I'm sure if she had a army of Speechwriters like Obama, they would have told her to tone it down. But when people in the media are accusing you of having blood on your hands following a mass murder, it is not a time to mince words or pull your punches.
BTW, Where are all the other Republicans coming to her defense?
She did a rhetorical rope-a-dope on them. I think she knew this would make them hysterical, and keep the story going at a time when the facts are coming out against them and they would otherwise want to let the story die.
I agree that she knew what she was saying. I also thought she made a mistake doing so.
I haven’t renounced that position yet, but there’s been a lot written today that has softened my stance. I was surprised to find so many references to blood libel in recent and past political speeches and comments — these didn’t pop up in a google search, but I guess because it was overwhelmed by current links. (also I am not above suspecting Google of trying to push the left’s desired hits to the top of the list).
Who knows, by the weekend I may have changed my mind, and decided that it was a good phrase to use. But I’ve never doubted that Sarah Palin knew exactly what it meant, and used it purposely. I simply couldn’t figure out what her purpose was.