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Huffpo Writer: Palin to Run on Retardation Platform

hypocritexposer

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From the same liberals that brought you the Obama birth certificate. Be proud libs, very proud.

July 04, 2009
Huffpo Writer: Palin to Run on Retardation Platform
George Joyce
At 6pm EDT on Friday, July 3, a Huffington Post writer named Erik Sean Nelson posted an essay with the following title:


"Palin Will Run in '12 on More Retardation Platform"


In the article Nelson says that Palin "will be the first politician to actually try to increase the population of retarded people." In an obvious reference to Palin's son Trig, who has Downs Syndrome, Nelson further speculated on what Palin could achieve as president:


"Her policies will increase jobs because Wal-Mart is building new stores each day and someone has to be the greeter."


Nelson continues:


"She will then encourage women to hold off on pregnancies until their 40's just to mix up some chromosomes."


Thanks to an avalanche of immediate criticism from our friends over at Free Republic the Huffington Post has removed Nelson's pathetic and disgusting attempt at political humor. While the Huffington Post bills Nelson as someone who writes for "several comedy websites" their decision to post his offensive essay should have tremendous negative repercussions in the coming days and weeks.

The coming storm soon to engulf the Huffington Post will also stir up memories of President Obama's casual insult to Special Olympians on the Tonight Show back in March. Compassionate leftists, in other words, are about to have their cover blown.

The Huffington Post has crossed a very dangerous line by posting the Nelson essay. With Obama's poll numbers dropping and his foreign and domestic policies facing mounting criticism the last thing Obama needs right now is to be identified with his adolescent supporters over at the Huffington Post.

A final thought: the continuing liberal assault on Sarah Palin and her family will backfire with American voters. It will also make Sarah Palin as tough as nails in 2012.
 

hypocritexposer

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And here's the apology for the article, which has been removed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-sean-nelson/a-post-apology_b_225568.html

I wrote a piece making fun of the fact that a Trig Palin joke was given as the reason that Sarah Palin left office. I wrote jokes that were offensive but my intent was for them to be ironic and therefore not offensive. I was wrong. Within ten minutes of my post I received some emails from the loved ones of the retarded and I saw that my piece was hurtful. Therefore, I removed the post right after receiving the first 2 emails.

I removed it immediately because I saw that it did not come across as I intended. I apologize to all of those who were offended.
 

alice

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hypocritexposer said:
And here's the apology for the article, which has been removed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-sean-nelson/a-post-apology_b_225568.html

I wrote a piece making fun of the fact that a Trig Palin joke was given as the reason that Sarah Palin left office. I wrote jokes that were offensive but my intent was for them to be ironic and therefore not offensive. I was wrong. Within ten minutes of my post I received some emails from the loved ones of the retarded and I saw that my piece was hurtful. Therefore, I removed the post right after receiving the first 2 emails.

I removed it immediately because I saw that it did not come across as I intended. I apologize to all of those who were offended.

Thank you for posting that link...the responses on the article were quite enlightening...

Alice
 

hopalong

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Am glad he apoligized, sorry that he felt it necessary to write it in the first place.
Shades of Letterman and a few of the posters on PB. Shame on them all!!!
 

Tam

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Enlighten us Alice do you think it is OK to make up jokes about the handicapp or do you consider it over the line? :?
 

alice

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Tam said:
Enlighten us Alice do you think it is OK to make up jokes about the handicapp or do you consider it over the line? :?

I think these kinds of jokes are in poor taste and the mark of a poor character.

Alice
 

Tam

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alice said:
Tam said:
Enlighten us Alice do you think it is OK to make up jokes about the handicapp or do you consider it over the line? :?

I think these kinds of jokes are in poor taste and the mark of a poor character.

Alice

So you are saying that the liberal funny man stepped over the line while slamming a Conservative woman or just that he used the handicapp to make his joke? :?
 

Bullhauler

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Tam said:
alice said:
Tam said:
Enlighten us Alice do you think it is OK to make up jokes about the handicapp or do you consider it over the line? :?

I think these kinds of jokes are in poor taste and the mark of a poor character.

Alice

So you are saying that the liberal funny man stepped over the line while slamming a Conservative woman or just that he used the handicapp to make his joke? :?

Since your favorite word on here the last few days has been "libtards" I hardly think that you are one to defend the handicapped.
 
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