(CNN) – Normally, it’s what Sarah Palin tweets that makes news. This time it’s what she has re-tweeted.
The former Alaska governor Monday relayed a comment from gay conservative pundit Tammy Bruce, who was expressing her criticism over continued Republican opposition to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military policy that won congressional repeal late last month.
Now the political world is wondering just what Palin meant to express.
"But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed,” Bruce’s original tweet read that was subsequently relayed by Palin.
Bruce was thrilled with Palin’s re-tweet, saying it constitutes a clear signal the former Republican vice presidential nominee is a friend of the gay community.
“I think @SarahPalinUSA RT my tweet is her first comment on DADT, treatment of gays & attempts to marginalize us–thank you Governor,” Bruce replied.
The Republican pro-gay rights group GOProud, of which Bruce holds a leadership role, also highlighted Palin's “Gay Friendly” tweet Tuesday in an e-mail to reporters.
Palin hasn't said anything more on the issue so it remains unclear exactly what she meant to convey, but the re-tweet is a rare comment from Palin when it comes to any issue involving gay rights – a likely hot-button issue in upcoming Republican primary presidential campaign given the recent repeal of the long- running military policy that forbade gay service members to serve openly.
It could also be a sign the former Alaska governor's stance on social issues beyond that of abortion is less understood by Republicans and Democrats alike than was previously believed.
A Palin spokesperson was not immediately available for comment but Rebecca Mansour, a Palin aide, subsequently expressed skepticism on Twitter that the media would take notice of Palin re-tweeting “something that stands [with] gays.”
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You really think Sarah cares about the gay community? All she cares about is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Nothing she says can be understood by normal people. And - does she do her own thinking, her own tweeting, her own writing? The coherent full sentences definitely are not hers, because she doesn't speak that way. God save us from this creature.
Or it could just be very simple: She is, in fact, the idiot we all know she is.
She will never get my vote
The only question this re-tweet raises is why CNN saw fit to report it. Is it really necessary to cover her every tweet and Facebook post? There are plenty of other Republicans vying to be candidates in 2012 – why don't you report on them?
Mind you, it's an improvement from CNN plugging the release of ex-Governor Palin's DVDs a few days ago........
Governor Palin is a conservative in the tradition of Goldwater and Reagan, who had no negatives on gay issues. Famously Reagn swung the ballot on the issue of Gays in California's public schools. Also, Governor Palin vetoed attempts to rescind the rights of same sex couples in Alaska.
Re-tweeting with gay abandon ? The woman who ceased trying to be Govenor of Alaska just might have something hidden in her closet. I don't know what to call it, but it's right next to her favorite holiday nut picks ... and it smacks of contradiction.
I guess we just don't know Sarah at all .
So it doesn't matter what her stated policy positions are... so long as she does the Twitter equivalent of clicking the "Like" button on one activist's website. Wow. Well, can't say it isn't a new era...
Sarah Palin, staying several steps ahead of the failing liberals. Another reason why she'll beat Obama in 2012 and make an excellent president!
Yeah, Now CNN is reporting on what the quitter is retweeting! What did the palin family have for dinner last night? Come on you clowns. Ask her some questions. What does she think about Joe Miller's wasting taxpayer money in court?
We love you Gov Palin!
Maybe she's still in th closet!
If SP really is pro-gay rights/pro-civil equality – great. It would come as more than a bit of a surprise to me, but I'd be glad to learn it, considering how many dittoheads are infatuated with her every bleating tweet,....
...but:
"...thank you Governor,”
Really? She QUIT THAT JOB! I'm not sure what the fine distinction may be of when a formerly-held title may be appropriate, as exemplified by the convention of addressing even past Presidents as "Mr. President" for life, but surely when one QUITS a job one was elected to, the honorific ought to go away. Somewhere south of "former governor" and "ex-governor" seems more fitting.
I've got to say – I suspect that SP misread the tweet (I did a couple of times). The tweet meant that we should consider that the people most vocally for DADT may have something to hide themselves. I'm not sure that was SP's meaning. Esp since she ran with the most vocal pro-DADTer. I'm sure SP is not inferring that McCain is harboring a gay secret? Or is she??
I had to read it (tweet) a couple of times, but I see what she (Palin) is saying. Usually, the very people that have such a problem with gays are often closeted themselves.
Correction....half ex- governor Tammy, but by giving her normally stupid comments any credence you're just keeping her in the news. Most people are sick to death of hearing about her.
