Oh, for fuck's sake.

[apocalypsos]

Palin told WMAL-AM that her criticism of Obama's associations, like those with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, should not be considered negative attacks. Rather, for reporters or columnists to suggest that it is going negative may constitute an attack that threatens a candidate's free speech rights under the Constitution, Palin said.

"If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations," Palin told host Chris Plante, "then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media."

Okay, look. Since the possible future vice-president of these United States apparently doesn't fucking understand the First Amendment, I'm going to reprint it here.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It's not really that complicated. They're not abridging your right to free speech, you idiot. They're letting you say whatever dumb bullshit spills past your lips. And since the four words right after that particular phrase guarantee the mainstream media's right to call you a jackass, shut the fuck UP. Seriously.

(Jesus hopscotching Christ, this person is a MORON. Has she been on Fandom Wank? 'Cause the longer this election goes on, the more she acts like someone who's been on FW.)

EDIT: Here, have a picture of wee!Barack at the beach with his grandpa. It'll make you feel better after reading that.

Comments

[witchofthedogs.livejournal.com]

I posit that before she takes up the "free speech" banner, she learn to speak in sentences that are even remotely comprehensible.

[newredshoes]

...my brain hurts.

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she seems to understand the First Amendment about as well as the average LJ commenter...

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

*cries*

[marag.livejournal.com]

Aha, then you'll love this thread on this very subject. sageness linked me to it and it made the whole thing entirely clear to me. ::coughs::

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you need an English/Airhead dictionary whenever she's quoted.

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

But isn't it the right of the media to criticize her as well? What's good for the gander should be good for the flock, right?

Wait, this is Sarah Palin we're talking about. Right.

*looks at picture, sighs contentedly*

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

wee!Barack! Awww!

Man, it still feels so weird talking about how cute a presidential candidate was when he was a kid. And is now.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

You might like to see these vids of Keith Olbermann:

Countdown: Sarah Palin's Right to Avoid Criticism (http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=Keith+Olbermann&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#q=Keith%20Olbermann%20Sarah%20Palin&hl=en&emb=0&st=week&so=1&start=20)

Special Comment to Sarah Palin: Alaska Secessionists, Laying on of Hands (http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=Keith+Olbermann&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#)

Sarah Palin is a Fraud (http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=Keith+Olbermann&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#q=Keith%20Olbermann%20Sarah%20Palin&hl=en&emb=0&st=week&so=1")

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

Is there state action? No. Not first amendment problem. Jesus Christ. Did she not even take high school civics?

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Somewhere out there, Obama the former Con Law professor got a headache, and he's not sure why.