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Palin's Twitter Backlash
Defending nasty Laura was a bad
move
Palin's post-VP nominee career has
so far benefited from bomb-throwing. The process follows a
tight script -- a crude, semi-calculated comment is shot into the
middle of a political debate via
Facebook or Twitter. It gains national attention. Liberals are
outraged. Conservatives rush to her
defense. Sarah Palin dominates a news cycle and becomes more beloved by
her base. But by
unnecessarily rushing to the defense of Dr. Laura Schlessinger -- after
she dropped the N-bomb
11 times and told the caller 'don't marry outside of your race' --
Sarah Palin might finally have
gone too far and picked a fight she cannot win...
This is the sound of Sarah
Palin jumping the shark in two tweets:
• Dr.Laura: don't retreat ... reload!
(Steps aside bc her 1st
Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx
2activists trying
2silence"isn't American, not fair")
• Dr.Laura=even more powerful
& effective w/out the shackles, so
watch out
Constitutional
obstructionists. And b thankful 4 her voice,
America!
The few black conservative
candidates, columnists, and media figures -- who represent the GOP's
only hope for reclaiming the legacy of Lincoln and, with it, long-term
demographic relevance -- are not
amused. They're now saying what many in the GOP increasingly believe:
Sarah Palin is not fit to be
a serious leader of the Republican Party. I spoke to Michel Faulkner,
the former NFL player and
Harlem preacher challenging Charlie Rangel for a House seat, and he was
unsparing in his criticism:
'Why Sarah Palin feels she needs to join in to Dr. Laura's personal
meltdown is beyond me. She's
sounding like she just likes to hear her own voice -- and the voice
that she has is no longer credible.'
It says that a leading voice among
conservatives has joined the ranks of the entertainers - trying to
shock us each day with more and more outlandish commentary. And at that
moment that person
is no longer fit to lead.
When was Sarah Palin ever fit to
lead?
It's not like she had a stroke and isn't her old self anymore.
Sure, she could get smart, but Sarah is VERY proud of her
ignorance.
When you make $100K per speech, why bother to become educated?