I see why Palin would be offended by this. Personally I was expecting it to be far worse than it was. Aside from the song Stewie sang there wasn't too much over the line. When I first heard that family guy did a downs syndrome angle I almost cringed at the thought of what they did. Turns out they actually didn't drop the hammer as strongly as I expected.
As for the part when she references her mom being the governor of Alaska, the Palin camp should have smelled the bait from a mile away. It's obvious family guy was just looking for a quick plug, and she fell for it completely. I suppose Palin isn't exactly known for making the smart decision when speaking.
As an aside, I miss the days when we used to use green for sarcasm. Sarcasm is 75% in the voice, so it doesn't translate well via text.
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