TPM:
During an appearance Thursday night on Sean Hannity's TV show, Sarah Palin had a warning about the protests going on against the bill just signed by Gov. Scott Walker's (R-WI) to curtail public employee unions -- saying that unions should "tone down the rhetoric" against the bill, because it will result in people getting hurt.
Have a look for yourself:
HANNITY: As states come to grips with these budget deficits ... as soon as cuts start being made, we see there the violent rhetoric, the threats, this reaction. Do you think we're going to see a lot more of this? In other words, is this the beginning of things to come?
PALIN: Well, these union bosses that are acting like thugs, as they are leading some of their good union members down a road that will ultimately result in, unfortunately, somebody getting hurt, if you believe the death threats that are being received by those who just happen to support amending some collective bargaining privileges of state unions. Well, it is these union bosses' responsibility to turn down the rhetoric and start getting truth out there so that nobody gets hurt.
Everyone's going to have to dial it down. Except for the surveyors, of course. After all, their surveyor's symbols are not only non-threatening, but downright patriotic.
I'm glad cooler heads will prevail here. Johnny Hardhat is taking Good Old Fashioned American Values hostage, and the only sane way to stop this is for everyone to put on their best crazy, fuzzy bathrobe and Bump-ItTM and make a level-headed appeal for calm, starting with describing what's happening as a mere "amending" of collective bargaining "privileges." Privileges. You like that one?
I just think it's really sad that working people in this country can't speak out for their rights without having to stigmata attached to it by out-of-state, blamestream pontificators. That's the right word, isn't it? Stigmata? I hope I'm not misusing the term here.
As always, the full-length of her appearance is chock full of stumbling from verbal crutch to verbal crutch, with total nonsense sandwiched in-between. But I thought this bit was just especially childish and hypocritical. Just wanted to share that with you.