# Sarah Palin: "Rahm Emannuel called my retard baby a nigger!" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503 "2010-02-03T06:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/241 "2010-02-05T23:33:36Z")
I’m going to bow out of this thread. As much as I enjoy a little verbal fisticuffs, I do regret the heat I helped to raise here, but only because it may have served the purpose of making some people more militantly committed to this particular form of “free speech.” I don’t want to score any more “points,” not if it has that effect. And if I had interacted more kindly and patiently (which is hard for me; a character defect, no doubt), and it would have convinced even one person, that would have been worth it. I really mean that. Mentally retarded people have to take a lot of shit, and I hope I didn’t make it even a little worse, even if unintentionally. Believe me, I don’t have such a high opinion of myself that I think my contribution on a message board will have any sort of significant influence. But one additional “I’ll show that guy” utterance out in the “real world” that makes someone somewhere feel bad, well, that’s one too many. I’ve already seen too many tears over such language. Adios. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/242 "2010-02-05T23:35:50Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I’m going to bow out of this thread. As much as I enjoy a little verbal fisticuffs, I do regret the heat I helped to raise here, but only because it may have served the purpose of making some people more militantly committed to this particular form of “free speech.” > > I don’t want to score any more “points,” not if it has that effect. And if I had interacted more kindly and patiently (which is hard for me; a character defect, no doubt), and it would have convinced even one person, that would have been worth it. I really mean that. Mentally retarded people have to take a lot of shit, and I hope I didn’t make it even a little worse, even if unintentionally. > > Believe me, I don’t have such a high opinion of myself that I think my contribution on a message board will have any sort of significant influence. But one additional “I’ll show that guy” utterance out in the “real world” that makes someone somewhere feel bad, well, that’s one too many. I’ve already seen too many tears over such language. > > Adios. it’s ok. we know you take a lot of shit. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/243 "2010-02-05T23:57:18Z")
Anybody who conflates “retarded” with “retard” in this thread is a retard. And also retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/244 "2010-02-06T00:41:56Z")
Somewhat appropos for this thread. [This is real, not a parody](http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/DaveRyanStarving/). A woman has started a petition against a local (Twin Cities) morning DJ named Dave Ryan because he said “I’m starving. I’m going to eat a couple of sloppy joes” on the air. This was apaprently taken as an egregious insult to real straving people around the world. [Here’s the counter-petition](http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/daveryanshowstays/). Parody can’t keep up with reality anymore. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/245 "2010-02-06T16:34:41Z")
[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/02/04/2010-02-04\_rush\_limbaugh\_on\_rahm\_emanuel\_retarded\_comment\_liberal\_activists\_are\_retards.html](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_rush_limbaugh_on_rahm_emanuel_retarded_comment_liberal_activists_are_retards.html) Rush jumped right in and used retarded several times. Where is Palins fake outrage? How clear does it have to be ,to see she was just going political with her pretend outrage? ---
**Author:** ![Lunchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Lunchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunchy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/246 "2010-02-06T17:44:15Z")
Wait…some one said ‘Stupid’? Im stupid, therefore i’m now offended. If you try just hard enough, almost any thing can be taken offensively by the right person or group. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/247 "2010-02-06T18:01:14Z")
[quote=“Lunchy, post:246, topic:527503”] Wait…some one said ‘Stupid’? Im stupid, therefore i’m now offended. If you try just hard enough, almost any thing can be taken offensively by the right person or group.[/QUOTe Or wrong person. Palin was making it up for political reasons. If she were truly offended, she would have gone harder after Rush who was very crude and insulting with his use. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/248 "2010-02-07T15:49:45Z")
