Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Ironic use of blood libel defense- Further proof that Palin has never had an original thought
Palin's video response to the criticism she has received since the Gifford shooting is out. And of course, wouldn't you know it, she probably scraped "blood libel" from the earlier article in the WSJ by the Instapundit. We also noticed that her earlier use of the phrase "man up" had been recently preceded by its use by Sharon Angle. She obviously has a limited media diet and is dependent on it for her also limited repertoire.
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The phrase "blood libel" has its root in an earlier Christian anti-Semitic accusation and has expanded in use to also include blood sacrifice and cannibalism. The irony is that Palin was one of the principal purveyors of the "death panel" lie. Suddenly she gets sensitive about those sorts of things.
We thought the Instapundit deserved a rebuke for the WSJ article but just didn't get around to it. We've never really liked Instapundit but never took him for an idiot as we do with some of the others on the right. It was just that his thinking was on the level of the slimy, weaselly, lawyerly kind of cliche.
As for those that would make political hay out of tragedy, let us not forget 9/11. Instapundit pretty much owes his online existence to that. Suddenly he gets sensitive about those sorts of things.
