Sarah Palin Calls Family Guy Joke a "Kick in the Gut"

(AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is continuing to use her high profile to bring attention to instances of misuse of the word "retarded" and disparaging portrayals of the mentally challenged.

Early today, Palin responded on Facebook to an episode of the Fox television show "Family Guy" that poked fun at Palin, whose son has Down Syndrome. The episode (you can watch a clip of it here) features a mentally challenged character who says her mother is the former governor of Alaska.
Palin said the episode "felt like another kick in the gut." She provided a statement from her oldest daughter Bristol, who wrote, "Shouldn't we be willing to say that some things just are not funny? Are there any limits to what some people will do or say in regards to my little brother or others in the special needs community?"

Earlier this month, Palin said that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel should be fired for an incident in which he referred to a group of liberals as "F-ing retarded." However, when conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh repeatedly used the word "retard" in a pejorative manner on his radio show, Palin chided the incident but on "Fox News Sunday" this week dismissed it as satire. She also refrained from asking her ally Texas Gov. Rick Perry to fire his top campaign consultant for demeaning use of the word.

[Derek51442]

As the father of a disabled child I can say a lot of family guy stuff is offensive. Do I sue, hell no. It's freedom of speech. For her to sue but then ignore Limbaugh is a joke. His use of the word was far more offensive. Lastly I'd like to say that we are to pc and sensitive of a country. The medical meaning for someone who is mentally challenged is that their mentality is retarded, as in stunted. It's in how you contextualize the word.

[Lindag20]

Palin gets mad over something on a CARTOON show? Anything to draw attention to herself and her dysfunctional family.

[Lindag20]

by JV1970 February 21, 2010 3:19 AM EST
tkarpejr You shouldn't call anyone dumb! You can't type or spell! You obviously don't know how to use capital letters. You type in run-on sentences with no commas, periods, or apostrophes and you can't spell privileged!
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Who elected you "English teacher"? At least you agree that Sarah is dumb as a stump. LOL

[FauxNews]

Why is Palin, who is supposedly Christian conservative, watching Family Guy?

[takacrat]

Cross Training

[tkarpeyjr]

shes just like the women from al and ma that can not take critisim she is very demented thinking that we would ever elected her to be president she is dumb as a stump and think she is privillaged

[JV1970]

tkarpejr You shouldn't call anyone dumb! You can't type or spell! You obviously don't know how to use capital letters. You type in run-on sentences with no commas, periods, or apostrophes and you can't spell privileged!

[bciss]

Funny how it is a kick in the gut and oh so wrong when the minority or disadvantaged has a connection to her. While she gleefully kicks countless people in the teeth for being gay, immigrant, liberal or just not bat crap crazy as she is. Hypocrite thy name be Sarah.

[tkarpeyjr]

she is rich but just another politican that does not want to pay her taxes but they sure know how to get it from us the gov in alaska should sieze property they would if it was us at the bottom

[tkarpeyjr]

she is rich but just another politican that does not want to pay her taxes but they sure know how to get it from us the gov in alaska should sieze property they would if it was us at the bottom

[Glork]

Live by the sword, die by the sword...

[noloyalisti]

God forbid the awful GOP EVER gets back in power. They represent only the top 5% of the country who sent it off the cliff. They gave HUGE welfare entitlements to the drug corporations, started two illegal terrorist occupations and a trillion dollars in tax cuts to the Mafia (rich and CEOs). All unpaid for.

The Government of Pigs party of death and spending ALWAYS runs up the deficit. GOD forbid these guys ever sniff public office again.

[JV1970]

The democrats are the party of spending, not the republicans!

[Lindag20]

JV: what leads you believe the Republicans don't spend? They like to spend on DIFFERENT things than Democrats that's all.