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DUMB AND DUMBER

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

In a histrionic video (she's too busy to give direct interviews) Sarah Palin calls the criticisms against her "blood libel." Here's what happens when you allow morons to use the English language without first taking the "I can speak in public!" course and corresponding license: they shoot themselves in the foot with their mouth....so to speak. By using the term "blood libel" to describe the criticism about her prior political comments and phrases after the shootings in Arizona, Palin more than likely blundered unintentionally across an emotionally laden phrase. "Blood libel" has historically been used as an anti-semitic slur. It is used to describe the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, particularly the baking of matzos for passover...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 12, 2011 (boomark / email).