Sarah Palin Trashes American Justice

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 04:36:35 PM EST
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Think Progress reports that Sarah Palin has weighed in on her Facebook page decrying the Obama Administration's decision to try the 9/11 suspects in federal court. She laments that criminal defense attorneys will use "technicalities" to try to get them off.

Criminal defense attorneys will now enter into delaying tactics and other methods in the hope of securing some kind of win for their “clients.” The trial will afford Mohammed the opportunity to grandstand and make use of his time in front of the world media to rally his disgusting terrorist cohorts.

...It is crucially important that Americans be made aware that the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks may walk away from this trial without receiving just punishment because of a “hung jury” or from any variety of court room technicalities. If we are stuck with this terrible Obama Administration decision, I, like most Americans, hope that Mohammed and his co-conspirators are convicted. Hang ‘em high.

So lawyers who protect constitutional rights are engaging in "courtroom technicalities." And there's no need to wait for a verdict, in Palin's view, she's ready to "hang 'em high." [More...]

While I could care less about what Sarah Palin thinks, what's troubling are the comments to her Facebook entry-- filled with garbage like the following:

Why is this a surprise to anyone? We have a muslim in the White House who is a racist, and a racist as our Attorney General, so why is anyone shocked by this move? I'm not, I expected it and more!

and

We all know they are quilty, they are not american citzens they do not deserve a trial. They should have been shot when they were caught

and

Obama has now shown his true Muslim Colors, Military removal now in order for Treason to the American People and our Troops.

Some of the most ignorant comments I've seen anywhere are on Sarah Palin's Facebook page. Sarah Palin talks trash and trash follows her. Why am I not surprised?

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Although... (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by MileHi Hawkeye on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 05:11:23 PM EST

...I highly doubt that $arah personally wrote this creed, it does do a fine job of pandering to the dregs of society who make up her "base".

It'll sure keep them lined up to buy the book. After all, every good grifter knows how to keep their marks entranced while they're getting fleeced.

: At Firedoglake (none / 0) (#27)
by Natal on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 07:53:59 AM EST

I believe it was Blue Texan who compared language and grammar usage on the Palin Facebook blog with her known usage from other sources and concluded that Sarah is not the author on her blog. Someone else is doing the entries.

: She is on a book tour, and you're right (none / 0) (#36)
by Inspector Gadget on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 11:53:50 AM EST

this will help sell her book.
But, as Woodward said on This Week today, "I don't believe anyone has ever won the presidency based on a book."

Oh, dear lord... (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by Anne on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 06:08:25 PM EST

This has to be about selling books, about ginning up interest in a presidential run, throwing red meat to her fans to keep them happy, because anyone who has been paying attention knows that the fact that these men are being tried in an American court means that the government believes it has enough evidence to convict them.

In fact, whether the trials are held in American courts, or in military commissions, the goal is, and always has been, to convict.

It would not surprise me to know that she rejects every precept of the American justice system when the person at the center is not an American.

I guess we are doomed to seeing and hearing this drivel from Palin amd her fan club for at least the next two years, aren't we?

God help us.

HRC looks forward to having coffee with Palin (none / 0) (#33)
by Politalkix on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 10:58:41 AM EST

: There's video that tells the ENTIRE story (5.00 / 1) (#35)
by Inspector Gadget on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 11:28:18 AM EST

Watch the interview.

What if Nancy Grace is her V.P.? (none / 0) (#90)
by 1980Ford on Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 03:07:51 PM EST

Wouldn't that be fun? The scary part is that in the current climate they could win.


As a defense attorney (5.00 / 4) (#3)
by abdiel on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 06:15:31 PM EST

isn't this attitude common for certain crimes? I've noticed even your comments section can be difficult when it comes to defending crimes involving children, for instance (e.g. Polanski). I'm just wondering if this is really a "conservative" thing or just a layperson thing.