If this tweet is taken as gay-friendly and the Tea Partiers don't like it, Palin will explain how the media distorted her comment in their crusade to destroy her.
Please God, make her go away.
What does this mean? Nothing, just another excuse to write about Palin. Palin is like looking at a car crash on the freeway, you can't help yourself, you just have to look.
I am not sure what one says about this..... I am glad that she has some common sense
This woman is not only embarrassing, she is a twit.
Or it's more likely she saw the word "homos" and thought it was a derogatory tweet towards gays.
Less understood??? REALLY.
You mean the stupid, uninformed "political" world is wondering. The real world could not give a hoot.
CNN, for the love of God, stop with the Palin news. Nothing she says is news, or worthy of CNN. Hollywood trash magazines, maybe.
She probably didn't understand what she was retweeting.
Let's get one thing straight....................she is not a govenor , so please stop referring to her as such , America doesn't wanst or needs a quitter !
"It could also be a sign the former Alaska governor's stance on social issues beyond that of abortion is less understood by Republicans and Democrats alike than was previously believed."
Or it could just be a political stunt, from the Queen of political stunts. The woman has a show on TLC for Christ's sake....
Ah yes, today's installment of whatever Sarah Palin is thinking, saying, tweeting, etc. I'm tempted to say "who cares", because of course nothing this woman has to say really carries an weight at all, and the collective intelligence of this country is insulted every single time she opens her mouth to get a headline. But.....she is entertaining!!! I've never laughed harder than I have at some of the beautifully ludicrous gems she's offered up. She's a comedy sideshow, nothing more. And, with that in mind, I say the more Palin the better. When she finally goes away, we're going be missing a lot of comedy, and we'll have to find someone new to laugh at.
Why does anything this woman says rate mention in the national media??? She's had her 15 minutes already so can we move on please?
It probably just means she hit the wrong button again, like when she "accidentally" favorited that bigoted church sign last year.
What is it with this never ending of the derailed choo choo train of Sarah Palin??? I cant help but think CNN would love to get her through the Primaries just to get coverage of Obama utterly deconstructing her in a debate. She is already 3rd or 4th in the Republican pack as it is. It is just a guess, but I see her more likely to rise as the next Rush or Beck.
If I understand this correctly, Mrs. Palin has not responded to the backlash...good. I do not believe that anything she would say would be accepted by the media sensationalist and other creative writers. Mrs. Palin is of good heart and I know that she is not flawless, but she also is strong enough to speak her mind...and smart enough to not offer herself as a living sacrifice to those that would surely roast her for anything negative in this manner. Many people want to identify some behaviors and choices as acceptable and such, even though we know they are not. We should not be the society which caters to those that will lend to a weaker society. Blessings.
Sarah Palin is a friend of the Palin's...and no one else. The more she and her family talk, the more I'm sure she unfit for any government position.
Funny how Republicans are so big on government not interfering in our personal lives, but still feel it appropriate to "check under someones bed"
Now it is news when Palin re-tweets something and nobody understands what she is trying to say.
Sarah Palin, artificial intelligence is not match for natural stupidity. She is two french fries short of a HAPPY MEAL.
OK, folks, let's not get excited. It'll turn out that Sarah read something she didn't understand and agreed with something she didn't know what-the-hell they were really talking about. It looked good to her bc someone said the word homo, it pops her name out there again in the media for consumption. And will cause debate among the idiots that adore the DimTwit tweeter. You betcha'!
Gay Republicans! Lord knows the Republicans have more represessed, closeted, in denial, homophobic homosexuals than you can shake a stick at, but its hard not to compare gay Republicans to something like Jewish Nazis-just not real bright.
C'mon CNN you're letting me down. I was hoping for the proverbial "Bad News For Palin" headline. Or maybe that's for tomorrow.
"But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed,” I am not in the political world neither in to tweet, however for the sec of understanding English language I am curious to know what does it means.
haha...well, there goes her base. She's officially a RINO (I'm assuming, since they said the same for Brown, Collins, Snowe, etc). HAHAHAHAHA...and without the base, she is a dead fish. Float away Sarah.
I love you! Run in 2012!! Please?
The woman re-tweets a comment and this is going to be analysed and dissected for its hidden meaning? I think she's on record as saying homosexuality is a "choice" and is "curable." Anything she says or does now on the topic is for political expediency.
