Palin's "Refudiate" Tweet on Mosque Near Ground Zero Draws Fire

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin weighed in on Sunday on the controversy over a mosque planned near ground zero, but her remarks were met with a wave of criticism over her sentiment and her choice of words.

"Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate," Palin said via Twitter.

She subsequently deleted her "tweet" and published a new message, which did not include the made-up word "refudiate": "Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real."

Liberal commentators, however, were already pouncing on her messages.

"If republicans can demand that immigrants speak English, can't we demand same of Sarah Palin?" liberal blogger John Aravosis tweeted.

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Daisy Kahn, a spokeswoman for the group reportedly said in a written statement, "We agree with Ms. Palin that it is time to heal from the wounds of the tragic events of 9/11. We peace- loving Muslims have a responsibility to lead the effort of rebuilding Lower Manhattan. We envision a community center for multi-faith collaboration that is focused on promoting integration, tolerance of difference and community cohesion."

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Meanwhile, bloggers continued to skewer Palin for her language choice after her second tweet. Bogger Charles Johnson notes that Palin uses the word "refute" incorrectly in her second tweet, while he points out that she used the word "refudiate" last week during an appearance on Fox News.



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[onehandle]

1. What a useless moron grifter. She should stick to the base and racist stump speeches.

Get off of our Internet, quitter.

[LynneSin]

4. She's the perfect spokesperson for the 'morans' she represents

:eyes:

[saigon68]

43. This ill equipped moran needs a brain transplant

[canetoad]

20. Don't you mean @qwitter nt

[przacary]

41. Moron?

A new word that can be used for people campaigning in all 57
states.

[jmowreader]

42. Welcome to DU...

"Moran" is a very common DUism...it comes from this:

[Champion Jack]

2. Sounds like the white trash Queen needs a new ghost writer

[saigon68]

44. The Queen of White Trash

[Barack_America]

3. "Bogger Charles Johnson"?

:rofl:

Stones, glass houses, pots, kettles and all that.

[Hulk]

5. She is an ignorant clown...

But, we are a nation of morons...so we have a large following of ignorant clown-acitas to follow her and support her every fart.

[ChiTownChavista]

31. Palin is...

a racist hate mongering cunt.

[savannah43]

6. "Refudiate?"

Palin's campain as a Reapublican can be see as a referdumb on a lack of knewledge. Apologies to Jeffrey and Carole Bloom and their "Imaginary Words."

[No Elephants]

7. Quick! Someone tell her that she can tweet without being a birdbrain.

[DLine]

8. I love it

Nobody makes Sarah Palin look like an idiot more than she does herself.

[superconnected]

9. They're against her words but not the racism against have a Mosque since we're "Americans" and our

"pain is too real". Bimbo doesn't know the problem was with the World Trade Organization and their policies, and want's to make it out like it was a religious attack. And what happened to FREEDOM OF RELIGION? Or is that only for Christians? America is a melting pot, get used to it loser(Palin). And WTO wasn't about attacking Christians. Man, that woman is ignorant! I mean - way beyond proper English errors.

[Roland99]

10. Ah, The Twit never ceases to amaze me at how she can keep extending her 15 minutes.

[proReality]

11. Wow! Now that's some serious news.

It's a good thing the MSM is on the job or we'd all be completely ignorant of what's going on in the world.
:banghead:

[47of74]

12. Every time I think Palin cannot possibly say anything dumber...

...she comes along and refudiates that line of thought!

[pansypoo53219]

13. palin=anton

that junkie who wanted to appear smart. see, she ain't stoopid.

[davidinalameda]

14. I'm stupid

I didn't realize refudiate wasn't a real word

[tavalon]

26. Repudiate is the word you're thinking of

It's an easy mistake. But Sarah is so haughty that when called on it, she didn't admit her mistake but instead went into attack mode. Then, she just made herself an easy target.

[davidinalameda]

28. the mind see what it wants to see

I read it as repudiate

[Xipe Totec]

15. Alas, poor Sarah!

I knew her, Horatio, a twit of little wit, and even less sense.
She hath bored me to death a thousand times,
and now how refudiated in my imagination she is!
My gorge rises at it.

