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

By: Stephanie Condon
Topics: Republicans

(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.

Stephanie Condon
Stephanie Condon is a political reporter for CBSNews.com.
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by FauxNews February 22, 2010 2:22 PM EST: Why is Palin, who is supposedly Christian conservative, watching Family Guy?; Reply to this comment

by tkarpeyjr February 19, 2010 12:01 PM EST

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

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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!


by bciss February 19, 2010 12:00 PM EST: 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.; Reply to this comment


by tkarpeyjr February 19, 2010 11:57 AM EST: 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; Reply to this comment


by tkarpeyjr February 19, 2010 11:57 AM EST: 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; Reply to this comment


by Glork February 19, 2010 11:52 AM EST: Live by the sword, die by the sword...; Reply to this comment

by noloyalisti February 19, 2010 11:46 AM EST

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.

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by JV1970 February 21, 2010 3:22 AM EST: The democrats are the party of spending, not the republicans!


by effingreat February 19, 2010 10:29 AM EST: When you live life off the public's dime you have to expect that you are going to be targeted for this kind of thing.

I guess the Palin's would rather see freedom of speech stripped from us! God they are so RETARDED!; Reply to this comment


by Williambedloe February 19, 2010 8:23 AM EST: Come on folks...Sarah is just trying to defend our current bungler in chief, who has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a "retard" - he has "retarded" American economic dominance, he has "retarded" job growth, he has "retarded" Iranian attempts to secure nukes - no sorry, I misspoke - he has "retarded" our attempts to prevent Iran from securing nukes, he has 'retarded' deficit control, and he has "retarded" any progress on health care...if it looks like a 'retard' and smells like a 'retard', it's probably Obama; Reply to this comment

by from_the_north February 19, 2010 7:59 AM EST

Do we all realize that "family guy" is a cartoon? The retard palin gets all kinds of publicity because she gets mad at a cartoon??? What does she say to films with menatally handicapped characters like Forest Gump, Gomer Pyle, Rain Man, Charly, Of Mice And Men or Flowers For Algernon? I don't seem to remember a big circus about these productions.

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by RedWings_ninety_one February 19, 2010 11:31 AM EST: Hey, if she wants to get mad at intangible things such as a cartoon..mabe she should be in a mental hospital. I'm joking of course, but she doesn't need to make such a big deal. Everything she does seems to make headlines. She's the political version of Danica Patrick, or Dale Earnhardt Jr.