I think Palin just likes to use "homo" instead of gay or she doesn't understand what the original tweet was all about. Palin is Palin; still unclear in her thoughts and language. Maybe she will "misclarify" at some point how she really feels about "homos" in the military as well as gay marriage civil rights under the law in Mass and other states that have legal gay marriage.
She probably just pressed the wrong buttons. Evil woman.
Okay, so now a "re-tweet" of someone's semi-literate "original tweet", which has unclear intent, is news. Seriously, if you people following Palin around and constantly writing this nonsensical garbage get paid even one penny more in salary than I do, I'm suing.
And we care about her opinion because...???
She's an idiot no matter what she says.
"It could also be a sign the former Alaska governor's stance on social issues beyond that of abortion is less understood by Republicans and Democrats alike than was previously believed." most of what that dingbat believes is not understood since she can't put together a coherent statement. I am anxiously awaiting her blaming the media for distorting her position...whatever it is.
unfortunately, Sarah doesn't even know what she is for and against..her litmus test is "Will it get me any money?"
I am waiting for her tweet that her account got hacked........
Palin hasn't said anything more on the issue so it remains unclear exactly what she meant to convey,
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Come on now. Even her idiot followers can figure this one out: PALIN HIT THE WRONG BUTTON! She meant to press DELETE not RE-TWEET!
Let us enjoy the silence we now have from the Half-term twit. "How", her little bird-brain half-wit mind is wondering, "am I going to clean this one up and profit from it?".
How does Palin re-tweeting something about gay rights have ANYTHING to do with her opinion on abortion!? Not that the Political Ticker is ever all that groundbreaking in its style, but man, this article is particularly badly written.
Plagiarism. She couldn't figure out what to say on her own.
How is this news? The fact that this moron can even type out a message is surprising enough, but I'm over it.
If I was Ms.Bruce,I would not get too excited about what Sarah Palin "tweets".To start with,Palin is too much toward the far "Christian Right",to ever truly understand gays and their issues. I also firmly believe two thiings:1.Anybody who only"tweets"to express tings,behind hidden doors[especially when she does not accept tweets&emails BACK to her],and who uses the same old and tired slogans to incite folks,cannot be tken seriously on anything.#2.My opinion,for whatever its worth,is that Palin is a very uneducated and low class person~hardly suitable to be giving advise to others,and certinly NOT material for any high Govt.office,much less being President. What are people thinking to pay any attention to this woman? Shows what bad shape our country is in.
Can we stop trying to mine these garbled tweets for anything sensible? What matters is what a person SAYS, not what mysterious syntax they manage to mash into their one-inch long touchpad "keyboard"
She is so entertaining........the more she speaks or tweets the more she loses the chance of every being taken seriously.
Stop writing about this woman. She is using the media to enrich herself. She will not run for President. She is only using the idea that she is to make money. She will not run and spend it all. Follow thelead of other news organizatins and stop writing about her.
Prolly a mistake
That's nice, but come one Tammy Bruce... "the Homos"? You should know that the proper and more friendly word used today is Gay.
The only thing Palin is pro.....is pro Sarah Palin.
Now isn't that rich – Sarah Palin attempting to make some sort of statement about hypocrisy with a re-tweet....If America hasn't learned by now that Palin is the epitome of a hypocrite, liar, quitter, grifter, and a big0t, then there is no hope for us.
CNN – Why all the Palin articles – STILL? Most of which are closed to comments. A half-term governor who quit for profits, who has zero chance of winning ANY elected office now – and you know it. Why all the promotion, CNN?????
"It could also be a sign the former Alaska governor's stance on social issues beyond that of abortion is less understood by Republicans and Democrats alike than was previously believed."
No, it's a sign that Palin doesn't understand the English language. She thought she was re-tweeting an anti-gay tweet ("Hey, everybody, let's start looking under people's beds: we might find a bunch of homos we can hate!"), instead of a tweet in support of the repeal of DADT.
Palin is such an idiot!
Palin gay friendly? I'm not convinced.
Simple Sarah mistakenly thought that the tweet was about her own policy – "Don't ask, I have no idea what you are taliking about.'
Palin re-twittered it because she didn't understand what Tammy Bruce was saying. Again demonstrating her lack of intelligence.
Sarah Palin is rather libertarian on many social issues, preferring that the feds stay out of many issues. Yes, she is personally a strong Christian, but she wants to reduce the federal boot on our neck. Too bad folks automatically assume the worst of conservative Christians. As the gay conservative fellow on MSNBC said the other day, it's easier to be gay among conservatives than it is to be conservative among gays!
