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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 04:51 PM Jan 2014

Palin To Obama: Honor MLK By Not Playing The 'Race Card'

Source: TPM

CATHERINE THOMPSON – JANUARY 20, 2014, 2:01 PM EST

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seized Martin Luther King Day as an opportunity to lob vague criticism at President Barack Obama.

"Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card," Palin wrote Monday on her Facebook page, after quoting from the civil rights icon's famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

Obama said in an extensive New Yorker profile published this weekend that he believes “there’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President. Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because I’m a black President," he added.

Palin didn't point to any specific instances of the President playing the race card in the short post.

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Palin To Obama: Honor MLK By Not Playing The 'Race Card' (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2014 OP
What a goddamned idiot Blue Owl Jan 2014 #1
Queen Of The Palin Klan Embarrasses 'Merica Again! onehandle Jan 2014 #2
And maybe the right can stop calling everything they don't agree with "COMMUNISM", OK Palin? ck4829 Jan 2014 #3
Intelligent-looking bunch.. louis-t Jan 2014 #33
Lol! butterfly77 Jan 2014 #60
I like . . . Metro135 Jan 2014 #61
beat me to it. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #67
Running out of Corn Flakes: ALSO COMMUNISM. Arkana Jan 2014 #71
Love the picture you posted Canoe52 Jan 2014 #76
damn, those flags look heavyyyyy! lol secondwind Jan 2014 #78
"commit to ending any racial divide" underpants Jan 2014 #4
nothing like a republican lecturing a black person about proper use of the race card.... unblock Jan 2014 #5
It's projection to the last. Hard to believe so many people cannot Nay Jan 2014 #77
It takes some stones... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #86
She's got several cards she likes to play jmowreader Jan 2014 #6
You forgot her Ace: The Victim Card. Marie Marie Jan 2014 #35
Don't forget her DUNCE card! Plucketeer Jan 2014 #88
She never plays it, tho jmowreader Jan 2014 #89
I hope I live to see the day when her statements are not considered "news" arcane1 Jan 2014 #7
First step is to ban these dumbass "stories," wherein a tweet or status updated is "reported on" alcibiades_mystery Jan 2014 #26
Agreed 100% arcane1 Jan 2014 #30
Couldn't Agree More snowshadow Jan 2014 #83
Didn't she just play 'the race card'????? marble falls Jan 2014 #8
+1 lunasun Jan 2014 #48
she is kept on life support by the people who report what she has to say madrchsod Jan 2014 #9
she *is* entertaining, though... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #69
Can this woman get anymore stupid? Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #10
movonne to palin...keep your flapping lips closed.. movonne Jan 2014 #11
I said it before, I'll say it again: Hong Kong Cavalier Jan 2014 #12
I can understand her comment albino65 Jan 2014 #13
She says this a lot!! oldandhappy Jan 2014 #14
Me to Palin: stop playing the fucking idiot card. Warren Stupidity Jan 2014 #15
In other words, Obama: Stop being black. NT NickB79 Jan 2014 #16
What a vile human being. reflection Jan 2014 #17
Massey to Palin: Honor Martin Luther King by not misquoting political opponents. raging moderate Jan 2014 #18
if her ears were open. the whistling sound could be heard here irisblue Jan 2014 #19
Whistling sound . . . Jack Rabbit Jan 2014 #44
Brigid to Palin: Brigid Jan 2014 #20
Please, I'm begging here - raven mad Jan 2014 #21
Yes, please keep her down there. bravenak Jan 2014 #51
Palin. She is enough to make me racist against my own race. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #22
Shut the Fuck Up! SoapBox Jan 2014 #23
hateful arrogant woman frwrfpos Jan 2014 #24
Since when does repackaging a moron's opinion as a news story make it into Latest Breaking News alcibiades_mystery Jan 2014 #25
Clueless twit. Historic NY Jan 2014 #27
ah yes, the "race card" card fishwax Jan 2014 #28
+1000 Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #45
I wish she'd stop playing the, "Insufferable ****" card. liberalmuse Jan 2014 #29
Oh, brilliantly put! 3catwoman3 Jan 2014 #80
Woman please! You should know. PFunk Jan 2014 #31
Sarah is vague alright sheshe2 Jan 2014 #32
World to Sarah Palin magical thyme Jan 2014 #34
I wish the press would quit asking and reporting what Caribou Barbie Liberalynn Jan 2014 #36
Means about as much as Ted nugent's opinions truthisfreedom Jan 2014 #37
Funny Name............. stewert Jan 2014 #38
The Snowbilly Grifter needs to get out of the lab more often. bearssoapbox Jan 2014 #39
Juanita Jean has some fun with Sarah Palin's latest act of stupidity Gothmog Jan 2014 #40
Palin sure seems to throw in the "I AM STUPID" AsahinaKimi Jan 2014 #41
+1000 classof56 Jan 2014 #50
how about on March 14th Palin honors Albert Einstein on his birthday by not playing the idiot card. olddad56 Jan 2014 #42
IS this person even relevant anymore? Nanjing to Seoul Jan 2014 #43
NO, the former half-governer from Alaska in NOT relevant.... groundloop Jan 2014 #46
was she ever? olddad56 Jan 2014 #52
Palin is still holding idiot cards Zambero Jan 2014 #47
Except for the 2 jokers, 3catwoman3 Jan 2014 #81
no sense of decency Skittles Jan 2014 #49
She's like a turd that won't flush. Baalzamon Jan 2014 #53
Duzy! NastyRiffraff Jan 2014 #54
Previously banned troll, however... alp227 Jan 2014 #84
So to honor MLK we should ignore racism for a day? The Second Stone Jan 2014 #55
Does she think that Obama gives a rats ass with this moron thinks.. movonne Jan 2014 #56
More vile thistlewood coming out of her mouth. Dawson Leery Jan 2014 #57
niyad to.. . . i'm sorry, for a minute I thought something had made a sound. guess I was wrong. niyad Jan 2014 #58
Sarah Palin is a moron. Plain and Simple! mdbl Jan 2014 #59
When did Obama of all people ever play the race card? LeftishBrit Jan 2014 #62
Palin should honor humanity by keeping her mouth shut. Beacool Jan 2014 #63
I like the 'no more' formula ninjanurse Jan 2014 #64
We already know Palin will seize ANY opportunity to criticize President Obama, maddiemom Jan 2014 #65
For shame DonViejo, did you miss the memo? saidsimplesimon Jan 2014 #66
"Let me do it first!" nt bemildred Jan 2014 #68
Rest Of World To Palin: Arkana Jan 2014 #70
Me to Palin: Honor decency by throwing yourself at a hungry polar bear. Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #72
You can't play the race card.... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2014 #73
great meme on Facebook Liberalynn Jan 2014 #74
The only reason these old Republican farts pay attention: they think she's hot ..>> YOHABLO Jan 2014 #75
too funny... this is a woman who left university in HI because there were too many Asians secondwind Jan 2014 #79
Ugh. Go away. Just go away LeftOfWest Jan 2014 #82
Yeah, but THIS is funny: freebrew Jan 2014 #85
Rz always play their 'R ace cards first & let their little hired-hobbits spread the word Sunlei Jan 2014 #87
Scew you, you white cracker, lol. BootinUp Jan 2014 #90
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #91

