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orichalcum) wrote2008-10-06 07:11 pm
orichalcum) wrote2008-10-06 07:11 pm
New York Sense of Humor
Roger Cohen of the NYT points out this answer from Palin during the V-P debate:
"“One thing that Americans do at this time, also, though, is let’s commit ourselves just everyday American people, Joe Six Pack, hockey moms across the nation, I think we need to band together and say ‘Never Again.’ Never will we be exploited and taken advantage of again by those managing our money and loaning us these dollars.”
Um. I'm not saying it's necessarily anti-Semitic to use Holocaust terminology to castigate New York moneylenders, but, at the least, it's remarkably insensitive hyperbole. I'm not underestimating the impact of the economic crisis, but last time I checked, six million people hadn't died as a result.
Still, it's better than her permitting chants of "Kill Him!" during her political rallies.
"“One thing that Americans do at this time, also, though, is let’s commit ourselves just everyday American people, Joe Six Pack, hockey moms across the nation, I think we need to band together and say ‘Never Again.’ Never will we be exploited and taken advantage of again by those managing our money and loaning us these dollars.”
Um. I'm not saying it's necessarily anti-Semitic to use Holocaust terminology to castigate New York moneylenders, but, at the least, it's remarkably insensitive hyperbole. I'm not underestimating the impact of the economic crisis, but last time I checked, six million people hadn't died as a result.
Still, it's better than her permitting chants of "Kill Him!" during her political rallies.
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Then again, I sorta did not notice it at the time because both