: If KSM and the others plead guilty (none / 0) (#4)
by Edger on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 06:38:45 PM EST

and stand by their "confessions", will their be any "evidence" introduced? IOW, is this move a way of avoiding deeper inquiry into torture?

: True enough (none / 0) (#6)
by gyrfalcon on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 06:46:37 PM EST

but there's a distinct difference of degree in that kind of layman's attitude between conservatives and the rest of us.

She can see the Russian Gulag from her window. (5.00 / 2) (#5)
by steviez314 on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 06:40:22 PM EST

Steve, beat up on Palin all you like (none / 0) (#41)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 04:27:29 PM EST

but do be accurate. She said that you can see Russia from an island in Alaska. That happens to be factual.


Yes in a SNL skit that (none / 0) (#62)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 07:02:21 PM EST

thousands of the great unwashed believed...

lol


: Why should it be either? (none / 0) (#68)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 08:11:45 PM EST

lol

Sick of though on crime mentality (5.00 / 2) (#10)
by mmc9431 on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 08:19:24 PM EST

Anyone that doesn't believe in the American justice system should never be elected or appointed to any government position. This is a basic foundation of our society.

I'm really disgusted by the "tough on crime advocates" that are constantly berating our system of justice. And they call themselves patriotic Americans.

This "entry" is so over the top (5.00 / 3) (#17)
by Peter G on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 10:15:02 PM EST

(or under the bottom) that it makes me wonder if the whole "Sarah Palin facebook page" thing is a spoof. How reliable is the report, TL?

it's her facebook page (none / 0) (#21)
by Jeralyn on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 02:26:11 AM EST

beyond question.


Amazing. (5.00 / 1) (#37)
by Peter G on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 12:19:37 PM EST

First, if SP has acknowledged and embraced this "page" as authentic, as TL assures us, then the linguistic analysis of whether she wrote it herself or someone wrote it for her is immaterial. Regan's speeches written by Peggy Noonan are still Reagan's speeches, as are JFK's even if written by Ted Sorenson or Arthur Schlesinger, or whomever. The real "author" is speaking both as and for her. But second, I just can't imagine that if any Democrat on the national stage (or any state senator, for that matter) publicly expressed equivalently ignorant and irresponsible views on any serious public issue, that he or she would have any future in politics at all.


: An excellent point (none / 0) (#43)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 04:36:34 PM EST

but the intent was to attack Palin, not worry over such facts as you have presented.

beats me. (5.00 / 1) (#24)
by cpinva on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 05:37:30 AM EST

Why am I not surprised?

i'm afraid ms. palin, at least in public, functions on roughly an 8th grade level, intellectually. this puts her on par with the vast majority of her constituents, explaining why they relate to her so well.

the woman is just not very bright, which also helps explain the 4 different schools, to finally get a degree in what, journalism? or was it underwater basketweaving? something hard core like that.

she's a semi-pretty face, who's taken the whole "know-nothing" concept, and run with it.

Please don't diss the working class (5.00 / 2) (#38)
by Upstart Crow on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 12:58:08 PM EST

She went to four different colleges because she had to pay her own way.

Not everyone can afford Harvard.

Also, I am a journalist. It is a real profession.


Now now (none / 0) (#44)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 04:38:44 PM EST

Don't get angry when your "betters" trash you. After call, the elites are different.

To my shame (none / 0) (#47)
by Upstart Crow on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 04:50:08 PM EST

I am part of the elite. I went to a top university and daddy paid my way.


Well, there are elites and (none / 0) (#64)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 07:09:44 PM EST

then there are elites.... And by just questioning and commenting on what the true elites are saying we can see that you aren't a true elite.

Turn in your Starbucks mug and go to Walmart.

: Your experience, or lack thereof (none / 0) (#70)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 08:18:00 PM EST

is well established.

: Yeah (none / 0) (#85)
by jondee on Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 12:34:27 PM EST

those "haves and have mores" Bush talked about aren't elites, no siree; those people are the salt of the earth.