Metro135

(359 posts)
61. I like . . .
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 10:28 AM
Jan 2014

the kid to the left of the man in the suit, who seems to be imagining that the flagpole is his penis.

Canoe52

(2,944 posts)
76. Love the picture you posted
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 04:01 PM
Jan 2014

I just put it up on my Facebook page with the caption-

"Why is it that every time our society tries to progress, the people opposed to it label it "communism" (or socialism). Reminds me of Chicken Little saying the "sky is falling". You would think people would catch on after awhile, but nooo...."

Nay

(12,051 posts)
77. It's projection to the last. Hard to believe so many people cannot
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jan 2014

see themselves for what they are.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
6. She's got several cards she likes to play
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 04:57 PM
Jan 2014

Let's see...the "mother of a soldier" card, the "mother of a Down syndrome child" card, the "I'm better than you because I'm from a small town" card...

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
89. She never plays it, tho
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 05:44 PM
Jan 2014

Palin is dumb as a rock but in her eyes she's the smartest person in the room...she got elected governor and you didn't, right? Thing is, Palin can read a script well and she isn't Frank Murkowski, and Alaska doesn't need much governing anyway. (The mayor of Talkeetna would have boon a better governor than the mayor of Wasilla, and the mayor of Talkeetna is a tailless cat. Alaska is so spread out local governance works better there anyway.)

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
26. First step is to ban these dumbass "stories," wherein a tweet or status updated is "reported on"
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 06:07 PM
Jan 2014

From LBN. It completely goes against the spirit of LBN, which is meant to contain substantial journalistic stories about facts of note, not dumbass tweets repackaged as news. These are, at best, abusive of the forum's rules.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
9. she is kept on life support by the people who report what she has to say
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 05:01 PM
Jan 2014

she`s basically another republican has been who has no credibility but somehow someone gives it to her.

yes that`s talking points memo who i would think has better things to write about than this loser.

 

albino65

(484 posts)
13. I can understand her comment
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 05:15 PM
Jan 2014

Nothing makes racists more uncomfortable than being reminded that they are racists.

raging moderate

(4,281 posts)
18. Massey to Palin: Honor Martin Luther King by not misquoting political opponents.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 05:36 PM
Jan 2014

Or maybe by just keeping your ears open and your mouth shut for awhile.

irisblue

(32,828 posts)
19. if her ears were open. the whistling sound could be heard here
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jan 2014

In Ohio. Geez McCain you really screwed us over with that one

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
21. Please, I'm begging here -
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 05:49 PM
Jan 2014

Please, please, please keep her in the lower 48. She sucks the beauty out of the mountains every time she sets foot back here! Sarah

Palin

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
22. Palin. She is enough to make me racist against my own race.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 05:51 PM
Jan 2014

What a stupid woman! Sorry for the ad hominem criticque, but really????

