Blood libel, from Wikipedia...

[ZombieHorde]

Blood libel (also blood accusation) refers to a false accusation or claim that religious minorities, almost always Jews, murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays. Historically, these claims have–alongside those of well poisoning and host desecration–been a major theme in European persecution of Jews.

The libels typically allege that Jews require human blood for the baking of matzos for Passover. The accusations often assert that the blood of Christian children is especially coveted, and historically blood libel claims have often been made to account for otherwise unexplained deaths of children. In some cases, the alleged victim of human sacrifice has become venerated as a martyr, a holy figure around whom a martyr cult might arise. A few of these have been even canonized as saints.

In Jewish lore, blood libels were the impetus for the creation in the 16th century of the Golem of Prague by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel. Many popes have either directly or indirectly condemned the blood accusation, and no pope has ever sanctioned it. These libels have persisted among some segments of Christians to the present time, and recently Muslims as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

The phrase, "blood libel," seems like a really strange choice when we consider Loughner's main target was Jewish. Is Palin using this phrase as a jab, or is she just being weirdly dramatic?

[SteppingRazor]

1. I'm sure she's just being weirdly -- and unbelievably stupidly -- dramatic.

There's no way she knew what she was saying. She still has presidential ambitions, after all. Before this speech, even after all the pushback against her over her crosshairs map, I still believed she was capable of winning the presidential primary in 2012 before being crushed in the general election. Now, I don't even think she can do that. We're watching the complete implosion of one of the guiding forces of the GOP. It'd be a grand thing to see if it wasn't for the horrifying underlying causes. As it is, it's just damned disgusting.

[Raven]

2. Why would you use a phrase like that if you didn't know its meaning?

Are these people that stupid? Did they think blood libel had something to do with the Hatfields and McCoys?

[KeepItReal]

5. You dont make up a term like "blood libel" out of the blue

Never heard of the phrase until now.

[woodsprite]

8. I heard her say that and wasn't sure what it meant.

I was wondering if was a term that her church used in some of their teachings.

[KeepItReal]

10. Either she or someone in her camp *knows* that phrase's meaning

It was not used by accident.

Someone may have been trying to pull a Frank Lutz "Death Panel" type of phrasing and we can see the results.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

23. she didn't know the names of any newspapers

[DeschutesRiver]

16. neither had I in 52 years. No, some bimbo from Wasilla didn't say it by accident.

Why on earth would she use such a comparison?

Why on earth does this vapid woman think everything is about her? She is beyond offensive, and has just punched a deeper hole in her sinking boat.

And why is she doing this on video? Oh, right - probably afraid someone is coming after her and is in hiding.

Coward. Always with the whining about how something impacts her, and that everything is always someone else's fault. She won't squirm out of this one by blaming the media, or blaming someone else for doing similar things, which is one of the dumbest things she did on that video. Everyone has done this...yeah, there are lots of crimes that many people commit, Sarah, and only some have to pay for them. Hope you are one of the ones who gets "caught" inciting this stuff via multiple lawsuits, that empty your bank accounts to pennies and blight your future political prospects.

You'll still have Sarah Palin's Alaska to go home to once the courts are done with you. Buh. Bye.

[Hutzpa]

15. Hey, we are talking about Palin here

what do you expect? It's the same camp that said those were not crossairs but surveyor's symbols.

[ZombieHorde]

21. You're right, it is a weird phrase to "innocently use."

Hard to tell what is really going on in her head, what was her goal when she used that phrase?

[vaberella]

3. I went as far as to her being anti-semetic.

She's now the victim in place of the "Jew". Her statements were out of whack and this whole "blood libel" thing is out of the ordinary by any standards.

The woman is always grandstanding and I find this to be intentionally disturbing. There is no show of discretion from her.

[onenote]

4. even more offensive that she paints herself as the victim of a blood libel

given the fact that Gabby is Jewish.

[kestrel91316]

12. Exactly. [phone]

[vaberella]

19. Exactly. n/t

[harun]

20. She's trying to say she is "the real Jew".

[riverwalker]

6. blowing the dog whistle

She knows what it means. Her white supremacist, neo-nazi brain dead neanderthal followers know what it means, it's in their literature. She's blowing the dog whistle to her extremists to rally round.

[niceypoo]

7. Sarah the victim

Why did you immediately remove the 'map' from your website Sarah?

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Weirdly dramatic.

[ZombieHorde]

24. I hope so, but I wonder... nt

[era veteran]

11. My wife & I knew what that meant, Ms era vet-

shrieked when she heard that. Thought it was some of the crap in the Protocols of the elders...etc. If she is ignorant of the phrase, it's just her regular hate. She must have handlers to write for her. Are all of them as stupid as she is? IF they/ her knew what that meant it would be a new low in politics in our country. Appalling

[flpoljunkie]

13. And, yet the media ignores it.

[onenote]

14. actually, they are beginning to pick up on it

Its already been flagged as a topic of discussion on Washingtonpost.com and I wouldn't be surprised to see it start gaining further attention.

[flpoljunkie]

17. Encouraging. Thanks!

[vaberella]

18. No they're on it. So it's good. n/t

[nemo137]

22. "The white man is the Jew of liberal fascism."

From Jonah Goldberg's exercise in obfuscation of the same name: http://www.nationalreview.com/liberal-fascism/203255/wh...

They're really into this shit.

[laylah]

25. I sent this link to my

right-winged nephew, along with others. He responded with the link stating Dershowitz is okay with Palin's wording. I, actually, was stunned.

Jenn

[ZombieHorde]

26. I guess Palin can do no wrong according to some. nt