Well I guess when Lardass Limbaugh uses it, it’s just “satire.” > **[Palin Considering 2012 Run, Defends Limbaugh's Use Of 'Retard' On Fox News...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/palin-considering-2012-ru_n_452602)** > > Palin Considering 2012 Run, Defends Limbaugh's Use Of 'Retard' On Fox News Sunday > [@](#): > > “They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh,” she said, when read a quote of Limbaugh calling liberal groups “retards.” “Rush Limbaugh was using satire … . I didn’t hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with ‘f-ing retards,’ and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there.” “I didn’t hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with 'f-ing retards,” she said. That’s exactly what he did!!! He called liberals retards. What a fucking idiot? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/249 "2010-02-07T16:06:55Z")
[http://www.answers.com/topic/mental-retardation](http://www.answers.com/topic/mental-retardation) Rahm did not refer to her kid at all. He did not say her kid is retarded. But with his physical problems, he likely is. She is pulling this out of her ass again. She knows how to stir people who are already roiled up. They respond predictably. Fox runs like they actually have a story. It is theater, and is dishonest. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/250 "2010-02-07T19:54:06Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions](http://www.answers.com/topic/mental-retardation) Rahm did not refer to her kid at all. He did not say her kid is retarded. But with his physical problems, he likely is. > She is pulling this out of her ass again. She knows how to stir people who are already roiled up. They respond predictably. Fox runs like they actually have a story. It is theater, and is dishonest. You can’t be surprised at this. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/251 "2010-02-08T01:28:30Z")
And in her latest Facebook posting, Palin calls out The Who for mentioning a deaf, dumb, and blind kid. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/252 "2010-02-08T02:31:31Z")
Well, [Rahm has apologized](http://www.hulu.com/watch/126490/saturday-night-live-rahm-emanuel). ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/253 "2010-02-08T04:18:54Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > And in her latest Facebook posting, Palin calls out The Who for mentioning a deaf, dumb, and blind kid. Please tell me this is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/254 "2010-02-08T10:35:18Z")
It is a joke, but I wouldn’t put it past her. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/255 "2010-02-08T20:38:12Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > And in her latest Facebook posting, Palin calls out The Who for mentioning a deaf, dumb, and blind kid. I \*so \*wanna steal that for my Facebook update… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/256 "2010-02-09T19:57:19Z")
Since Palin was offended, she shows that it is she who calls her baby retarded. I doubt anyone outside the family has enough information to make that claim. Rahm certainly was not talking about her kid. She should be ashamed of calling that poor kid retarded. He may turn out fine, but not if his mother has no faith . ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/257 "2010-02-09T20:07:28Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > [QUOTE=Rex Goliath] > poor little retarded nigger baby Band Name! er, maybe not. [/QUOTE] Just so you guys know, I’m still laughing at this. ---
**Author:** ![Lunchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Lunchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunchy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/258 "2010-02-09T20:22:07Z")
> [@Rumor\_Watkins](#): > > you still don’t get it. > > nigger is a made up word that was invented to demean. > > retard, retarded, retardation, was not. it just happens to coincide with a group of people that you feel strongly about. Im confused. Before there were airplanes, the word airplane never existed. So, since airplane was a ‘made up’ word as you say, means that airplane is a made up word??? And just to cover my bases from attack, i’ll go ahead and say that a slang word for Airplane is ‘plane’. Also, further base coverage, if you want to argue slang, then switch Airplane with Plane. ie.. AfricanAmerican/Black=Airplane and Nigger=Plane. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/259 "2010-02-09T20:34:54Z")
> [@Lunchy](#): > > Im confused. Before there were airplanes, the word airplane never existed. So, since airplane was a ‘made up’ word as you say, means that airplane is a made up word??? And just to cover my bases from attack, i’ll go ahead and say that a slang word for Airplane is ‘plane’. Also, further base coverage, if you want to argue slang, then switch Airplane with Plane. ie.. AfricanAmerican/Black=Airplane and Nigger=Plane. this is perhaps the dumbest thing I have ever read on this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503/260 "2010-02-09T20:46:02Z")
> [@Rumor\_Watkins](#): > > this is perhaps the dumbest thing I have ever read on this message board. :smack: sorry… the most retardedest thing. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503.md?page=14)