This woman is a moron. An idiot. She is stupid. She is a bigot. She is a grafter. She is stuck on herself. She probably has a mirror on the wall, so she can ask who the fairest of the them all is". I can tell you, its not Palin. She is a plague on this country. We can only hope she slithers back into her hole in the ground.
What's next? "Sarah Pallin refuses to flush toilet in an effort to conserve water!" Isn't there any other former Governors that you guys can blog about?
LOL her stance on gay issues can be viewed on you tube when she asks god while giving a prayer to deliver homosexuals from their sin.
plz run for president its the best thing that could happen to Obama.
Jealous of Sarah Palin? That is why all the trash is put on the paper
CNN needs to get over its infatuation with all things Sarah Palin. So she forwarded a tweet. And this is news? Really?
Palin is just trying to manufacture some cred among the LGBT community. She does not ideologically support gay rights.
I guarantee you she didn't understand the tweet.
That woman is a moron.
Palin's use of the word "homo" is extremely offensive and is equivalent to any racial or other slur of a group of people with perceived lower status. If she were not inherently homophobic, or at least ignorant, she would have chosen another word, such as "gays." If she is NOT homophobic, she is at the very least, highly uninformed. In either case, the use of the word is inflammatory. I do not think that people in public office should be setting fires; they should be putting them out.
Who the hell cares what she believes! I wish that she would just go away!
Sarah is no friend of "the gays" so don't be fooled, she's way to stupid, conservative and unenlightened to understand something as complex as human sexuality... stick to your guns Sarah and keep TRYING to kill animals.
Or it could just mean that Palin had no earthly idea what she was reading and resending. Given her attention span, that's a much more likely scenario. Do these pro-gay GOP organizations really think she would risk alientating her gay-bashing "Christian" base and come out in favor of repealing DADT. I highly doubt it.
Then again.... Maybe it's a sign that the former "half-Governor" of Alsaka REALLY is as dizzy as most people think she is!
Who cares?
She is unfit to be president period! If this is what the American presidency has come down we are doomed. The thought of Palin as a potential presidential contender is insulting to our intelligence. So please bring up serious topics for discussion that will help our country and encourage a civil intelligent discussion. Palin and anything to do with her will do nothing more than impoverish our emotional and intellectual intelligence. CNN enough of Palin please!!!!!!
Times they are a changing, Palin may actually have a brain in her head, shocking!
Yes, but she still does not have what it takes to be the POTUS! For all you out there, if she ain't qualified to be POTUS, she ain't qualified to be VPOTUS either! Of course, she could always win the nomination and appoint a real VEEP, then step down when she realizes she can't make enough money on job to support her lifestyle.
Palin should just sit on her porch and look at Russia.
Dear god, it seems like every other post on this political blog is about Palin. She's not even in politics!! Between your obsession with her and having Lindsey Lohan as front page news, it's no wonder John Roberts jumped ship.
Aaaah, a tweet grenade....she's testing response to what amounts to a relatively ambiguous and vague statement of position and doing so in a manner that allows her to deny any ownership of the statement if need be.
Palin just took a look at the poll numbers for her upcoming presidential election. She's trying to make up some ground now by appealing to a more diverse crowd. But that's going to upset your base Palin, don't piss off the only people that like you.
My guess is she's so dumb and thought the tweet was anti-gay.
Who care what she thinks she is an idiot and disgrace to intelligent women everywhere. She must have been the only one that wanted the job in Alaska at the time.
Knowing just how dumb Palin is, i bet she miss-re-tweeted, that is, she miss-re-interpreted the orginal message, thought it was something entirely different, ie. the opposite, and got a rush of blood to the head. Wait for it, she'll REFUDIATE it before supper.
I always associated Palin with the totality of Christian right-wing hate. Wonder if it is a trial balloon? I think many Republican hopefuls will be testing the public regarding culture war issues as Americans are shifting views and most want government to concentrate on JOBS.
Was she sincere or just campaigning?
Who cares what she thinks she is an idiot and disgrace to intelligent women everywhere. She must have been the only one that wanted the job in Alaska at the time.
I wouldn't give her that much credit. She probably didn't comprehend the message. She likely just saw "hom-os" and found that funny enough to retweet.
She hit the wrong button on her blackberry. Duhhhhh.
