And now a few words from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:
Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope about my father, Robert F. Kennedy, as he contemplated his own run for the presidency in 1965, that "some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before the snow flies."
It might be worth asking Governor Palin for a tally of the other favorites from her reading list.
I have nothing to add to this.
Oh wait, that's not true. HELLO, PEOPLE?! How is it possible that this sort of thing doesn't make it into the mainstream media? Something tells me it would be all over the news if Obama made a similar speech. Where are the journalists? Where is the integrity? More importantly, what the hell is wrong with people? It's unlikely that Palin wrote her own speech, and thus it's possible that she doesn't know who Pegler is (I certainly didn't), but shouldn't a candidate for elected office want to know exactly whom she's quoting before she goes and quotes him? How would she answer this question from a reporter today: "Do you know who Westbrook Pegler is?" If she does, she knowingly quoted an avowed racist and hate-monger; if she doesn't, she blindly recited whatever came up on the TelePrompter. Which is worse? I don't know, but either is bad enough that she must be stopped before getting anywhere near Washington.
My heart goes out to Bobby Jr., who must be in considerably more pain than I am about this.
Scary indeed:
Frank Rich Op-ed: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/opinion/14rich.html?hp
"Palin, who lies with ease about her own record, misrepresented Pegler’s too. He decreed America was “done for” after Truman won a full term in 1948. For his part, Truman regarded the columnist as a “guttersnipe,” and with good reason. Pegler was a rabid Joe McCarthyite who loathed F.D.R. and Ike and tirelessly advanced the theory that American Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe (“geese,” he called them) were all likely Communists.
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Posted by: Susan | September 15, 2008 at 05:14 PM
It was also exposed in that notorious commie-pinko rag The Wall Street Journal:
http://tinyurl.com/6rnzqd
(If you get a paywall, email me and I'll use my subscriber mojo to send you the text.)
Posted by: Nancy | September 15, 2008 at 06:18 PM
I would sure like this to cause the outrage that it should, but Palin can seem to do NO wrong. She is anti-abortion, so she will always be OK with certain people, no matter her intelligence, her record, her opinions, etc...It really makes me despair, Karen.
Posted by: Margaret | September 15, 2008 at 08:52 PM
The problem is that many women who are voting for Palin/McCain are doing so on the basis of isolated issues, like abortion and taxes. I might have been one of those people in the past, but we can't afford that sort of simplistic thinking this time around. Imagine!! Didn't Thomas Friedman write a column about the way stupidity is taking over?
Posted by: Elena | September 15, 2008 at 09:20 PM
Karen, I completely agree that, if Obama made a similar speech to the one you quoted, the media would be all over it and EVERYONE would know who Pegler is.
Sadly, I think we all know that the majority of people who are susceptible to the specious arguments (and outright lies) of the McCain/Palin ticket do NOT read the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, or perhaps anything for that matter. Anything except maybe the Bible.
There is so much stupidity and hypocrisy flying around this campaign that I am utterly nonplussed.
If one of Barack and Michelle Obama's daughters was pregnant and not married, do you think the American press and American people would have the same reaction as they do to Palin's pregnant daughter?
Call me a cynic, but if a 17-year-old pregnant Black girl walked out on the stage of a national political convention, you can bet there would be a much different response.
I must believe that the fallout of the lies and just plain ridiculousness on the part of the McCain campaign will eventually open the eyes of those rubes who seem so enamored with the distortions and fabrications spewing forth currently.
I just hope it happens BEFORE the election.
Posted by: steve | September 16, 2008 at 09:26 AM
amen
Posted by: Jane | October 04, 2008 at 04:34 PM
This may explain why she didn't answer questions about her favorite periodicals; titles like 'Uppity Nigras Say The Darndest Things' and 'Season's Swankiest Klan Robes' may unsettle extremist left-wing voters
Posted by: SaveOurSkyline | October 04, 2008 at 08:26 PM