How can she be so ignorant? Didn't she study any history in school?

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
25. Since when does repackaging a moron's opinion as a news story make it into Latest Breaking News
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 06:03 PM
Jan 2014

For Gawd's sake.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
29. I wish she'd stop playing the, "Insufferable ****" card.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 06:09 PM
Jan 2014

Yeah, I said it, or rather, implied it. Sarah Palin is a ****, and I wish the press didn't feel the need to hold out the barf bag and show the contents to us every time this woman spews.

PFunk

(876 posts)
31. Woman please! You should know.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 06:18 PM
Jan 2014

Palin using (IMO) dog whistle-like codewords plays her (white) race card every time she speaks.

sheshe2

(83,324 posts)
32. Sarah is vague alright
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 06:18 PM
Jan 2014

or better yet, vacant. She has absolutely no brain manner between her ears.



You betcha~

 

Liberalynn

(7,549 posts)
36. I wish the press would quit asking and reporting what Caribou Barbie
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:02 PM
Jan 2014

"says" or "thinks." She doesn't have the ability to "think" in fact, so they should just ignore her alltogether.

I know I am dreaming but still I don't give a crap about her opinion.

 

stewert

(3,509 posts)
38. Funny Name.............
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:22 PM
Jan 2014

I read about this on another website earlier today and one of the people who left a comment called Palin this:

The Klondike Kardashian

He said the Klondike Kardashian should shut the hell up and go back to Wasilla.

Now that's funny, I dont care who you are.

bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)
39. The Snowbilly Grifter needs to get out of the lab more often.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jan 2014

The fumes are liquifying what little brain she has left.

Gothmog

(143,998 posts)
40. Juanita Jean has some fun with Sarah Palin's latest act of stupidity
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:48 PM
Jan 2014
http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/01/20/and-if-you-would-wear-whiteface-that-would-help-too/

She wants President Barack Obama to quit playing the race card. And she says that on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday.

I suspect she feels that President Obama plays the race card when he shows up.

Maybe she should stop playing the stupid card.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
41. Palin sure seems to throw in the "I AM STUPID"
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:21 PM
Jan 2014

card a lot. She expects a PASS for it as well. Take your damn cards and go home SARAH!

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
42. how about on March 14th Palin honors Albert Einstein on his birthday by not playing the idiot card.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 08:37 PM
Jan 2014

even of it is for just one day.

groundloop

(11,486 posts)
46. NO, the former half-governer from Alaska in NOT relevant....
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 09:08 PM
Jan 2014

And I refuse to utter her name anymore. If enough of us ignore her maybe, just maybe, she'll go back where she came from and simply drop out of sight.

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
47. Palin is still holding idiot cards
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 09:12 PM
Jan 2014

As for the "race card" noted in Palin's post: Just imply it, with no specific examples, and it becomes a hard fact. Fox News might have given her the heave-ho, but some of their propagandizing techniques appear to have worn off on this shallow bucket of tired talking points.

 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
55. So to honor MLK we should ignore racism for a day?
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:14 PM
Jan 2014

This is the woman the Republicans wanted to put one heartbeat away from the presidency. What a grifting moron.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
63. Palin should honor humanity by keeping her mouth shut.
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 10:39 AM
Jan 2014

She's one of the most idiotic persons to enter politics.

ninjanurse

(92 posts)
64. I like the 'no more' formula
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 11:49 AM
Jan 2014

You can use it any way, such as "Sarah Palin, no more speeches at Klan rallies." Then let her deny it or fail to answer.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
65. We already know Palin will seize ANY opportunity to criticize President Obama,
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 12:27 PM
Jan 2014

or just to get her name out there for any reason, no matter how unrelated to her. She's got her forum on Facebook, so why can't what she says on Facebook STAY on Facebook? Why should it be worthy of comments on the "news" ???

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
66. For shame DonViejo, did you miss the memo?
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 12:54 PM
Jan 2014

Apologies are due dear Don, there are a few nuts I will not comment on, you picked one.

Why should I, our US, be abused with the name or insanity of miscreants on any blog? Limbaugh and Palin are so not news, or opinion, or power.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
70. Rest Of World To Palin:
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 02:10 PM
Jan 2014

Crawl Back Into The Slime-Covered Hole You Oozed Out Of, You Moronic, Hell-Spawned, Lying, Grifting, Braying Jackass

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
75. The only reason these old Republican farts pay attention: they think she's hot ..>>
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 03:37 PM
Jan 2014

End of Story. Pin Up Girl for the GOP/Teabaggers .. no one really cares what comes out of her mouth.

freebrew

(1,917 posts)
85. Yeah, but THIS is funny:
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 12:00 PM
Jan 2014


" Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin "



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
87. Rz always play their 'R ace cards first & let their little hired-hobbits spread the word
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 03:19 PM
Jan 2014

In 50, even less years- no one will remember her name.

BootinUp

(46,924 posts)
90. Scew you, you white cracker, lol.
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 10:09 PM
Jan 2014

The day she stops making shit up out of whole cloth while simultaneously making racism related comments is the day I will retract that.

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