Palin just could not keep her Twitter-twitch still…she just HAD to insert herself into this theatre of the absurd in the name of Christianity and righteousness. The lunatic Terry Jones, after causing a travel alert and Interpol warnings to 188 countries fearing a backlash of violence if he were to burn the 200 Qur’ans, has now called off the act. He caused a global stir, raised a crap-load of money through his site before being shut down, drew pleas that went all the way to the White House…and then finally rescinded his threat.
Meanwhile, Palin who sent a direct “order” to a fellow zealot to “Stand Down” shot her own anti-Islamic inciting rhetoric across the bow of the Islamic world by writing this on her blackberry phone to her Twitter:
Do I even need to explain how reckless and dangerous this mindless tweet is? And then on the heels of the breaking news report that Jones is now NOT going to burn the Qur’ans…she twitched her tweeter again…
I know…I had to shake my head and re-read this several times. This is how clueless and arrogant this woman is. She has elevated herself to such a position of importance in her own mind that she truly felt that it was appropriate to shoot off a directive to the world of Islam to “Stand Down”…
I am furious about this today because this is extremely dangerous territory. Sarah Jones at PoliticusUSA wrote this in response to this mess…
Sarah Palin Falsely Accuses Afghans of US Child Death Panels
[...] Ten minutes of google searching landed me at Free Republic, C4P and finally I found the actual quote. Turns out, Sarah’s accusation is utterly false. The AP reports the quote accurately:
“It is the duty of Muslims to react. When their holy book Quran gets burned in public, then there is nothing left. If this happens, I think the first and most important reaction will be that wherever Americans are seen, they will be killed. No matter where they will be in the world they will be killed.” — Mohammad Mukhtar, a cleric and candidate for the Afghan parliament, in response to a plan by the head of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam’s holiest text to mark the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
This lie is even worse than Palin’s Death Panel lie. This lie is so irresponsible as to render me speechless. Let us not forget that this is the person John McCain told us had plenty of “experience” and also the person the GOP is selling as a viable candidate for President in 2012. Sarah Palin just threw a lit match onto gasoline that she herself poured all over our troops and she did it with a Big Lie.
This is how Palin operates. Go back and read the tweet again. There are Little lies and then the Big lie. One is either so stunned by the stupidity of the little lie that they miss the big lie, or they are so enraged at the big lie that they miss the little lie.[...] read more here.
We will be getting immediate reactions from members of our armed forces whose safety is truly paramount. All of her screeching speeches decrying the patriotic loyalty of she and her followers to our troops…and then she pulls this unscrupulous narcissistic stunt! Her mouth is a weapon…and it is aimed directly at the personal safety of our men and women in uniform.
Here is a dictate to you, Sarah Louise Palin! Stand Down!
You see…we at Military Religious Freedom Foundation really DO support our troops…even though we don’t feel the need to advertise it with ribbons.
Is it wrong of me to hope that the Taliban in Afghanistan puts Sarah Louise Heath Palin on their hit list? Since she wants to represent us, but does not, then if they just take her out, they would be doing themselves, us, and the World a big favor.
I have no doubt that she has just put herself on SOME list in the Islamic world…
My thoughts exactly. And she is painting a target on her forehead. Stupid tweets will cause someone else to be killed.
Paliban and Taliban will go after each other and innocents will be killed.
If she cared about children she could start with her own. Not.
We must use the children. At whatever cost. This woman is an idiot.
She is toying with people's lives to further her own visibility…I don't think Jesus would be patting her on the back and telling her "Good job!"
The US' illegal and unjust wars in Iraq based on outright lies have killed over 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN under the age of 5 according to the UN. Palin does not condemn this indisputable fact. She applauds US warfare and is silent on the murders and lies that accompany it.
Followers of Christ do not consent to the killing of innocents. Followers of Christ are peacemakers.
Amazing, particularly the 2nd "Twitter twitch" (love your terminology, Leah!).
