Palin Blasts Emanuel for Calling Dem Idea 'Retarded'

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is calling on the White House to fire Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for using the word "retarded" in a strategy session last year.
In a posting on her Facebook page Monday, Palin blasted Emanuel for calling an idea from some of President Obama's supporters "f---ing retarded" during an August meeting with liberal groups and White House aides.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Emanuel made the remarks after some participants said they planned to air ads attacking conservative Democrats who were critical of Obama's health care agenda.
Palin, whose youngest child, Trig, has Down Syndrome, wrote that Emanuel's expletive was "heartbreaking" and said his "degrading scolding" has been "completely ignored by the White House."
"Just as we'd be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the "N-word" or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God's children with cognitive and developmental disabilities -- and the people who love them -- is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking," wrote Palin.
"Rahm is known for his caustic, crude references about those with whom he disagrees, but his recent tirade against participants in a strategy session was such a strong slap in many American faces that our president is doing himself a disservice by seeming to condone Rahm’s recent sick and offensive tactic," she continued.
Emanuel reportedly apologized for the remarks in a phone call last week to Tim Shriver, CEO of the Special Olympics, which has launched a campaign to end use of the "R" word.
"Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted," a White House official told Politico.com on Tuesday.
"The White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all," the official reportedly said.
On March 19, 2009 the president himself made headlines for a joke on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in which Obama compared his poor performance in a bowling game to the Special Olympics.
In describing his measly score, Obama said, "It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something.”
A White House spokesman was forced to release a hurried statement which said: "The president made an off-hand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics. He thinks the Special Olympics is a wonderful program that gives an opportunity for people with disabilities from around the world."
At the time, Palin responded by saying: “I was shocked to learn of the comment made by President Obama about Special Olympics. This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world... I hope President Obama’s comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community."

 

He was absolutely wrong for using that word. It's offensive, and has no place in public dialogue, much less politics.

And as a Democrat and a Liberal, I find it annoying that he chose to use it to describe liberals, rather than Republicans.

And frankly, I think Obama would be better off without Rahm.

And after he fired Van Jones, I certainly think this rises to the same level as that.

BUT

Someone needs to take a stand about how offensive it is to compare other offenses to using the N word. It's not comparable, and claiming it is, to me, is far more offensive than what Rahm said.

Somebody should fire Palin, but last I checked she didn't have a job, so we should all just point & condemn.

 

I won't begin to take Sarah Palin seriously until she stars doing porn.


Yes, really.

 

His language was inappropriate, but the thing that infuriates me the most is the fact that his tirade was directed at Progressives who were trying to run ads against the sell-out "Democrats" like Max Baucus and Ben Nelson while health care reform was still on the table in Congress. Emanuel is a corporatist DINO piece of shit who does nothing but attack Liberals while appeasing the right.

And to think, there are a bunch of fucking ignoramuses who actually believe that the current administration is filled with "radical leftists." I don't whether to laugh or cry these days.

 

Sorry but Palin has such a thin skin she is not qualified to be president or any other leader besides it was a smokescreen for her money laundering book sales.

 

Sarah Palin is retarded.

 

I used to like Rahm until you and Chicity schooled me.

 

Good, I'm glad she said something. That's the third thing she's done now that deserves respect, imo. Otherwise, she scares me very much.

 

I have no comment for this.

 

no doubt.. Emanuel has apparently always been very centrist, and disdainful of the progressive left..

 

Rahm's old-school.

 

What were the first two things?

 

Choosing life for her baby and supporting her daughter when she did the same.

 

My two cents

This kind of stuff is ridiculous. Why are we so hung up on what people say. I choose to look at what they do.

 

Forget Palin, What's wrong with him saying retarded?

 

I agree, today Rush Limbaugh was trying to make fun of Obama's pronunciation. He was saying that Obama mispronounced Corpsman. Limbaugh was saying that Obama prounounced the word as corps...man. But the thing Limbaugh did not know was that is how the word is pronounced among Harvardians (I do believe). So, at the end Limbaugh looked like an idiot.

 

He looked like an idiot at the beginning, and in the middle too... pretty sure that's his natural state.

 

Where was Sarah when Rush said those things? What a hypocrite!

 

Its not "politically correct".

It's the equivalent of calling a homosexual a faggot.

 

Still trying to figure out what's wrong with that? :smt042