...Dare you to send that one to Dave..

Great comback.
In your stupid face Palin.

[Blaze Diem]

3. Palin says,"Time for Change"...???? Yep, & tell that to your own GOP

voices of hate speech.
Palin, the victim, Palin the spook of the Fundie dominated, holier-than-thou bigots, hypocrites, racists & closet immoralists, needs to (as grama used to say) "Sweep her own front steps"
Beee-atch.

Talk to your oxy addict buddy Rush, your wacko pal Glen Beck, your Fundie base who supported & cheered as you declared your campaign of baseless fear & hate because that's all you had going for you.

Palin-the-hater needs to take a damn good look in the effing mirror before she preaches "change".
Start with yourself, Sarah P.

[prendergast]

5. yawn...

Funny how the biggest proponents of free speech cry the loudest when someone says something they deem offensive. Was it a tasteless and raunchy joke? Absolutely, but knowing Letterman it comes with the territory. Was it an incitement of underage rape? Not even close. Loosen up that iron girdle, Sarah.

[Why Syzygy]

6. Now SP has even more fuel for her martyr pyre.

All she needs is a match.

[opihimoimoi]

7. The GOP reveals its Ignorance by embracing this air head....

You Betcha...nothing but pageant speak from her....no meat...only BS Crap