[BuddhaGirl]

19. ROFLMAO!

:thumbsup:

[AtheistCrusader]

16. In fairness, it is a proper portmanteau.

Refute. Repudiate.

Not that I buy for a second that she did it on purpose.

[SoapBox]

17. Gawd she's a baffon...

I'll bet that she picks her nose too.

[Blandocyte]

18. Refudiategate!

Ha!

[ailsagirl]

39. LOL!! Is butchering the English language a repug thing??

:rofl:

[Yavapai]

21. "She is a category 5 moron!", to quote Bill Maher.

[coti]

22. Now she's telling the people of NYC what to do and how to feel about 9/11?

As if they just won't know what to do, having experienced the tragedy themselves, if the 2-year governor of a state thousands of miles away doesn't tell them.

Not to mention that "refute" is STILL wrong.

[Judi Lynn]

23. Palin Erroneously Calls Kodiak Largest US Island

Palin Erroneously Calls Kodiak Largest US Island
Palin, endorsing candidate in NH, gets largest US island wrong; it's Hawaii, not Kodiak
The Associated Press
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Writer
CONCORD, N.H. July 19, 2010 (AP)

Sarah Palin incorrectly calls Alaska's Kodiak Island the largest island in America in a Facebook post endorsing a Senate candidate in New Hampshire.

The Big Island of Hawaii is about 440 square miles larger than Kodiak, where Palin and her family were headed Monday.

In endorsing Republican candidate Kelly Ayotte (AY'-aht), Palin also strayed a bit from the facts in praising her for having "won" a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

As state attorney general, Ayotte defended a law requiring parental notification for teenagers seeking abortions. But it was repealed after the U.S. Supreme Court sent it back to a lower court.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11200439

[NYMdaveNYI]

24. well,

The largest Island in the contiguous states is Long Island

[Walk away]

27. Imagine if Palin tried to say that one? "configuous states!" nt

[NYMdaveNYI]

34. She is Shakespeare, dontcha know?

Configuous-adj- Patriotic, america loving, and sharing a common border


You cant refudiate that!

[Posteritatis]

25. I can't even tell what she's trying to say in that first sentence (nt)

[Planet Boulder]

29. Hark! Canst thou see Russia from thine porch?

[saigon68]

45. The Astronaut

[and-justice-for-all]

30. Palin: SHUT THE FUCK UP!! You ignorant wench..nt

[alp227]

32. HA! Just like people who say stuff like "Dey derkar jarbs!"

It's funny to see conservatives whose English ain't even close to standard American to demand that immigrants learn English and drop the accent. To conservatives, Hillbilly English=good, Immigrant English=bad...and DEPORT!!!

[MisterP]

33. Blockhead loves meat (especially if she can kill it herself: it's the only way she can get her

juices flowing)--yet manages to create a delicious (word) salad

seriously, someone get her a brain scan or something

[bitchkitty]

35. Jesus, what a moron.

She should hire a ghost Tweeter.

[ailsagirl]

38. LOL!!

:rofl:

I love it

[Hansel]

36. I wonder if these nutjobs would complain if someone wanted to

build a Christian church by the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

I'm sick of 911 being used as an excuse for Americans to act like xenophobic bigoted dickheads. It's time for those who wallow in tragedy for attention and as an excuse to act like the ego-centric children to get some counseling. It's time to move the f*ck on.

Peaceful Muslims or any other Muslims for that matter, except for the ones involved in this crime, owe us nothing. Anymore than I owe anyone anything because of Timothy McVeigh's actions.

[ailsagirl]

37. LOL!! What a ditz... shades of shrub

Or should I say, shrades of shub?? :eyes:

[Zorra]

40. Proof she's a total moran.

[alarimer]

46. Draws fire? How about "leaves us convulsing in laughter"?

That ignorant hillbilly just might end up President. She might actually be dumber than George W. Bush. In fact I think she is.