I’m not trying to be controversial or anything here, but Sarah Palin is a moron. There I said it. Earlier this week, when it came out that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has called a group of liberal activists “retards”, Mrs. Palin saw an opportunity for attention she just couldn’t pass up. She very quickly made a public appeal for Rahm’s immediate firing. Rahm found some help, from the most unlikely of places, Rush Limbaugh. Good ole’ Rush said on his radio show, Wednesday, “Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards”. Well Sarah Palin didn’t like that much either. Her spokesperson released a statement to a Washington Post blogger saying, “Governor Palin believes crude and demeaning name calling at the expense of others is disrespectful.”
This is all seems pretty cut and dry, right? Palin, who has a son with Down Syndrome, doesn’t like it people use the word “retarded”, and is in fact willing to stand up to even her political allies to defend her principles. For once I actually feel a small amount a respect for her (it should be noted that I 100% disagree with her though, everyone needs to chill the hell out and turn their PC meters down a few thousand notches, but that’s besides the point). Except now she’s back-peddling and saying that she wasn’t talking about Rush in that quote. Respect gone. So what Sarah? No one is allowed to say “retard” expect Rush Limbaugh? That’s pretty retarded. Rahm has to loose his job, but Rush gets to stay on the air and continue being a big, fat idiot (obscure reference!)? I am really looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
I should note that I didn’t really make any jokes in this post and normally I would apologize for that, but this story is so dumb I thought it was funny enough on its own. Also, I’m lazy.