I just spoke with a person who is in touch with a Christian religious leader in Pakistan. The concern of late has, of course, been the floods and how Americans can help. Today the concern changed. The Islamic crazies have declared death to all Christians because of the threatened burning of the Qur'an. The Pakistani Christians are now afraid for their lives and their churches. All because of the so-called Christian American crazies and a totally irresponsible media. Leah, I don't know how to help, but we must do something to stop Evil which is getting too much of a foothold in this country. If you need a footsoldier, maybe there is something I can do. I greatly admire your work and that of MRFF.
She would then be their Saint.
I am not one for conspiracy theories, but these people, beck,palin, limbaugh and gingrich seem to be egging and daring the Muslim world into doing something violent?
Do they want WW3?
Are they doing this for an early Armageddon?
Are they doing this so we are targeted during the Obama administration and they can regain control of White House/
They are playing a dangerous game that the rest of us will have to pay for.
I have been worried all summer as they have spewed up the hate and rhetoric.
What are they playing at?
Palin's Twittourette Syndrome is gradually revealing her true colors. Why are so many completely taken in by a woman of such "ill-refute"?
*snicker* @ “ill-refute”
My disgust for this Palin woman knows no bounds. I thought I could not possibly hate her actions and attitudes any more than I already did. She proves me wrong every time she opens her mouth or spews something out to the social media. I guess she thinks that social media is “rill” media, because she feels like she’s in control. She has no concept of how many people do NOT pay attention, as she’s a narcissist of the truest and most dangerous degree and thinks the whole world watches her. It’s not true. Only those who want to actually save the world from destruction are watching. Oh, and the lunatic fringe.
My nephew is currently deployed for the 4th time overseas in the AF. She and her minions have put him in further danger by pretending to represent America and Americans. I promise you this: if there are hate crimes that affect my heroic nephew, I will react strongly. If that idiot in FL can make the news, so can I.
It’s time to stop the lunatics who have taken over the asylum. 10 mgs of Ativan STAT!
Why Palin continues to lie and distort everything is anyone's guess. I read Sarah Jones' post at PoliticusUSA on yesterday along with the AP article Sarah had linked to it. Neither the cleric nor the AP article said anything about Muslims targeting American children. Nothing. Palin is so out of touch with reality that she doesn't know that the majority of Americans don't care what she has to say. She has a long track record of lying, hypocrisy, of being vengeful, petty, greedy, egocentric, and other unsavory adjectives that can be used to describe a person like her. Mr. Moore said in his article that she was upset after losing the election in 2008. If she runs against the president in 2012, she's going to be totally destroyed, and I can hardly wait.
She is all of that PLUS dangerous! As long as she remains a celeb heroine to the fringe right, we MUST pay attention to her. And one of the reasons is that they vote…and way too many of us do NOT. We all need to vote…vote…vote.
Right. Stand down and shut up. But she won't. Forgive me for even thinking this, but it would serve the Repubs right if Obama decided to adopt their rationale that because America is "at war" the President's has all kinds of emergency powers that trump the Constitution — and then suspend Fox's FCC licenses and ban Palin, Beck, Rush and their ilk from the internet and broadcast media until further notice! Hate to do it, you know, but we have to support the troops — can't take risks in wartime ….
There's nothing I can add except, Leah: well done!
I did not know about the tweet the Afghans are calling to murder children. I know how angry I feel each time Palin decslares any person not ehr follower sseeks to murder fetuses, her son. As a health care provider I am incensed by her lies about death panels so she can gain power by her lies terroizing people so she can control them in deception she is their savior of nothing but lies she invents.
Palin will spin more lies entangling the POTUS is out to murder your children. How people can get sucked into her webs duped she is a christian is beyond me. She has put lives in jeopardy but has no reagard for anyone except herself perversely gratified with her destructive power to harm, hurt and jeopardize people. She's a predator in disguise. I have valid concerns of a terrorist attack resulting from Palin's political pyromania. She is a danger to the world.