Sarah Palin has just reached a new all-time low. In a Facebook posting defending her previous actions, she accused her political opponents of engaging in a campaign of "blood libel" against her. I can't even begin to describe how distasteful that is. The fact that Rep. Giffords is Jewish cranks the insensitivity and offensiveness of her comment up to 11.
I'd like to think that Palin is just completely ignorant about the historic usage of the term "blood libel" and maybe she incorrectly thinks it means that people are accusing her of metaphorically having blood on her hands, but shouldn't one of her handlers have known better? How can her entire team possibly be so stupid and insensitive?
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