Sarah Palin on Martin Bashir comments: ‘I move on and I charge forth’
(CNN) - Sarah Palin responded publicly for the first time Sunday on the nasty comments thrown her way by MSNBC host Martin Bashir, who later apologized for saying she deserved degrading punishment.
"Everybody in life takes shots," the former Alaska governor said on "Fox News Sunday." "You have a decision to make when you take a shot. Are you going to become bitter or better? In a case like this, you know, I don't have to accept his words - his vile, evil comments. So they don't have to affect me. I move on and I charge forth."
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Bashir ripped into the 2008 vice presidential nominee after she compared the United States' foreign debt to slavery. Blasting her use of the metaphor, he read excerpts from the diaries of Thomas Thistlewood, who wrote about the horrific treatment of slaves in Jamaica in the 18th century, including a punishment that involved defecating and urinating in a slave’s mouth.
Bashir said that "when Mrs. Palin invokes slavery, she doesn't just prove her rank ignorance. She confirms if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, she would be the outstanding candidate."
After facing intense criticism for his comments, Bashir apologized Monday.
"I wanted to take this opportunity to say sorry to Mrs. Palin and to also offer an unreserved apology to her friends and family, her supporters, our viewers and anyone who may have heard what I said," the MSNBC host said.
MSNBC did not announce any disciplinary action against Bashir, despite suspending another host, Alec Baldwin, for two weeks after he made homophobic remarks.
Palin said the reason why Bashir got away with his comments had more to do with the target of his remarks than the rant itself, adding that "conservative women" are frequently attacked in what she calls the "media elite bubble."
When women take offense, she added, the media "usually just kind of pooh-pooh it, laugh it off; it's no big deal."
Palin said if he had verbally attacked someone who's less high-profile - like a child or someone without a vocal platform like hers – only then would the former governor have fought back.
"If you want to see a mama grizzly get riled up and slap that person down, then you come after a vulnerable child," she said. "In this case, he didn't come after a vulnerable child. I can defend myself and, you know, I can take it."
Asked if she accepted his apology, Palin said, "Who am I not to accept an apology?"
"Everyone must humble themselves and accept that offer ... of apology," she said. Palin also implied that Bashir had called her personally to apologize.
But, she warned, if someone calls to apologize to her again, she said she wants that person to go through her husband or one of her kids first.
"Leave the message with them," she said. "Hear what they have to say about it, and then they can come to me."
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It's amazing. Never before in the history of our nation has one person done more chopping, with fewer chips flying. She's a detour on the path to success, not the straight route she thinks she is.
For the love of God...Palin has had more than the 15 minutes of fame anyone deserves....not only is she completely irrelevant, but a major embarrassment to the female race.
You have a decision to make when you take a shot. Are you going to become bitter or better?
Your gonna have to choose Better Sarah. We all know you couldn't get any worse.
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Who is this Sarah folks keep talking about?
Ignore this lady.
i don't remember Bashir being outraged when when Biden told the black caucus" they gonna put y'all back in chains"
No, Quitta, you make snarky comments and play the victim card. Oh, and then you send out an email asking for donations so you can continue to "fighting" the "lame stream media."
Laughing all the way to the bank, I might add.
Palin = Quitter, Liar, Mooch
If he would have been a Republican he would have been fired period.
Palin only achieved her high profile status through her undying ignorance and cowardly attacks on others while chugging a big gulp soda; and her ability to play the gender victim when convenient.
Cool down you women hating liberals, your fear is showing. Your so pathetic you still think Bush is in charge.
Bet if he'd said this abt Hillary Clinton there would be outrage! No one has the right to speak this way about a human being.
Palin doesn't understand the full historical ramification of what she is talking about. This is not to say that Bashir's comments weren't too much; think that they went just a bit too far. Palin seems to think that she knows it all and is good to make comments on subjects she clearly knows nothing about.
Sarah Palin is a woman of integrity – and Bashir is uncouth, arrogant, and vulgar. She is so above him, he's not worth the discussion.
Although I deplore both anologies to slavery. Why does Sarah Palin always defend herself by blaming those who are offended by her idiotic comments instead of not making idiotic comments to begin with?
the network letting this coward keep his job--well, we will no longer watch one program on their network NBC
"Palin said the reason why Bashir got away with his comments had more to do with the target of his remarks than the rant itself, adding that "conservative women" are frequently attacked in what she calls the "media elite bubble."
How is publicly apologizing "getting away with it"?
This woman is an egomaniac with a persecution complex – and an email donors' list that just keeps giving and giving and giving ....
It doesn't matter where you politically stand , this kind of vile wording shouldn't be acceptable to anybody.
Americans have become mean spirited and right out nasty towards each other , it is quite shameful.
You people are sick. Almost as sick as Bashir.
"She "pooh-poohed" Bashir's remarks??? There is no way Caribou Barbie has the mental acuity to realize the irony of that response.
@ John...ah Johnny, you want to talk about boorish? Misogynist Rush Limpbow, Anorexic Ann Coulter, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity...etc. The list is endless. Bashir went a little over the top ONCE. The aforementioned morons, including Palin, LIVE in that dimension
Sarah Palin deserves no apology as she is continually ranting just about anything!! She is a blabber mouth and an empty vessel!
Nobody owes an apology to a nincompoop!! I can't even comprehend why Palin is given a platform for her idiotic opinions!!
Snooki Palin charges forth to the next bumpkin wingnut payday. She had to quickly say something stupid because Rapheal Cruz was walking away with her bumpkin wingnut money.
Sarah would not have sold the US out to Iran–unike the present guy...you stooges on the left have nothing else to talk about? keep your creepy guy–Bashir–maybe he could wash his dirty mouth out with soap–or have his mother do it like Letterman's Mother did...