A few days ago Sarah Palin called for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel step down for calling some liberals “retarded” in their to health care legislation last August. Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh ranted about it (emph. TP’s):
LIMBAUGH: Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards. I mean these people, these liberal activists are kooks. They are looney tunes. And I’m not going to apologize for it, I’m just quoting Emanuel. It’s in the news. I think their big news is he’s out there calling Obama’s number one supporters f’ing retards. So now there’s going to be a meeting. There’s going to be a retard summit at the White House. Much like the beer summit between Obama and Gates and that cop in Cambridge.
A bunch of people were wondering about what Palin would have to say about this, especially since she just slammed Emanuel. Would she go up against the big R?
Yes:
I asked Palin spokesperson Meghan Stapleton for comment on Rush’s rant, and she emailed me this:
“Governor Palin believes crude and demeaning name calling at the expense of others is disrespectful.”
Actually, I think Rush has a point (never thought the day would come). Aren’t conservatives usually against political correctness? I don’t know…maybe Palin is trying to retake the word “retarded” the way the PC brigade has been trying to retake “gay,” also a once favored way to call someone stupid (usually by youths). In any case, this won’t be the first time I’ve thought Palin is less conservative than she makes herself out to be.
More on that after I finish Going Rogue. (H/T Andrew Sullivan)
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