: An elite drives a Volvo (none / 0) (#86)
by jondee on Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 12:57:42 PM EST

goes to Starbucks and votes Democrat.
Thus spaketh those non-elites David Brooks and Ann Coulter.
Only a REAL elite would have an interest in regurgitating that bullsh*t.

sunning yourself (none / 0) (#57)
by cpinva on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 06:44:04 PM EST

on the beach, in oahu, hardly constitutes "working your way through college".

i worked my way through one college, not four. constant transfers, like constant job changes, is usually indicative of issues other than finances.

i stand by my original comments.


Sorry.... (none / 0) (#81)
by DFLer on Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 10:31:23 AM EST

Many people attend one school and pay their own way...To say: "Because she..." just doesn't make the argument here.


Well (5.00 / 1) (#28)
by Natal on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 08:15:38 AM EST

we could say she is "character disordered"? She seems to fit the classic medical profile --- charming, projects blame, manipulative, exhibits no anxiety, unethical.

Ummmm ..... (none / 0) (#30)
by prittfumes on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 09:08:18 AM EST

Wonder who else that profile might fit?


: Good point! (none / 0) (#34)
by Natal on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 11:15:54 AM EST

It could be said there's an abundance of these types infesting DC already.

Why does Sarah come up (3.50 / 2) (#9)
by robert72 on Sat Nov 14, 2009 at 08:15:36 PM EST

so often? All the left wing slurs and slanders only make her more powerful. It just doesn't seem very smart to keep talking about her. Do you think she is that important that you have to talk about her all the time? Who cares what she says?
Or are women in politics just natural targets? Huckabee is twice as right wing and stupid and dangerous in my opinion, and nobody mentions him.

Um... (5.00 / 2) (#20)
by phat on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 01:26:55 AM EST

She was the Republican nominee for Vice-president last year.

Millions of people voted for her, literally.

I'm pretty sure that counts for something. And I can't quite figure out what in this post counts as a left-wing slur.

Pray tell?


Have you considered the fact (5.00 / 1) (#26)
by Politalkix on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 06:43:23 AM EST

that Palin opens her mouth a lot more than Huckabee?


So do a lot of people (5.00 / 2) (#39)
by Upstart Crow on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 01:01:58 PM EST

Really, the best way to make her go away is to ignore her.

The obsession on both the right and left is the only thing making her a public figure right now.

It's justified by saying she's making a bid for 2012. She has said nothing to that effect. So that's just an excuse for everyone to prolong their monomania.

Why is the leech Levi Johnston getting attention? It's crazy.


She has no power (none / 0) (#48)
by Upstart Crow on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 04:51:13 PM EST

except the power you give her.


Watch out (none / 0) (#53)
by Upstart Crow on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 05:39:36 PM EST

You are using an awful lot of words to justify a preexisting ill will.

To trash people just in case they might otherwise get power, someday, is a shaky ground for what's looking like malice.

You're right. Some people pay their own way through Yale. Others don't. I don't feel in a position to judge. I didn't have to do it.

I hardly agree with the statements she is made on her Facebook page. On the other hand, why do I feel there wouldn't be a whole thread on the comments of a guy?

Right now, she's only another author in a world of authors.

And the left is giving her power by the truckload -- in the form of publicity, buzz and magazine covers. For one thing, she has the power to make a lot of otherwise reasonable people sound like frothing elitists and misogynists.


Howard Dean (none / 0) (#54)
by Politalkix on Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 05:54:13 PM EST

is a guy. Republicans portrayed him as a raging maniac when nothing could be further from the truth. But you would not see that because he had XY chromosomes! Correct?
Please do not look for discrimination when none exists. Palin is enjoying the publicity, she is doing a lot of things to become the face of the Republican Party, your protective attitude towards her is misplaced and amusing.


: Glad your amused (none / 0) (