I really wanted to ignore Palin | Michael Tomasky

Okay, I guess I have to do this, but I'll keep it short. I think she probably didn't fully know what "blood libel" means, historically and culturally. It's been bouncing around the right-wing blogosphere the last few days, so maybe she just thought it meant really bad libel.

But here's the thing one needs to know about this obsessed narcissist. Now that she does know, what does she think? Your average normal person would think something like gee, I wasn't quite aware of that, maybe I shouldn't have said that. But Palin? I'm sure she's going wee-hee, looky here, that phrase made this all about me! Whoever wrote that for me is a genius.

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