Palin Satire Rationalization F-ing Laughable

“F—ing retarded.”  Presidential Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel scolding a liberal group at a private meeting at the White House. 

“Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking.” Sarah Palin wrote while calling for Emanuel’s firing on her Facebook page 

“Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards…There’s going to be a retard summit at the White House.” Rush Limbaugh on his radio show referring to Emanuel’s comments and his White House meeting with disability advocates.

“They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh.  Rush Limbaugh was using satire … I didn’t hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with ‘f-ing retards,’ and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there.” Sarah Palin, defending Limbaugh on Fox News Sunday. 

Strap on your seatbelts, folks! You’re about to board the Sarah Palin Hypocrite Coaster. You must be this obtuse to ride.  

As a former TV writer and political editor of National Lampoon, I don’t know if there’s anything off-limits when satirizing, though one would hope those commanding the pen have some inkling of what satire means before they take to the page. Joking isn’t necessarily satire. I’ve heard a lot of offensive jokes that don’t fall within an ironic mile from satire. But for argument’s sake, let’s say Limbaugh was using satire to rip into Emanuel.

My argument here isn’t with Limbaugh as much as it is with Palin’s selective righteous indignation.  If I have this right, the former governor feels Emanuel’s crude colloquial usage of the word “retard” in a private meeting is a “…slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them,” but if used satirically over the radio to millions of listeners to describe Emanuel, liberal groups and mental health advocates, it’s okey-dokey.

Okay, governor, let’s try this one out.

You know what’s retarded?  Claiming you know foreign policy because “you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.”  You know what else is retarded?  Telling David Letterman that a joking reference to your daughter is out of bounds but defending Rush Limbaugh’s reference to people (including mental health advocates) as retards who were attending a retarded summit. That’s real retarded.  Almost as retarded as quitting half way through your governorship and saying you’re not quitting but that “I know when it’s time to pass the ball for victory.”  But not as retarded as saying Rush Limbaugh - who called people “retarded” - was only quoting Emanuel – who was calling a proposal “retarded” - when the only words of Emanuel he “quoted” were “f-ing retarded.” You know how retarded that is?  It’s like saying “four score and seven disabled children should be shot and dismembered” and then saying you were just quoting the Gettysburg address. Retarded? Sure. But you know who is the biggest retard?  The hypocritical retard who deceitfully uses her own down syndrome baby as a political brickbat to bash her opponents, but allows the same child and all the other of “God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities” to be slurred to millions of Americans by the most retarded retard on the radio. A politically opportunistic retard who puts a pompous retard of a talk show host above her own special needs child.  That, ladies and gentleman, is not only f’-ing retarded.  It is terribly and incredibly sad.

So…whataya think, Sarah?  I’m only quoting Emanuel. Pretty satirical, huh?

Steve

 

3 Responses to “Palin Satire Rationalization F-ing Laughable”

1. ROBERT BECKER on February 11th, 2010 7:28 pm

   brilliant

   and as succinct and pointed as any dressing down or moral undressing (oops, watch that phraseology about that hockey mom) as any non-satirical rant I’ve seen in ages. You are being non-satirical, aren’t you, ’cause it’s gettin’ harder and harder to know? I laughed at times so doesn’t that count?

   I know satire and I found nothing satirical in Limbaugh’s assault on political correctiveness (indeed, it’s the only time I can recall agreeing with the spirit of his pompous blather, though not the expression). Satire is one party making fun of another by applying some accepted or commonplace standard — so who exactly was Rush ridiculing if not Palin and her bizarre claim anyone should get fired for a private comment to his own partisans. There’d be no Republicans left in office if we followed that line of censorship.

   Palin either didn’t get that or chose to ignore the angry bull in the China shop (whoops, no offense intended for that culture). So, she’s defending a guy who cleaned her clock because of conservative political correctness. Which is so much worse than calling a non-compromised person doing something stupid “retarded.”

   Frankly, I object more to Rahm’s foul language against liberals wanting to attack miscreant Democrats than that he disputed their judgment. That’s called opinion. Bad manners is something else, but not quite a firing offense.

   In fact, Limbaugh ridicules and coats with sarcasm and contempt, barely reaching the higher level of satire, nor does leveraging his extremist, non-standard values go beyond his dittohead base. There is a difference between a political buffoon and a satirist.

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   Robert Becker

2. motocross apparel on March 2nd, 2010 8:36 am

   That’s an insult…and its a special needs truck so please don’t make fun of it…..

3. yourbestfreind on April 5th, 2010 2:20 pm

   What’s even more mentally challenging is that someone like this blogging ilk would be so stupid as to put this in writing claiming it’s what Palin said; “Claiming you know foreign policy because “you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska” when anyone can go see what she said and then see how dumb and un-informing you really are. You obviously have one of these things called a computer, have you bothered to look or are you just repeating the false communist propaganda from MSNBC? Trying to sell yourself as a “blogger” who actually knows something worth reading is laughable.
   Do you spread this proven(and WATCHABLE)false claim to incite anger of your psychotropic drug swallowing communist friends? Maybe to “incite their vitriol hate” for a nice woman that you hate so dearly?
   PALIN NEVER once said that this is why she felt she had “foreign policy experience.” NEVER-NOPE-NOTTA! Only you deaf and DUMB communists hear that when she explains her MANY qualifications.
   But you wouldn’t want your two readers to learn that, or anything that might make them question their loyalty to your communist party would you? STAY TUNED to the leg tingling, mindless MSNBC homosexual channel for all your communist exhortations.
   Well SteveYoungonpolitics, we’ll be looking for your correction after you graduate kindergarten. Maybe you should start with a reading course, or how about some 1st grade training on; “What it means to be a citizen of the REPUBLIC of the United States of America-101.” You hate that fact don’t you…hahahahahahhahahaha

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