Is Sarah Palin a racist?

Thank you for enlightening those who didn't know the origins of Juneteenth, Daddy. These racist people have really gotten to me.

I have a story to share... Once upon a time, I was a kid growing up in a small town. My family life was a little rough and I was a little shy. I found, however, a nice friend in Kindergarten and her name was Patty. Patty was a very nice girl and we would play together at recess. None of the other kids seemed to like her. Once I was invited over to her house and I met her father. He was a big tall black man. Dark black. I looked at him with interest. See, in my small town, I hadn't seen any black men. Now, there were black people on Sesame Street, but they also had blue fuzzy monsters. After a moment, I turned and went back to playing with Patty. It didn't matter to me one tiny little bit if her dad was black, white, or purple. She was my friend. I got it in my head on May Day to make a heart basket out construction paper and fill it with wildflowers. (These are also known as weeds, but she didn't seem to mind.) Turns out her Father was really her step father. That would have made sense to me at the time if I had any idea about genetics and inheritance. See, Patty was as white as I was. Patty's mother had re-married and married a black man. (At the time, African American wasn't the term used.) Patty and her family moved away after a little bit. I don't know for sure how long. I was told that the townsfolk had 'run them out of town.' It would take some time to piece together things.. how people might not like 'mixed' couples and all that. But, the point of the story here isn't if they were really run out of town or not. I was never able to check up on that. No, the point of the story is that as a kid I believed it was possible for my friend to be run out of town because her mother remarried a man with darker skin. (And, he wasn't just any old thug.. he was, in fact, the town deputy.) If I had not had this experience, I might have been a racist, too. I was raised in a small town and neither my father nor my siblings seem particularly fair-minded. I like to think I have a kinder heart than that, but perhaps my ideas of racial fairness trace back to this one little experience and what it meant to me.

It matters not at all to me which terms she uses, Taskr, I only want to know the truth. Most people don't like to admit it but racism is very much alive and well in America.

I had heard of the day and knew what it meant but didn't know it was an actual, real holiday.

Molehill, The Nation doesn't deny they're liberal nor do any of their columnists that I'm familiar with. I know some of the newspapers you mentioned are said to be liberal but the Chicago Tribune isn't one of them, I just heard today that this is the first time they've ever endorsed a Democrat in their history. Anyway, I pretty much just read my local paper for local news. As far as magazines, I disagree with Newsweek being far left. There are some columnists that are somewhat liberal but they also have some conservative writers such as George Will. Us Weekly? I don't count that as being political at all. They'll cover whoever happens to be the celebrity of the moment. I won't pretend to know why the polls are as they are. I know you're no fan of Bill Clinton but I am. I didn't condone his personal actions, if he were my husband...well, I won't even go there, but things were a lot better in America during his Presidency. You don't agree and neither do many others here, but let's just agree to disagree since we've been through it many times...lol! I don't know how you can stand not having cable! I hardly ever watch the regular networks, just for a few select series and I do watch bits of pieces of the Sunday morning shows but I'm not an expert on any of the evening network newscasts or anchors these days since I rarely watch. I'm not a huge Katie Couric fan but to hear people say she was too tough on Palin was kind of amusing to me since she seems so much better suited to the Today Show type of fluff interviews. Regarding Preet's apology, there were comments there and I made one of them. I commended him for admitting it had been a mistake. The "Kill Him" chant did happen in Scranton because I spoke with someone who heard it. Whether or not it happened anywhere else, I can't say, but I see no reason not to believe the person who heard it there. I'm sorry, but I really can't think of a single good thing to say about Rush Limbaugh. I'm not putting anyone down who likes him, that's a matter of personal taste and we're certainly not all alike, but I can say I DID listen to him on a daily basis for all the years I delivered mail. There were a few times when I found myself thinking there may be a real human being in there somewhere, but he always proved that wrong in a short time. Maybe it's the bleeding heart liberal in me but I can't stand anyone who has no compassion for their fellow human beings and I sure don't think Rush has any of that in him. Annie

"The "Kill Him" chant did happen in Scranton because I spoke with someone who heard it. Whether or not it happened anywhere else, I can't say, but I see no reason not to believe the person who heard it there." (shakes head slowly)annie,annie,annie. If your friend heard this "chant" then (s)he should go to the Secret Service with this information. Because,Just like the reported incident in Florida, They were in the audience. And they heard nothing. From the Scranton newspaper website. http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/10/16/news/sc_times_trib.20081016.a.pg11.tt16newsecret_s1.2018812_top8.txt The real bad thing is that Obama knew it BEFORE he brought it up at the third debate. http://www.newsweek.com/id/164512/output/print

You mean the scandal of law enforcement turning on those who did what they're legally required to do, flagged registrations that they were not allowed to dispose of, and then were treated as criminals for following the law? That one? Where's the outrage about the organization that threw out entire packets of legitimate Democrat registrations rather than turn them in? And those that altered registrations by changing Democrat to Republican? Please. It's about trying to throw out the votes of over a million poor and working class people who have a right to vote. It's not the only effort - it's just the only one that's being publicized by the media that can only be seen as liberal and left-wing by those that are so far right they can't tell how left behind they are.

It is interesting that the only one being convicted is ACORN. The Office of Civil Rights (Lawyers who believe the accuser is right and the accused must prove their innocents) spent years in Florida trying to find voter suppression by the Republicans or voter Fraud. No Convictions or even enough to get some hint of voter fraud