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Has Sarah Palin been out of her Igloo too, long? What do you think?

What do you think?

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Emanuel, exasperated upon learning that liberal special-interest groups were planning to run ads against conservative Democrats not supportive of health care reform, blasted the plan as "f------ retarded" over the summer. Naturally, some outrage ensued after Emanuel's words came to light, with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin taking to her Facebook page to call on President Obama to fire him for what she saw as the equivalent of a racial slur.

Palin, whose son Trig is afflicted with Down syndrome, said she was informed of Emanuel's comment by a fellow parent of a special-needs child and pleaded with the president to "show decency" to the political process by "eliminating" the Chicago native from his inner circle.

In a post titled "Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?," Palin wrote, "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," adding, "it's heartbreaking."

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  • KDS
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    Ok I have to say as a Mother of a child with a developmental disability I do not consider this to be a racial slur because it was not by any means directed at anyone with a developmental disability.

    I love how politicians get so easily offended and are quick to say oh you should fire that person. That is the answer to everything in Washington when push comes to shove.

    Sarah Palin may understand all that is involved with a child with a developmental disability but I would bet she would be the one breaking down behind closed doors saying oh the world said this about me or he said" ******* retarded". Even though none of this was directed at anyone with a developmental disability.

    Yeah lets drag religion into politics like always. That is Republicans for you using religion to their advantage.

    This is why the Republicans didn't win the election because did we really want someone hovering in the corner if something happened to McCain(hoping nothing would though) and some **** really hit the fan. She is way to emotional and easily offended.

    Put Hilary in there she has some ***** about her.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    sarah Who

  • Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Dude... just eat the meatloaf...and calm down...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i dont really care for sarah palin

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    she needs to relax and do some more shopping with our tax money, stupid b*tch

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