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Talk to the Hannity: Palin says
left won't 'shut me up'
 By
John Breneman
Still smarting from her non-role in the Arizona shooting,
Sarah Palin last night reminded millions of Fox viewers
that the right of free speech does not come with a responsibility
of coherence.
In a blockbuster interview with colleague Sean Hannity
last night, Palin wove defensive talking points into her
trademark rambling gibberish, spinning free of Hannity's
softballs to stick it to those hateful lefties (unofficial
transcript).
Her main point: It was unfair, actually "reprehensible,"
to examine the possible role of inflammatory right-wing
rhetoric and images in the actions of an "apolitical
or perhaps even left-leaning criminal."
Got that? Unfair to talk about her alleged bullseye/"Reload!"
call to arms. Perfectly OK to talk about the shooter as
a possible "left-leaning criminal."
Because in Palin's world right is righteous and left is
evil.
"I mean it reminds me that those on the left -- if
it weren't for their double standards, they'd have no standards."
Oh, snap! An oldie but a goodie. Palin liked that pre-planned
zinger so much, she used it again to duck Hannity's second
futile attempt to elicit any insight about her "blood
libel" comment.
"Blah, blah, blah," said Palin. "So, again,
it was part of that double standard thing and goes back
to if it weren't for those double standards, what standards
would they have, I suppose." Take that, lefties!
Palin was correct about one thing: "I know that a
lot of those on the left hate my message."
Yes, many on the left are disgusted by her message -- that
America's president hates America, pals around with terrorists
and wants to kill your grandmother. And that his wife is
evil, too.
 Even
Hannity must have been frustrated about being BS'd by a
colleague he was trying to help out of a jam. She couldn't
deliver a straight answer to any of his questions -- even
one about the target map being removed from her Web site.
 Hannity
invited Palin to engage in honest reflection about the role
of weaponized rhetoric and images in our political discourse.
After all, the nation was still eager to hear her sincere
views on the unfortunate coincidence: that a congresswoman
whom Palin had targeted with a bullseye on a map and a call
to "Reload!" -- and who admonished Palin on video
that such actions have "consequences" -- was shot
in the head.
But Palin's answer to any criticism -- or even a simple
request for straight talk -- is always the same. "They're
not going to shut me up."
No surprise that Hannity's interview sidestepped the question
Palin will never answer: How did you feel seeing the video
in which Rep. Giffords says, "We're on Sarah Palin's
targeted list ... (with) the crosshairs of a gun sight over
our district. When people do that, they've got to realize
there are consequences to that action"?
For that is a question that intrudes on the narrative that
Palin and her fellow right-wing bomb throwers are the true
victims.
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