How does CNN not understand what Palin meant? Obvioulsy she's showing support for Dadt. Is there a day that you folks don't bash her..
Gosh. Just when I thought I would enjoy a full week without a headline, an article about what Palin is tweeting. Darn.
Palin's in a corner with this one. If she stands by it, then the Taliban wing of the Republican party will abandon her for Huckabee. If she "refudiates" it, then she'll look like quite the hypocrite.
I'm glad Sarah Palin shows no bias towards gays. They r subject to enough bashing throughout our country. We need to show dignity and respect for all.
I don't think Palin even knows what Bruce meant. She saw the word "homo" and probably thought it was against gays in the military. Let me say it, "enuf" already – Palin, you're an idiot. I'm smarter than you and I know I'm not smart enough to be President.
Even Sarah Palin doesn't know what she intended to say when she re-tweeted. That's because she's a failed 'sports journalist' and beauty pageant contestant who was unqualified to be mayor of a small Alaskan town, much less GOVERNOR of anything. It's a national embarrassment this non-person was even CONSIDERED for national office.
the quitta from Wasilla will blame it on some staff member or some imaginary "Lamestream media" conspiracy. She hates gays just like all good republicans.
She probably didn't know what he was referring to...
"It could also be a sign the former Alaska governor's stance on social issues beyond that of abortion is less understood by Republicans and Democrats alike than was previously believed." How about that it is less understood by Sarah Palin herself!
I doubt it. She is an evangelical and as such, she is automatically against anything pro-gay.....if she wants the votes the evvies crank out for whoever they back. Two guaranteed ways to lose those votes are to be pro-choice or pro-gay. I suspect she is testing the waters. Being the political animal she is, she will go the way that yields her the most votes. Contrary to what she says, she doesn't necessarily vote with her conscience. Her silence is evidence. She is seeing which way the winds blow.
Or she just doesn't know how to use Twitter and hit the wrong button. I'm betting on that...
Everyday I seem to be further amazed at how ignorant and unintelligent this woman is and she actually has followers????? and those that believe she is actually a contender for POTUS. She says one thing one way the 1st moment. Then she turns around a contradicts herself in the next sentence. John McCain must slap himself daily when he wakes us for THAT decision in 2008.
Thanks John for letting the gate open.........
Or it could mean that she just pressed the wrong button and hasn't read the news yet. Stories on tweets are silly.
I think that Palin truly didn't understand what she was re-tweeting, but now that it appears it could help her widen her base she may run with it as long as it doesn't alienate others in her base. This is the cause of the silence on the issue. Spineless.
less understood? you're kidding, right? don't lose sight of what palin is all about; make it up as you go along; do and say what your handlers tell you to do and say. she's a dimwit with no real educated, open-minded opinion. left alone on a podium with no prepared remarks we'd see the blank stare that would inform ALL of this nothingness that won't GO AWAY!
folks, this comical train-wreck will only go away when we're finished gawking at it.
I bet you she did not quite understand the statement.
If read out of context, it may sounds against homosexuals. Could it be that Sarah did not get the true message of this statement... and besides the statement shown out of context is open to interpretation.
I am done underestimating this woman.
Any one who quits their job halfway into it ESPECIALLY a governorship shouldn't be allowed to run for an office. There should be a requisite that doesn't allow quitters to run for political office. America she's a gold digger.. As Barbara Bush said "Sarah should stay in Alaska"
CNN, thanks for letting us knowing what Palin tweets. We don't even have to follow her on twitters anymore.
I think she meant to unfollow, not retweet.
Sarah's base is not going to like it if she is insufficiently hostile to homosexuals. Intolerance is one of their core values.
Or it could be more proof that she is an opportunist and truly has few if any core values that she won't change depending on how the wind blows on any given day. Consistency is not in this woman's vocabulary.
Personally, I think it's a sign she didn't understand the original.
How do I say this politiely? Who cares what Sarah Palin thinks, tweets, ruminates, screams....
Homos I would consider "Gay Friendly!" Regardless if it comes from someone who is gay! Let me make a quote...actually let me use someone else saying... "I hope she (Sarah) stays in Alaska."
"Now the political world is wondering just what Palin meant to express." What else is new? She probably thought it was anti-gay because it used the word "homos".
Thanks CNN for the daily Palin update. I used to go to Fox for information on her but CNN is much more likely to feature her on their site. The coverage she is afforded as a private citizen is amazing. Is the dnc that afraid of her?