Jewish Group Hits Back at Sarah Palin's 'Blood Libel'

In her response to accusations her violent rhetoric was connected to Jared Loughner's shooting spree, Sarah Palin claimed that media figures had manufactured a "blood libel" against her. How would the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish civil rights group, take this?

"Blood libel" is an centuries-old term for the smear that Jews secretly gather to kill Christian children and collect their blood. At least that's what it was until today, when Sarah Palin redefined it. Now it refers to an instance when the dumb liberal media is mean to Sarah Palin.

But before this new definition becomes official, ADL president Abe Foxman has to chime in, since the historic definition involves Jews. His statement:




The Washington Post's Greg Sargent reacts, "That's not quite as strong as it might have been. It stops short of demanding that she retract the phrase or apologize for it, as the left-leaning group J-Street did this morning. But condemnation from the ADL could be enough to throw Palin back on the defensive."

Just so we don't lose track of the narrative, here's the score: Pundits are determining whether top Jew Abe Foxman's condemnation of Sarah Palin's use of "blood libel" to describe the media's attempt to place blame or partial blame on her for Jared Lee Laughner's Tucson shooting spree that left six dead and a dozen wounded, including a congresswoman, is "as strong as it might have been."

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