Clyburn: Palin Intellectually Unable To 'Understand What's Going On'

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/clyburn-palin-intellectually-unable-to-understand-whats-going-on.php

In her response to the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 others in Arizona, Sarah Palin criticized journalists for manufacturing a "blood libel" against her. On a radio program this morning, Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) said that the former Alaska Governor "just can't seem to get it."

"You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," Clyburn said on the Bill Press radio show, according to The Hill. "But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."

Clyburn said that his experiences in the Civil Rights Era gives him a different understanding of the relationship between rhetoric and action, and says what he sees and hears today reminds him of what he heard back then.

"I have some experiences that maybe she does not have," he said. "When I see and hear things today that are reminiscent of that period of time, I am very, very concerned about it, because I know what it led to back then, and I know what it can lead to again."


Clyburn: Palin intellectually 'not to be able to understand what's going on here'
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/137411-clyburn-palin-intellectually-not-to-be-able-to-understand-whats-going-on-here

[stray cat]

1. The victims matter - palin is not one of them

[lonestarnot]

2. She get's nut'n but money.

[blondeatlast]

3. He's right--and if anyone thinks she's any more of her own person than GWB is,

I've got some choice real estate I'm selling cheap.

[eleny]

4. I heard his interview this morning on the Bill Press radio show

At the end of the interview they discussed members of Congress being armed. He commented how he'd be nervous about certain members of Congress being armed in the Capitol. A lighter moment in the interview but a point well taken.

[valerief]

5. Great call, Clyburn!!!! nt