Family Feud

by digby

So Palin is hitting back at Levi Johnston in the press for saying that she refers to little Trig as retarded.

We have purposefully ignored the mean spirited, malicious and untrue attacks on our family. We, like many, are appalled at the inflammatory statements being made or implied. Trig is our ‘blessed little angel’ who knows it and is lovingly called that every day of his life. Even the thought that anyone would refer to Trig by any disparaging name is sickening and sad. CBS should be ashamed for continually providing a forum to propagate lies.

Notice she doesn’t exactly deny it. Just because he’s called their blessed little angel doesn’t mean they also don’t refer to him as retarded. In fact, it seems perfectly believable to me that they would without realizing that it’s no longer considered acceptable.

But what’s really notable about her comments is the last sentence. She’s right. It is irresponsible to provide a forum to propagate lies. Imagine if there existed a whole network that gave liars their own shows where they could lie every single night and even organize political activists based upon them. I certainly think that would be shameful.

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